BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT, I'm back with more Sad Boat Books for Sad Boat People! But first, some words.
I never dreamed that a silly little graphic I made for some friends would generate this much response on twitter and here, but I'm overjoyed that it resonated with so many of you! I read every single comment and tag, and by far my favorites are all of the people who say some variation of "I thought I was the only one who loved these books." We are NOT alone, there are literally thousands of people who reblogged or retweeted this list-- people of all ages and backgrounds and gender identities. Sad Boat isn't just for old white men! I was also delighted to hear from other librarians who are using this in displays and for reader's advisory. PLEASE go forth and do so with my blessing, nothing would make me happier! I was recently laid off from my librarian job as part of a restructuring under new management (don't worry about me, it sucks right now but I'm gonna be fine), so I would love to think that I'm still contributing to the library ecosystem while I'm out of commission. I would also love to keep making these lists (including one that deals with Sad Boat fiction and one with recommendations for other types of media), and I've never had more time to do it, so if you have suggestions, please drop them in my inbox!
Anyway, enough of that-- here are more books! I've either read all of these, or the recommendation came from someone I trust, so read with confidence!
First Hand Accounts
The Quiet Land: The Antarctic Diaries of Frank Debenham edited by June Debenham Back
The Voyage of the Discovery by Robert Falcon Scott
Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen
Endurance by F.A. Worsley
Boats boats boats!
Franklin's Lost Ship: The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus by Alanna Mitchell and John Geiger
The Voyages of the Discovery: The Illustrated History of Scott's Ship by Ann Savours
HMS Terror: The Design, Fitting, and Voyages of a Polar Discovery Ship by Matthew Betts
The SS Terra Nova (1884-1943): Whaler, Sealer, and Polar Exploration Ship by Michael C. Tarver
You'll learn about the Ross Sea Party and you'll like it
Shackleton's Heroes by Wilson McOrist
Shackleton’s Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic by Lennard Bickel
The Ross Sea Shore Party 1914-1917 by R.W. Richards
The Lost Men by Kelly Tyler-Lewis*
Polar Castaways by Richard McElrea and David Harrowfield*
*These were on my other list, but this is my graphic and I'll do what I want
Sad Airships and Planes
From Pole to Pole: Roald Amundsen's Journey in Flight by Garth James Cameron
N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia by Mark Piesing
Antarctica's Lost Aviator by Jeff Maynard
Disaster at the Pole: The Tragedy of the Airship Italia and the 1928 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole by Wilbur Cross
More Shackleton Content
Shackleton: A Life in Poetry by Jim Mayer
Shackleton's Last Voyage by Frank Wild
The Quest Chronicle: The Story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition by Jan Chojecki
Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod by Beau Riffenburgh
Polar Partners
Snow Widows by Katherine MacInnes
Polar Wives: The Remarkable Women Behind the World's Most Daring Explorers by Kari Herbert
Widows of the Ice by Anne Fletcher
Sad Boat Graphic Novels
Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey by Nick Bertozzi
The Worst Journey in the World- The Graphic Novel Volume 1: Making Our Easting Down adapted by Sarah Airriess from the book by Apsley Cherry-Garrard*
How To Survive in the North by Luke Healy
*This was also on my other list, but this is my graphic and I'll do what I want
Biographies
Scott of the Antarctic by David Crane
Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse by Stephen Haddelsey
Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard by Sara Wheeler
Birdie Bowers: Captain Scott's Marvel by Anne Strathie
Roald Amundsen by Tor Bomann-Larsen
Miscellaneous sad boat books that are well worth your time
I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination by Francis Spufford
Fatal North: Adventure and Survival Aboard USS Polaris, The First US Expedition to the North Pole by Bruce Henderson
Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy by Fergus Fleming
Pilgrims on the Ice by T.H. Baughman
The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture by Michael F. Robinson
Ghosts of Cape Sabine by Leonard F. Guttridge
Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer
If you read and enjoy any of these, please let me know!
EDITED TO ADD: OG Sad Boat Books post here!
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This isn't canon but I thought this was cute.
I commissioned @egot1stical for this piece.
It is a picture of young Meggy and Garth as Ponyo and Sasuke.
Here's the version where they're both humans (dependent on how you want to view this and incorporation of the original source material of Ponyo and both SMG4 and SUPER content)
And a version with Meggy being an inkling.
@egot1stical is also on Twitter.
Here's a link to their link tree
And their commissions info.
Their artwork is really good. But their page isn't meant for younger kids.
I highly recommend her for commissions. But please don't spam her messages.
Take care. I'll probably have another story post in a couple of days.
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i know it's not really your area, but have you ever considered writing anything for poly fab five (dick, garth, roy, donna, wally)? there is a CRIMINALLL lack of them on ao3 😭
Friend, I understand your pain because there is nowhere NEAR enough Core Four polyam on there either, but unfortunately I know so, so little about those characters. Like, Dick I can kinda write and Roy I can kinda write, and Wally I can kinda TRY to write, but I would not even know where to START with Donna or Garth, hah. So like, I probably wouldn't write that ship unless it was a cameo/mention thing and not a main focal point of the fic.
Then again, I've written things I knew less about thanks to the power of the wiki and being commissioned or just doing somebody a solid, so who knows, maybe one day, hah.
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Audiobooks for Fanfiction?
Do you like fanfiction?
Are you a slave to a capitalistic system that prevents you from reading fanfiction all day every day?
Do you ever wish you could read fanfiction while doing chores?
Well good news! We are poor and struggling to pay rent, so my partner is taking commissions!
He is an aspiring voice actor who has been recording an audiobook of Sabriel (by Garth Nix) over the past couple years.
HERE is a link to Sabriel, and HERE is a link to a recent recording he did of a book I've been working on.
If you like his voice and have a fanfic in mind you'd like him to read for you, DM me, or him. (Patreon)
Note: If you are not the author, please get permission from the author before commissioning.
Pricing:
$35 per 1000 words.
$50 per 1000 words for NSFW. (This only applies to chapters or sections containing NSFW content. SFW chapters will be priced at $35/1k)
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