Quote of the day
The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it.
Patrick O'Brian

Born: December 12, 1914
Died: January 2, 2000 (aged 85)
Bio: Patrick O'Brian, born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
Known for:
- Master and Commander (1969)
- HMS Surprise (1973)
- Post Captain (1972)
- Desolation Island (1978)
- The Mauritius Command (1977)