…在1969年出版时具有惊人的原创性；对格森（Gethen）星社会和文化的刻画至今仍让人觉得独树一帜。开头节奏比较慢热（slow burn），但最终推向了极具戏剧性的高潮。帕特里克·奥布莱恩（Patrick O'Brian）的“奥布里-马图林”（Aubrey-Maturin）系列。大概是有史以来最好的历史小说。描绘了拿破仑战争时期丰富生动的生活画卷。背景设定在大航海时代（Age of Sail）的英国皇家海军，但这种描述根本不足以概括它的精妙；奥布莱恩的…
…Shockingly original when it was published in 1969; the portrait of the society and culture on Gethen still feels unique. A slow burn at the beginning, but builds to a dramatic conclusion. Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey-Maturin series. Probably the best historical fiction ever written. Rich tapestry of life during the Napoleonic Wars. Set in the Royal Navy during the Age of Sail, but that description doesn't do it justice; O'Brian's…
…发生在1960年代。这个构想本身比最终的结果更有意思。小说类，从最好到最差：帕特里克·奥布莱恩，《The Hundred Days》（百日王朝）。有史以来最好的历史小说系列（奥布里-马图林系列，Aubrey-Maturin series）里的倒数第二本，领先其他作品一大截。这个系列超越了类型小说的范畴，我把奥布里-马图林系列列为过去十年读过的最棒的书之一。多迪·史密斯（Dodie Smith），《I Capture the Castle》。一部精彩绝伦的…
…Happened in the 1960s. The idea is more interesting than the outcome. Fiction, best to worst: Patrick O'Brian, The Hundred Days. The penultimate book in the series of the best historical novels (the Aubrey-Maturin series) ever written, by a huge margin. The series transcend the genre and I count the Aubrey-Maturin books among the very best books I read in the last decade. Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle. A brilliantly…
You might like Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series. They cover the same period and similar themes as Forrester's Hornblower. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey-Maturin_series
> Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey-Maturin series. Wonderful, wonderful books. I didn’t even like historical fiction as a concept before these. It takes a while to get over the “culture shock” and learn the vocabulary of seafaring life, but it easily…
帕特里克·奥布莱恩的奥布里-马图林系列在帆船时代（Age of Sail）的航海生活方面也充满了详尽细节（很多书里还有关于捕鲸的深入细节）。过去这一年我一直在慢慢啃这个系列，…
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series is also rich with detail about sailing in the Age of Sail more generally (with some in-depth details about whaling in many of the books). I've been slowly working my way through them for the past year,…
…在1969年出版时具有惊人的原创性；对格森（Gethen）星社会和文化的刻画至今仍让人觉得独树一帜。开头节奏比较慢热（slow burn），但最终推向了极具戏剧性的高潮。帕特里克·奥布莱恩（Patrick O'Brian）的“奥布里-马图林”（Aubrey-Maturin）系列。大概是有史以来最好的历史小说。描绘了拿破仑战争时期丰富生动的生活画卷。背景设定在大航海时代（Age of Sail）的英国皇家海军，但这种描述根本不足以概括它的精妙；奥布莱恩的…
…Shockingly original when it was published in 1969; the portrait of the society and culture on Gethen still feels unique. A slow burn at the beginning, but builds to a dramatic conclusion. Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey-Maturin series. Probably the best historical fiction ever written. Rich tapestry of life during the Napoleonic Wars. Set in the Royal Navy during the Age of Sail, but that description doesn't do it justice; O'Brian's…
…发生在1960年代。这个构想本身比最终的结果更有意思。小说类，从最好到最差：帕特里克·奥布莱恩，《The Hundred Days》（百日王朝）。有史以来最好的历史小说系列（奥布里-马图林系列，Aubrey-Maturin series）里的倒数第二本，领先其他作品一大截。这个系列超越了类型小说的范畴，我把奥布里-马图林系列列为过去十年读过的最棒的书之一。多迪·史密斯（Dodie Smith），《I Capture the Castle》。一部精彩绝伦的…
…Happened in the 1960s. The idea is more interesting than the outcome. Fiction, best to worst: Patrick O'Brian, The Hundred Days. The penultimate book in the series of the best historical novels (the Aubrey-Maturin series) ever written, by a huge margin. The series transcend the genre and I count the Aubrey-Maturin books among the very best books I read in the last decade. Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle. A brilliantly…
你可能会喜欢帕特里克·奥布莱恩的“奥布里-马图林”（Aubrey–Maturin）系列。它们涵盖的时期和主题与福雷斯特（Forrester）的《霍恩布洛尔》（Hornblower）类似。http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey-Maturin_series
You might like Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series. They cover the same period and similar themes as Forrester's Hornblower. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey-Maturin_series
> 帕特里克·奥布莱恩，“奥布里-马图林”系列。极好、极棒的书。在这之前我甚至连历史小说这个概念都提不起兴趣。要克服“文化冲击”并熟悉航海生活的专业词汇确实得花上一阵子，但这很容易就…
> Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey-Maturin series. Wonderful, wonderful books. I didn’t even like historical fiction as a concept before these. It takes a while to get over the “culture shock” and learn the vocabulary of seafaring life, but it easily…
帕特里克·奥布莱恩的奥布里-马图林系列在帆船时代（Age of Sail）的航海生活方面也充满了详尽细节（很多书里还有关于捕鲸的深入细节）。过去这一年我一直在慢慢啃这个系列，…
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series is also rich with detail about sailing in the Age of Sail more generally (with some in-depth details about whaling in many of the books). I've been slowly working my way through them for the past year,…
帕特里克·奥布莱恩的“奥布里-马图林”系列。对前工业时代技术巅峰的描写，读起来非常过瘾。
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. A very enjoyable description of the pinnacle of pre-Industrial technology.