tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682438184679769936.post6777665925413948225..comments2023-10-18T09:50:12.721-04:00Comments on Fresh-scraped Vellum - A blog devoted to historical and fantasy fiction: Pirates & the Caribbean RevisitedJoseph Finleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348233611003693635noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682438184679769936.post-2754742753585675342016-07-31T17:06:10.150-04:002016-07-31T17:06:10.150-04:00Dan, thanks for asking about the knee. It's ge...Dan, thanks for asking about the knee. It's getting better. I've been off crutches for a month and a half, so that's good. I'd like to write a pirate story someday, and love the thought of a female protagonist! <br /><br />As for Outlander, that is a great point. I'm really curious as to how the next season will begin. Obviously, she goes back, but what a tough decision to make with her grown daughter in the present. Though I'm sure the show will pull this off wonderfully. Joseph Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348233611003693635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682438184679769936.post-76617883211051748662016-07-30T19:45:31.385-04:002016-07-30T19:45:31.385-04:00JOSEPH! I know I ask on behalf of many of your re...JOSEPH! I know I ask on behalf of many of your readers:<br /><br />How's the KNEE (and other injuries)?<br />__________________________________________________________<br /><br />Why not write a PIRATE story for your 8 Year Old? :)<br />And... make HER the hero!<br /><br />p.s.<br />I've got an ANGLE for you to write about OUTLANDER.<br />For me, the most poignant scenes in the series are the<br />ones where CLAIRE is in her times: 1940's before she<br />encountered the STONES; and, BOSTON 1954, even<br />though this was a very brief scene. While watching the<br />later, I could help noticing how she had recovered from<br />the rigours of her ADVENTURE, and had re-integrated"<br />into MODERN times, right down to the HAIR STYLE &<br />MAKE UP...Paul Daniel Asuncionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123993837292756228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682438184679769936.post-43222294991877845812016-07-30T09:02:46.700-04:002016-07-30T09:02:46.700-04:00David, thanks for the great comment. For what it&#...David, thanks for the great comment. For what it's worth, I re-read "A Princess of Mars" a few years ago and still loved it. It's amazing Burroughs wrote that more than a century ago!Joseph Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348233611003693635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682438184679769936.post-57716851973788089642016-07-29T21:20:45.882-04:002016-07-29T21:20:45.882-04:00I read this as a kid, too, and loved it. There wer...I read this as a kid, too, and loved it. There were a whole bunch of books I read back then that I have gone back to re-read and not all of them stood the test of time. For me, this one really did. I love the dialect. I could happily wallow in it all day long. It gives such a distinct and authentic voice to these colorful characters. Kidnapped! does the same thing, only with a Scottish Highland accent and I loved that one on re-read, as well. I also re-liked Tom Sawyer, The Three Musketeers as well as Lord of Light by Zelazny and anything by Fritz Leiber. My "de-likes" were Doc Savage adventures and Louis L'Amour westerns, but even the Elric of Melnibone series came down a few pegs. <br /><br />Because these books are wrapped up with childhood memories, it is painful to de-like. As a result, I haven't had the guts to go back to The Prisoner of Zenda, the John Carter of Mars series, or Red Randall on Active Duty although I suspect the latter is utterly doomed.<br />David Waidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038733604148360127noreply@blogger.com