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** There are plenty of the standard type as well. They frequently [[Interservice Rivalry|do not get along well]] with the airborne versions, and one of the leads is a navy man adjusting to dragonback service. |
** There are plenty of the standard type as well. They frequently [[Interservice Rivalry|do not get along well]] with the airborne versions, and one of the leads is a navy man adjusting to dragonback service. |
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* While David Eddings' ''[[Belgariad]]'' depicts life at sea rather romantically, its sequel, ''The Malloreon'', paints a considerably more grim picture of the conditions driving a sailor to desert his captain. It still involves a lot of "[[Talk Like a Pirate|mateys]]", though. |
* While David Eddings' ''[[Belgariad]]'' depicts life at sea rather romantically, its sequel, ''The Malloreon'', paints a considerably more grim picture of the conditions driving a sailor to desert his captain. It still involves a lot of "[[Talk Like a Pirate|mateys]]", though. |
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* The ''Lord Ramage'' novels of Dudley Pope. They're set in the [[Horatio Hornblower]] 'verse; Ramage and Hornblower were |
* The ''Lord Ramage'' novels of Dudley Pope. They're set in the [[Horatio Hornblower]] 'verse; Ramage and Hornblower were midshipmen on the same ship for a time and apparently on fairly good terms (Pope was a friend of Hornblower's author C.S. Forester). It's mentioned that Hornblower did his best to teach trigonometry to Ramage, who lacks an aptitude for math. |
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* Much of [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle|Baroque Cycle]]'' takes place on ships in, well, the Baroque, both European and Middle Eastern. He doesn't gloss over the conditions. |
* Much of [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle|Baroque Cycle]]'' takes place on ships in, well, the Baroque, both European and Middle Eastern. He doesn't gloss over the conditions. |
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* James Clavell's ''[[Shogun]]'' opens up in this setting but ''good.'' |
* James Clavell's ''[[Shogun]]'' opens up in this setting but ''good.'' |