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    <name><![CDATA[Christian]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 07 08:45:46 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 07 08:50:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[For Aubrey/Maturin series fanatics only, and yet... I just re-read the entire 20-book series from start to finish for what must be at least the fourth time and this time I wanted to peer into the unfinished final volume (even though the ending of &lt;cite&gt;Blue at the Mizzen&lt;/cite&gt; was in many ways a perfect ending to the series, with Jack finally ordered to hoist his broad pennant and ascend to flag rank, his life's ambition).<br/><br/>The secondary benefit of seeing facsimiles of the author's handwritten drafts, cross-outs, and notes to self is a wonderful encouragement to the aspiring writer.<br/><br/>This series appeals to the science fiction reading adolescent in me. It's total immersion in another universe, one strangely like our own, but in this case historical rather than speculative. If there is steampunk then perhaps this could be called windpunk.]]></body>
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