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15.1 A Ship of Two Halves

In April 1947, a British ship called the Stancliffe ran aground near Sharpness, Gloucestershire. A local shipyard engineer was able to cut the vessel in two, then sail both parts down the River Severn to Cardiff Docks where they were rejoined. The repaired ship was later put back into service under the new name of the SS Gripfast.

Read two books, from two different options.
Required: specify the options.

A: Read a book which is set at least 50% aboard a ship or at a port or dock. For the purposes of this task, ships are defined as large vessels of a commercial, passenger or military nature. Ports and docks are defined as docking points intended for the aforementioned ships (i.e. not marinas for personal vessels such as yachts). Dry docks (for ship repair) will also be accepted. Spaceports and spaceships are not included, we're specifically looking for maritime settings.

Required: if the setting is not obvious from the GR description, provide a reference.

B: Read a book which is part of a duology (only two whole numbered books in a numbered series). The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.

C: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym. The book may be written under any of the pseudonyms (or the real name) used by the author.

Required: If the pseudonym is not evident on the GR author page or GR metadata for your book, provide a reference link.

These lists might help for option A. As always, they're not gospel, so please make sure the book you've chosen does meet task requirements!

Ship ahoy!
Nautical Novels

Reserved.

This thread is now open.

Does the duology book have to be identified as a duology or can it just be that it is in a series of 2. I am thinking of The House of Fortune

A series of two will work, as long as there are only two books in the series at time of task claim.

If an author uses the pseudonym exclusively, such as George Orwell/Eric Blair, could that be used?

I'd say that counts.

The Night Swim - is this ok for duology? There are two books in the series on gr but the second one isn't quite published yet

Would The Man in the Brown Suit count as a setting on a boat? Does it have to be 100% on a boat? I haven't read the book yet, so I don't know the percentage of this one, but looking at the reviews it is a good portion of the story.

Peg wrote: "Would The Man in the Brown Suit count as a setting on a boat? Does it have to be 100% on a boat? I haven't read the book yet, so I don't know the percentage of this one, but looking a..."

Apologies, I thought I'd specified 50% in the original task wording. I've updated it now!

I read The Man in the Brown Suit for the Winter Challenge, I'd say it fits. A pretty hefty chunk of the book is aboard the ship from what I remember. Hope you enjoy it!

Thank you! I figured I could place it in Option C if not, Now I get to squeeze in two Christie books for this.

Meg wrote: "The Night Swim - is this ok for duology? There are two books in the series on gr but the second one isn't quite published yet"

I'll approve that, the second book has a pretty solid Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ record in place. It's even releasing within the timespan of the Summer challenge.

Jayne wrote: "Meg wrote: "The Night Swim - is this ok for duology? There are two books in the series on gr but the second one isn't quite published yet"

I'll approve that, the second book has a ..."

great, thank you

Does a lifeboat work for the setting for Option A?

Collins Dictionary* defines a lifeboat as being carried aboard a ship, rather than being a ship itself, so I'm afraid not. I'll update the task with a better definition of "ship".

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I'm not doing too great at bat tonight. Thanks for the clarification, though. LOL

So I've got a Duology question. I was debating either Six of Crows or Crooked Kingdom, which are described as a duology.

BUT, there's a third book listed, but only as Untitled, and the GR description is "Leigh Bardugo confirmed that her longterm plan for the Grishaverse involves a third Six of Crows book "many years down the line"."

Does the existence of that untitled, and maybe not to be published for years, book exclude the others as a duology?

Funnily enough, that was the first pair of books that came to mind when I specified duology in the task.

I think given that Bardugo has said it's a plan for "many years down the line", we can count the current series as a duology only. We've no title/estimated release date or even any indication that she's actively working on writing a draft, anything could happen to prevent the third book ever coming about. Her own website lists the series as a duology too.

Just to be on the safe side though, might be worth linking back to this post when you submit your task for approval!

Perfect.

I was thinking of it, as they're both also on the antihero list for the Casablanca task, so it would be a good pairing, and while they have Children's, they're both MY+ in the UK bookfinder.

Just making sure Head On works as a duology. There is a 0.5 book but only 2 whole-numbered books.

Yep, that works.

Does nonfiction work for option 1

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

Yes, if it's non-fiction about a ship or a dockyard, it'll work.

That looks like a really interesting book to be honest, I hope you enjoy it!

Could you please check whether

Ann Quin: Berg

would work for Option A?

It's set in Brighton:
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which is listed as a "medium-sized port" here:
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JP wrote: "Could you please check whether

Ann Quin: Berg

would work for Option A?

It's set in Brighton:
,
which is listed as a "medium-sized por..."

Does the book actually take place at the port, or is it just in the general Brighton area?

Jayne wrote, regarding message 25, "Does the book actually take place at the port, or is it just in the general Brighton area?"

It appears that it's just set in Brighton, not at the port itself.

JP wrote: "Jayne wrote, regarding message 25, "Does the book actually take place at the port, or is it just in the general Brighton area?"

It appears that it's just set in Brighton, not at the port itself."


I'm afraid it won't work for this task then, sorry!

Jayne wrote: "I'm afraid it won't work for this task then, sorry!"

Thanks for checking!

Just being sure that "a ship" can be multiple ships from multiple viewpoints, and doesn't have to be a single ship

The Mad Ship has at least 3 different ships with the veiwpoints of the ships and the people on them.

Shanna_redwind wrote: "Just being sure that "a ship" can be multiple ships from multiple viewpoints, and doesn't have to be a single ship

The Mad Ship has at least 3 different ships with the veiwpoints of t..."

Yes, it can be multiple ships so long as at least 50% of the book is aboard them.

Does The Night Ship work? One of the POV characters is on a ship (not sure if it's 50% as I haven't read it yet) but the other POV character lives in a fishing village where boats come and go all the time, so I wondered if that counted as a port / harbour?

Aimee wrote: "Does The Night Ship work? One of the POV characters is on a ship (not sure if it's 50% as I haven't read it yet) but the other POV character lives in a fishing village where boats c..."

"Fishing village" suggests to me that it's predominantly for small boats, which wouldn't meet the requirements. If you can find a reference to suggest otherwise then I'll happily review the assessment, otherwise you might be banking on the ship setting taking up enough of the book.

Jayne wrote: "Aimee wrote: "Does The Night Ship work? One of the POV characters is on a ship (not sure if it's 50% as I haven't read it yet) but the other POV character lives in a fishing village..."

Thanks Jayne, I suspected as much but thought I'd ask anyway.
I think I'll find something else as I get the impression the majority of the story is the present-day bit rather than the past bit on a ship.