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Pic somewhat related.
I'm looking for my next read, but I'm not quite sure where or what to look for.
In the past I've enjoyed themes of perseverance and being lost/stuck somewhere.
Maritime history/fiction tends to capture some of that, but there's probably other parallels I've yet to explore.

Got any recommendations for me?

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Pic related and also The Odyssey.

>> No.21910973

Captain Blood

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>>21910916
Pic related is a first hand account of an actual event as you described. Its really incredible.

>> No.21911180

Lord Jim!

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>>21911167

I was going to say Shackleton, but then I thought as OP described "I've enjoyed themes of perseverance and being lost/stuck somewhere" I figured they had to of been reading about Shackleton already to come up with such a line because it's literally it. Great recommendation.

The Klondike is a great read.

>> No.21911791

>>21910916
Project Hail Mary. It takes place in space, but otherwise the themes work.

>> No.21911797

if you don't mind some surrealism, mount analogue fits the bill

>> No.21912909

>>21910916
You'd probably really enjoy pic rel. It's a short story from Tales of the Unreal, the unreal horror anth. It's pretty good. Basically everything you described. It kinda gives The Terror vibes but without the gay monster bear. I won't spoil the plot but it follows a crew as they discover a bizarre curse halfway through the pacific and then shit starts deteriorating.

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>>21912909
forgot pic

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>>21912918
>>21912909
based Tales of the Unreal enjoyer

>> No.21912937

>>21912909
>>21912923
Stop shilling this trash you retards

>> No.21913062

>>21911228
yeah, already went through "endurance" a while ago.

>> No.21913132

>>21912937
Not that anon but you are retarded. Do everyone a favor and get off this board and onto a mars rocket with no helmet.

>> No.21913217

>>21912937
Why? I'm not associated with them. I just liked the book.

>> No.21913238

>>21910916
a pilgramige to el-medinah and meccah

memoirs of victorian man pretending to be a born and bred oriental to do the hajj for science's sake, at a time when getting discovered was certain death. Guy conned all the way from alexandria to the meccah and back

>> No.21913256

>>21913238
Why didn’t he just pretend to be a convert?