I finally finished reading this book (in French translation, that is) about a week ago. I must say that it is a really excellent book and I consider it worthy...
Chris Camfield
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Dec 27, 2000 4:51 pm
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Just read this novel by the prolific pulp writer H. Bedford-Jones and thought it was great fun. It's a team-up of D'Artagnan and Cyrano de Bergerac in which...
James Reasoner
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Jan 4, 2001 6:24 am
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Thanks for the review, James. I hope more members will post what they have been reading lately. I noticed there was a new Sharpe book out. Has anyone had the...
Jesse F. Knight
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Jan 4, 2001 3:16 pm
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A precision. This is not the first book to have described a team of d'Artagnan and Cyrano. In the 20's, Paul Feval fils (the son of Paul Feval, famous french ...
Lavarede
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Jan 4, 2001 4:07 pm
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... From: "Lavarede" <lavarede@...> To: <swashbuckling@egroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [swashbuckling] The King's...
James Reasoner
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Jan 4, 2001 7:41 pm
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... I've long thought that an interesting study could be done of Richelieu and Mazarin in the context of swashbucklers. I am hard-pressed to think of two...
Jesse F. Knight
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Jan 4, 2001 7:49 pm
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... reconcilies" ... And a picture too. Cyrano et D'Artagnan. Directed by Abel Gance(a huge name in French cinema). Starring Jean- Pierre Cassel as D'Artagnan...
Michael Cummins
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Jan 4, 2001 9:30 pm
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... For that matter, of course he appeared in Under The Red Robe too, and had a great effect on the events therein. (If de Berault hadn't been employed to ...
Chris Camfield
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Jan 5, 2001 12:27 am
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Chris, It sounds like you know what your doing with scanning and e-text. Off line (I think it was), James Reasoner and I talked about the idea of uploading...
Jesse F. Knight
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Jan 5, 2001 12:33 am
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... Well, to be honest, I haven't had very good success with OCR. But I do have a scanner and I'd be willing to try it out. It would be a lot of fun if the...
Chris Camfield
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Jan 5, 2001 1:00 am
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... Done! Send me your mailing address off line and I will forward the stories to you. This really is an excellent way to read and discuss stories you would...
Jesse F. Knight
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Jan 5, 2001 1:10 am
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... From: "Jesse F. Knight" <jknight@...> To: <swashbuckling@egroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [swashbuckling]...
James Reasoner
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Jan 5, 2001 5:21 am
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... Feval's books are reviewed in the December 1998 issue of PULPDOM, which I thought I'd mention in case people didn't know about it. It'll be of interest to...
William Denton
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Jan 7, 2001 3:33 am
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I've finished scanning in the story that Jesse sent to me. Right now it's in Rich Text format. Is that going to be all right? I converted it to plain text,...
Chris Camfield
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Jan 19, 2001 2:35 pm
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And for those of you who are bibliographically inclined, this story by Donald Barr Chidsey first appeared in the January 4, 1941 issue of Argosy. To my...
James Reasoner
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Jan 20, 2001 1:04 am
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Just curious who you all think does the best job at describing swor dfight scenes in literature, pulp or otherwise. When you're reading a good swashbuckler, or...
Terry Lago
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Jan 22, 2001 2:22 pm
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How about Robert E. Howard, who wrote all sorts of action scenes extremely well, including sword fights. (Although there's not much fancy fencing in Howard's...
James Reasoner
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Jan 23, 2001 2:39 am
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Hm, I don't know if Conan's fights count :-> I appreciate the question. One of my favourite fantasy series (Amber series by Roger Zelazny) has a fair bit of...
Chris Camfield
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Jan 23, 2001 3:38 am
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It might be interesting to dissect a fight scene. For instance, look at the story you just uploaded (and yes, I will make a comment on it in the next day or...
Jesse F. Knight
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Jan 23, 2001 4:40 am
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In Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian series, the primary weapons used were swords. Even though the setting was far-fetched, chivalry was prevelant(right...
Kyle McLeod
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Jan 23, 2001 1:31 pm
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1/22/01 8:21:32 PM, "Jesse F. Knight" <jknight@...> wrote: [snip] ... I'd agree. I mean, if you look at The Three Musketeers you could possibly...
Chris Camfield
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Jan 24, 2001 2:53 am
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... From: "Chris Camfield" <ccamfield@...> To: <swashbuckling@egroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [swashbuckling] Fight...
James Reasoner
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Jan 24, 2001 4:57 am
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Grade: B Summary: This movie has absolutely NOTHING to do with The Count of Monte Cristo. The only link to the original story is that the hero is recognized...
Chris Camfield
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Jan 28, 2001 2:21 pm
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... movies. Anyone know if ... I think he did just one Captain Blood movie. It is titled _Fortunes of Captain Blood_. I have a great movie poster from it;...
Jesse F. Knight
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Jan 28, 2001 3:28 pm
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... of ... Two. Captain Pirate(Captain Blood Returns) and The Fortunes of Captain Blood One colour, one Black and White. Neither are avalible. M. Cummins ... ...
Michael Cummins
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Jan 28, 2001 5:40 pm
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... That's very interesting. I've not heard of it before. Where did the information come from that _Captain Pirate_ was based on _Captain Blood Returns_? I...
Jesse F. Knight
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Jan 28, 2001 5:44 pm
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... I've articles on both. The first was sucessful so they made the second in Colour. I dunno if you still have them, Jesse- but I sent you a bundle of ...
Michael Cummins
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Jan 28, 2001 6:05 pm
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Hello, Do you know the book with the same name ("Le fils de Monte Cristo") by Jules Lermina? It seems the movie is neither an adaptation of this other book... ...
Lavarede
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Jan 28, 2001 11:54 pm
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I was in the video store today and saw the DVD of Richard Lester's THE THREE MUSKETEERS, which is one of my favourite movies, so I bought it. They have THE...
William Denton
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Feb 4, 2001 4:33 am
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... It's a GREAT movie. The quality isn't as great as some of the silent DVDs out there but it's very good and watchable. The best avalible has been used. I...
