Comments on: Bullets Fear Me http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/bullets-fear-me/ Highbrow Fiction Is a Myth Sat, 17 May 2008 09:50:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: mike moreno - delaware http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/bullets-fear-me/#comment-1137 mike moreno - delaware Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:31:43 +0000 http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/bullets-fear-me/#comment-1137 I remember seeing sandokhan miniseries on spanish tv in late 70s when i was a kid. although i'd like to watch them again, i rememebr i was on his side and always wanted him to beat his adversaries ... now me being older, im sure i'd find it interesting in a deeper level, both historically (even if he's a fictional character, but based on colonial history (fuck-ups/oppression) ) and the way it was filmed and researched. maybe on ebay i could find some vhs tapes or even dvds of the original series. also, mr elijah, i find you did a very well written and descriptive synopsis of the book and about your thoughts about this famous pirate hero. congrats! - mikemorenobcn@yaho.com - delaware I remember seeing sandokhan miniseries on spanish tv in late 70s when i was a kid. although i’d like to watch them again, i rememebr i was on his side and always wanted him to beat his adversaries … now me being older, im sure i’d find it interesting in a deeper level, both historically (even if he’s a fictional character, but based on colonial history (fuck-ups/oppression) ) and the way it was filmed and researched. maybe on ebay i could find some vhs tapes or even dvds of the original series.

also, mr elijah, i find you did a very well written and descriptive synopsis of the book and about your thoughts about this famous pirate hero. congrats! - mikemorenobcn@yaho.com - delaware

]]> By: Elijah http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/bullets-fear-me/#comment-1129 Elijah Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:10:41 +0000 http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/bullets-fear-me/#comment-1129 Wow, that's really cool. Old editions of adventure classics coming every month on a library-van: that sounds like a recipe for the perfect nostalgia! Wow, that’s really cool. Old editions of adventure classics coming every month on a library-van: that sounds like a recipe for the perfect nostalgia!

]]> By: Joao Esperanca http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/bullets-fear-me/#comment-1128 Joao Esperanca Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:08:26 +0000 http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/bullets-fear-me/#comment-1128 I grew up reading Portuguese translations of Sandokan and the Black Corsair (and also Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne, etc). They were very popular in Portugal, especially for the generations before mine. I read old editions in an itinerant library-van from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation which came to my town once a month. I grew up reading Portuguese translations of Sandokan and the Black Corsair (and also Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne, etc). They were very popular in Portugal, especially for the generations before mine. I read old editions in an itinerant library-van from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation which came to my town once a month.

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