At 01:14 PM 8/25/2002 -0400, Mark A Mandel wrote: > Why should I? (Not a >challenge, a real question.) Is he the author of the Aubrey/Maturin >series? If so, what I lack is time. Yes, the Aubrey Maturin books. I hope you eventually find the time. I never guarantee that anyone will like any book; but with those, I can come pretty close. But, yes, you do need time; there are twenty of them, and they are *very* addictive.