Looks like I'll have to check out this Vorkosigan Saga, especially for the rice ship, it's one of my favourite Hornblower episodes after all.
That's not an unfinished sentence, it's just a poorly phrased list. The interest in Hornblower in space comes from:
1. discussion about Hornblower influences on scify media
2. my personal feeling that scify usually doesn't have the vibe I love about age of sail
3. the abandoned fic The (unexpected) Return, I don't know why this makes me think about Hornblower in Space, but it does - 'tis a mystery
I haven't seen Treasure Planet since I was 12/13, so, it's been ~15 years. But from what I remember it probably comes closest to what I mean, yes.
Firefly is also good candidate! I didn't even think about that one at first, probably cause the Wild West vibes are so strong. But except for the lack of water and strict, multilevel hierarchies Wild West and Age of Sail are pretty similar in many regards.
I haven't been on tumblr in ages, but I vaguely remember fanart of Bush with a futuristic prothesis, which I adored. With the old google search function I'd probably able to find it again, but with the current one I have no luck.
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Date: 2025-01-30 11:52 pm (UTC)Looks like I'll have to check out this Vorkosigan Saga, especially for the rice ship, it's one of my favourite Hornblower episodes after all.
That's not an unfinished sentence, it's just a poorly phrased list. The interest in Hornblower in space comes from: 1. discussion about Hornblower influences on scify media 2. my personal feeling that scify usually doesn't have the vibe I love about age of sail 3. the abandoned fic The (unexpected) Return, I don't know why this makes me think about Hornblower in Space, but it does - 'tis a mystery
I haven't seen Treasure Planet since I was 12/13, so, it's been ~15 years. But from what I remember it probably comes closest to what I mean, yes.
Firefly is also good candidate! I didn't even think about that one at first, probably cause the Wild West vibes are so strong. But except for the lack of water and strict, multilevel hierarchies Wild West and Age of Sail are pretty similar in many regards.
I haven't been on tumblr in ages, but I vaguely remember fanart of Bush with a futuristic prothesis, which I adored. With the old google search function I'd probably able to find it again, but with the current one I have no luck.