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Originally Posted by issybird
^ It was in the forward to The Far Side of the World, which I read just a few months ago. It was the book where he had to acknowledge that he'd run out of war and said that his timeline would subsequently be much looser and even simultaneous to earlier stories.
It really is a pity, but he kept spinning the tales as long as he lived and that's all we could ask.
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Yes, though I actually had a chance to do a Caribbean cruise that he was on just about the time the 20th came out, and couldn't get the time off work. I've regretted not going on that cruise a couple of times since, but then I remind myself that it's not always good to know your favourite public figures outside their public persona. It's easier to enjoy their works when you don't know all their warts. (And yes, I do know a few of his, but I've chosen to ignore them by not knowing details.)
I'm only about a 1/4 of the way into my re-read of
Post Captain, but enjoying it again. The picture of country life of the time and the introduction of Sophie and Diana Villiers heralds two characters who will play significant roles as the series progresses. Plus we start to see the start of Jack adrift on land, though most of it is later. And the first formal acknowledgement of Stephen as a spy.