On this recommendation, I picked up a copy of Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin at the library. While there I got a couple of his other books. I read them all and enjoyed them. I went back to the library to turn them in and had an impulse. For years I was getting catalogs from Daedalus Books, and the catalogs always had an insert proclaiming the magic of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series. I’d always resisted buying them, but I thought, well, here I am at the library, so let’s see if it has any copies.
I’ve now borrowed the first two, including Master and Commander. Since there are twenty books all told, I’m almost afraid I’ll like them.