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John Kerry's boat is called "The Scaramouche"! I wonder... Michael C....
Michael Cummins
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Apr 7, 2004
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Just one more reason to vote for him!! If we don't, we won't have a gift a laughter and will SURELY go mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
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Apr 8, 2004
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... It may be the only reason to vote for him! But if he won, I might surely go mad!...
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Apr 9, 2004
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Without getting into a big discussion about politics, a topic which I think should be foreign to a group discussing literary topics, I do think it is of...
Jesse Knight
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Apr 9, 2004
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... Thanks for the insight, Jesse! Since so many of his stories are about individuals overcoming great obstacles, I think your assessment rings true. --Lee In...
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Apr 9, 2004
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I replied that I thought Sabatini believed in a meritocracy. That is, he did not believe we are all equal. But neither did he believe in a useless...
Michael Cummins
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Apr 9, 2004
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Remember that Scaramouche fomented revolution for personal gain, and then, like a child playing with matches, says "Oops!" and wishes he could undo all the...
Jonathon Nichols
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Apr 9, 2004
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... It's curious how Sabatini's characters are always forced to changes sides. It's like as if the structures of history catch up with them. There is that ...
Michael Cummins
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Apr 9, 2004
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I don't think that the fact that a lot of RS' characters seem to be of the "upper classes" is necessarily what we would call to-day a class thing. After all,...
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Apr 9, 2004
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Friends, I recently found an original radio episode of Captain Blood broadcast in February 1937 by Lux Radio Theatre. The broadcast features many of the same...
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Apr 30, 2004
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... broadcast in February ... cast members as ... Havilland, Basil ... Thank You Frank. I am enjoying this tremendously. I have never seen Captain Blood but...
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May 1, 2004
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A friend of mine sent me a transcription of a large (two-page) article on Sabatini that just appeared in the _Liverpool Daily Post_. I'm going to see if they...
Jesse Knight
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May 7, 2004
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... The text of the Daily Post can be found on the Internet. The full link for this article is ...
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May 7, 2004
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I'm hoping that perhaps there might be a Conference, perhaps perforrming a Sabatini play, maybe a exhibition of movie posters, and maybe a film festivals. Of...
Michael Cummins
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May 7, 2004
12:49 pm
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... This was a fine article. I'm thrilled to see more people paying attention. When I hand somebody a Sabatini book to read, usually there's that scepticism ...
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May 7, 2004
1:56 pm
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Hey, thanks David, for locating that article. I had a bit of a problem finding the article, but finally located it under the ExPats section. Here is a direct...
Jesse Knight
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May 7, 2004
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Lee, Since you know a lot about comics and animated features, etc., why has there not been more Sabatini done in the comics field? I understand illustrated...
Jesse Knight
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May 7, 2004
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... Tough topic, Jesse. Here's the Reader's Digest answer: 1) The best-selling comics in bookstores (and the country in general) is Manga, comics published in...
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May 7, 2004
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Hi, and my thanks for approving my membership in the group. I discovered Sabatini's stories only recently, so have a lot of catching up to do. I am...
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May 10, 2004
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Orren Arms and the Maid is the title of the 1st US edition of Mistress Wilding published in 1910 by Putnam. The Houghton Mifflin edition published in 1924 was...
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May 10, 2004
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Welcome to the group, Orren. Yes, Steve is correct. The UK edition was titled _Anthony Wilding_. In the Sabatini letters (some three or four hundred of them)...
Jesse Knight
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May 11, 2004
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Orren, ... I'm a great admirer of Sabatini's short fiction myself. Indeed, I regard him as great a short story writer as he is a novelist. You'll be happy to...
Jesse Knight
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May 11, 2004
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... I'm ready to buy it now! --Lee In a message dated 5/11/04 1:20:37 PM, jfknight@... writes:     One of my long-term dreams is to see the...
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May 11, 2004
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... as great a short story writer as he is a novelist. You'll be happy to know that a publisher of short mystery fiction is going to produce a collection of...
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May 12, 2004
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I know this issue has been discussed before in this forum, but hopefully the long-standing members will bear with me. I'd appreciate any information members...
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May 13, 2004
5:22 pm
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... If they're in the public domain, you don't NEED permissions. I don't think our own Michael Cummins needed permissions for the two collections of short...
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May 13, 2004
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I don't think our own Michael Cummins needed permissions for the two collections of short stories he published. ... Who was it first said, "Published and be...
Michael Cummins
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May 13, 2004
5:39 pm
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You've raised several questions, Orren, First off, my understanding is that anything pre-1923 is in the Public Domain. So that is why you are seeing a zillion...
Jesse Knight
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May 13, 2004
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You will find some very useful information about copyrights at: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/okbooks.html Polly Stratton...
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May 13, 2004
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... Until next year, when it's 1924...and that's firm for a year, too...etc. --Lee...
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