sharpiefan: Line of Age of Sail Marines on parade (Sharpe from the ranks)
sharpiefan ([personal profile] sharpiefan) wrote in [community profile] sharpe_read2012-07-07 11:39 pm
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Welcome to [community profile] sharpe_read. We will be reading through the Sharpe series of books, probably (but not necessarily) in order - depending on what you lovely people choose to do.

Please introduce yourself to the rest of us!
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[personal profile] sharpiefan 2012-07-08 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Havoc's not a bad one to start with, though I have no idea how faithful the translations are. Do you prefer to read the original, or in translation?
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[personal profile] marashar 2012-07-08 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Original. I don't like the writing style of the translations. They don't capture the original style and on some occasions are pretty far from the original in meaning as well. The whole translated series was published rather cheaply then. Now there is a better version. But it still was enough to make me read three or four books before I got my hands on my first original.

(Yes, Havoc was a nice starting point and is still one of my undoubted favourites. Am looking forward to reading it again! :) )
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