Posted in Pirates, Reviews, Salgari, Swashbuckling on January 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So, I know that I have already rambled a good deal about the insanely-popular, but virtually unheard-of to English-speakers, series character known as Sandokan. (For your edification, I previously discussed him here and here.)
Having now read the first book, Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem, I must say that I can see what all the fuss [...]
Posted in Pirates, Salgari, Swashbuckling on January 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Sorry I’ve hardly been here, but I needed recuperative time back home with the family. On both plane flights, however, I amused myself with the first book in the aforementioned Sandokan series. It’s quite a lot of fun in an adolescent sort of way, and I don’t mean that as a bad thing, but I’ll [...]
Posted in Cool Stuff, Pirates, Salgari, Swashbuckling on December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So, in my many searches for the best in historical, swashbuckler-type adventure fiction, I have more than once stumbled across the name of Emilio Salgari–usually mentioned by native Italian-speakers who lament that they cannot share his greatness with their English-speaking friends. The premise behind his most popular character, Sandokan, stuck out to me especially: Sandokan [...]
Posted in Administrative, Blogroll, Cool Stuff, Flynn, Movies, Pirates, Sabatini, Swashbuckling on September 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Melody over at Redeeming Qualities has invented a holiday that warms me right to my little heart. So read the book, watch the movie, maybe save the life of a revolutionary, liberate a bunch of slaves, or sack Cartagena if you like, because it’s Captain Blood Day!
Posted in Best Author Ever, Comics, Cool Stuff, Movies, Pirates, Swashbuckling on August 28, 2007 | No Comments »
I haven’t intended for this blog to become a look at only comic books and movies, I swear it. Prose coverage is, as always, in the works as well, and meant to be the bulk of what is done here. Nonetheless, I must share with you a cool new cover, and the greatest team-up of [...]
Posted in Pirates, Sabatini, Swashbuckling on June 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Ahoy there, shipmates! Readers hopping aboard the Spotted Dog need their wits about them to confound the mind-boggling riddles and bewildering puzzles Mam Spamme sets, as she tells the story of her quest to win a great fortune and free Captain Blood from dastardly Red Roger’s dungeon. With her son Sam, Black Dog and the [...]
Posted in Flynn, Movies, Pirates, Reviews, Sabatini, Swashbuckling on June 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The vast bulk of our pirate story conventions come from Treasure Island. Duh. I do think, however, that one can safely say that the majority of those not originating from Stevenson come from the works of Rafael Sabatini–and movies based upon the works of Rafael Sabatini.
This, naturally, is because Rafael Sabatini’s books are, as a [...]
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