SciFy AU?

[dasmims]

For years now I've been thinking in vague terms about Hornblower in Space. That's mostly born out of a discussion about Hornblower influences on scify media like Star Trek and Honour Harrington, my personal feeling that scify usually doesn't have the vibe I love about age of sail and for some reason the abandoned fic The (unexpected) Return - I don't know if I have a point here. But I'm very curious if anyone else has some thoughts on this?

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[dasmims]

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.

[sanguinity]

Vorkosigan Saga: the rice ship has only a glancing mention, barely a paragraph! I was more amused to note that it's part of the saga's canon. That said, Miles and Bothari in Warrior's Apprentice might give you some of the vibes you enjoy? (And that's where the rice ship appears, anyway.) If that works for you, there's additional Bothari-and-Vorkosigan feelings in the novels about Miles's parents: Shards of Honor and Barrayar (collected in the Cordelia's Honor omnibus).

chiropteracupola's Hornblower Space AU: one, two, three. I'm still looking for the other artist I'm thinking of.

ETA: janirah ! Sci-fi Hornblower AU

[dasmims]

The to be read list is growing longer and longer. Maybe I should keep an actual list somewhere.

janirah.'s art was the one I was thinking of! I really like Bush with the undercut, it suits him.

But chiropteracupola.'s also looks great. I love the mix of age of sail uniforms and futuristic technology.