Editor in Chief Bill | 27 May 2022 8:27 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Which fiction work about historical pirates is your favorite? 46% said "Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)" 13% said "Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini)" 8% said "The Pyrates (George MacDonald Fraser)" |
Zephyr1 | 27 May 2022 8:59 p.m. PST |
'The Dark Frigate' should have been made into a movie by now, it's pretty good. Also, Howard Pyle's pirate book is also often overlooked… |
witteridderludo | 27 May 2022 11:10 p.m. PST |
Just hope they don't turn it into a movie now… you can be sure it'll het butchered the way hollywood works now. |
robert piepenbrink | 28 May 2022 3:41 a.m. PST |
The Black Swan is higher on my personal list. Pity the movie bore no resemblance to the book. And as witt says, nothing to be done in the present state of Hollywood. |
rustymusket | 28 May 2022 4:28 a.m. PST |
How about an Indy film? Leave Hollywood out of it. |
Grattan54 | 28 May 2022 6:42 a.m. PST |
If they did it today Jim would be a girl and Long John Silver would be gay. |
JSchutt | 28 May 2022 8:10 a.m. PST |
Nobody was better than Sabatini in my "book!" |
35thOVI | 28 May 2022 8:53 a.m. PST |
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Perris0707 | 28 May 2022 9:35 a.m. PST |
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Parzival | 28 May 2022 11:05 a.m. PST |
Fifteen self-identifying non-birthing persons on a life-challenged trans' chest! Yo-they-them and a recyclable, non-animal-based, sustainably-sourced, cruelty-free container of organically grown certified eco-friendly renewable-energy distilled Paleo-approved beverage which meets all the government regulations and requirements to be called ‘rum' but which may or may not actually contain rum! |
ColCampbell | 28 May 2022 11:39 a.m. PST |
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Cavcmdr | 28 May 2022 3:12 p.m. PST |
Please don't mess with my 15yr old dark rum. |
Bobgnar | 03 Jun 2022 2:22 p.m. PST |
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nnascati | 18 Sep 2022 3:07 p.m. PST |
Definitely Captain Blood! |
Heedless Horseman | 26 Sep 2022 7:00 a.m. PST |
I did not take to G.M Fraser's 'The Pyrates' at all. I LOVED the Flashman books and wish he had continued the story instead of taking a break into rather silly comedic tales. Great miss as a writer, though. |