Slashy book report: Lieutenant Hornblower

Sep 27, 2009 00:25

You know what's a sexy book? C.S. Forester's Lieutenant Hornblower is a sexy book, that's what. Like so:

Bush watched as Hornblower's capable fingers worked the parallel rulers across the chart; Hornblower had long bony hands with something of beauty about them, and it was actually fascinating to watch them doing work at which they were so ( Read more... )

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susiebirds September 28 2009, 21:38:58 UTC
Please tell me you've seen the series with Ioan Gruffud.

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doorrepairgirl September 29 2009, 01:26:38 UTC
Dude, totally. I bought the 8-DVD set of the Hornblower movies after I realized I could only watch Master and Commander so many times. :D

It's interesting to watch the movies again after reading the books, just to see where they've tweaked details and added characters and just wholesale made up new stuff.

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