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Referenced as 'the Master and Commander books, the Patrick O'Brien books' when discussing how a glamorous woman on board a ship can be destabilizing to the chain of command

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The Patrick O'Brian books are discussed, particularly 'the first one, master and commander' as being 'brilliant on this sort of sense of gnawing anxiety' about getting on the captain's list.

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Referenced as a comparison - Custer's enthusiasm for collecting fossils and scientific specimens is compared to the character Maturin in O'Brian's naval novels.