Has anyone ever read a book called Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini? I found a cheap copy of it on the bargain rack of Barnes and Noble today and it looked interesting, so I picked it up. Any good?
Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sj - Jul 14, 2008 11:29:14 am PDT #6717 of 28384
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DavidS - Jul 14, 2008 11:37:23 am PDT #6718 of 28384
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's the basis for the Errol Flynn movie of the same name, a classic swashbuckler.
sj - Jul 14, 2008 11:39:22 am PDT #6719 of 28384
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Hec. I've never seen the movie.
DavidS - Jul 14, 2008 12:03:06 pm PDT #6720 of 28384
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thanks, Hec. I've never seen the movie.
It's great! Though I prefer the Sea Hawk because the climactic duel in the surf.
Fred Pete - Jul 15, 2008 7:14:36 am PDT #6721 of 28384
Ann, that's a ferret.
They're both Errol Flynn on a ship, and therefore both worthy of watching. I first saw Captain Blood as part of a double feature with My Favorite Year.
Sabatini made a career of enjoyable literary swashbucklers. CB is certainly worthwhile if you have any taste for the genre.
Steph L. - Jul 15, 2008 5:42:36 pm PDT #6722 of 28384
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You know, I'm trying to stick to a budget, and I don't *need* this, strictly speaking, but I think you will all understand that this t-shirt needed to be mine.
meara - Jul 15, 2008 9:28:03 pm PDT #6723 of 28384
I saw Connie Willis tonight! She read from her unfinished book. Yay, hearing something new. BOO, book that is still not done!! Sigh.
Jessica - Jul 16, 2008 3:02:00 am PDT #6724 of 28384
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tep, that shirt rocks.
Steph L. - Jul 16, 2008 4:50:42 am PDT #6725 of 28384
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tep, that shirt rocks.
Somewhere in the comments section for that shirt, the designer lists all the authors who are on the shirt. I couldn't identify them all on my laptop screen (too small), but you bet that's the first thing I'm going to do when it lands on my doorstep.
JZ - Jul 16, 2008 9:07:03 am PDT #6726 of 28384
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Man, if that shirt weren't yellow...
You, however, will rock it.
I can't even say why I love this one so much, but oh, I do.