"One Morning on the CHAOS Discussion List..." by Nindulgence (et al)

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Fandom: HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Well, that's just the problem, isn't it?
Author on LJ: nindulgence
Author Website: none
Why this must be read:

Fictional Hornblower Scholarship is a fine old tradition (sort of like rum, sodomy and the lash), stretching back at least to C. Northcote Parkinson's The Life And Times Of Horatio Hornblower, published in 1970, and the fandom carries on the tradition with almost as much enthusiasm as we show for rum and sodomy, happily discovering letters, locating diaries, uncovering lost sketches, and haggling over half-obliterated pronouns on musty papers (it's the forgery that takes the time, really; those salt stains are hell to reproduce).

nindulgence's particular contributions to this genre are generally combinations of eloquent verse and impish theorizing calculated to keep us all happily speculating for weeks (see 17), and

One Morning on the CHAOS Discussion List...,

and the verse embedded within it, are no exception.

Comments

[nell65.livejournal.com]

Drive by Icon love -

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*small happy squee*

[nindulgence.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to let you know I enjoyed reading your recs this month--and I'm especially touched that you recced this piece of craziness, because I remember being so wowed by all the wild and clever responses that ensued. A real community effort (not to mention, a valuable warning to any HH newbies that the fandom they're getting into is insane...in the good way, of course *g*).

Thanks for steering the crack jollyboat!

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