Aubrey & Maturin, ho!

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Now that I've seen and thoroughly enjoyed the movie, I'm now embarking on the project of reading all the books straight through in order, having previously read bits and pieces and had other bits and pieces read or reported to me.

Given that I have twenty books to read, I don't really need fanfic yet, but since when has that ever stopped me?

Here's a link to the first piece of Aubrey-Maturin fanfic I ever read, back in 1997. It's not slash, but nonetheless has considerable emotional intensity:

http://www.hmssurprise.org/Fiction/flowing_sheet1/Twilight_of_the_Gods.html

And here's a piece I read very recently, which occupies a lovely position somewhere between slashy and slashable:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/astolat/34032.html