tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3677639302125783233..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Off the shelf...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22654714945368587832012-09-16T15:30:46.377-04:002012-09-16T15:30:46.377-04:00I was going to bring up 'Quartered Safe Out He...I was going to bring up 'Quartered Safe Out Here', but I've been beaten to it.<br /><br />Loaned that one to son after his first deployment; had a hard time getting it backFirehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23154844028961459462012-09-16T09:36:46.385-04:002012-09-16T09:36:46.385-04:00Pyrates is hilarious and a necessity. I wanted to ...Pyrates is hilarious and a necessity. I wanted to grow up to be Black Sheba: murderous and devastatingly stylish.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10390173105689955789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91342671037263135962012-09-16T03:05:19.431-04:002012-09-16T03:05:19.431-04:00Odd that the whole Flashman series appears to be a...Odd that the whole Flashman series appears to be available on Kindle except the first one, WTF?Temnotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121773949362842711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20918969932329853362012-09-16T00:22:26.077-04:002012-09-16T00:22:26.077-04:00It is, indeed, a good day when one learns somethin...It is, indeed, a good day when one learns something.<br /><br />Would to God that those in The Swamp recognize same. the real Mr.Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74394435259460984512012-09-15T23:43:57.809-04:002012-09-15T23:43:57.809-04:00This reminds me of the time I found a bunch of H. ...This reminds me of the time I found a bunch of H. Beam Piper books at the library sale. After buying the books, I immediately went to the likker store and bought a small bottle of Jim Beam, to drink while reading the H. Beam.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35157966114770717532012-09-15T22:47:45.972-04:002012-09-15T22:47:45.972-04:00Another non-fiction book by Fraser
might be of int...Another non-fiction book by Fraser<br />might be of interest. <br />It's "Quartered Safe Out Here." <br /><br />About his service against the Japanese in Burma in World War II. <br /><br />Picked it up a few months back. <br /><br />I knew an Aussie who had been in <br />the same campaign. Some of Fraser's <br />stories had a familiar ring. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57567963556077950832012-09-15T19:07:30.114-04:002012-09-15T19:07:30.114-04:00Flashman made my later HS years bearable, but Flas...Flashman made my later HS years bearable, but <i>Flashman in the Great Game</i> probably made my return to India inevitable. But after that my fiction-reading declined as College took-over.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28043347665316399362012-09-15T18:37:23.893-04:002012-09-15T18:37:23.893-04:00Add the non-fiction The Steel Bonnets to the list,...Add the non-fiction <i>The Steel Bonnets</i> to the list, his history of the Border Reivers.<br />Available for Kindle!Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20609070109318204312012-09-15T17:05:20.269-04:002012-09-15T17:05:20.269-04:00I envy you. The delight of first read is to be sav...I envy you. The delight of first read is to be savored. Add Mr. American to the list.<br />Mr. Frazer was a perfect gentleman and always replied to my fanboi letters in a most gracious and polite manner.<br />And Bobbi, all his letters were done on a typewriter.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21503541322708229652012-09-15T15:57:04.208-04:002012-09-15T15:57:04.208-04:00Black Ajax is quite awesome as well, but I never c...Black Ajax is quite awesome as well, but I never could get into Pyrates.Atom Smasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01717946941636575857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12117945888976369122012-09-15T15:15:54.916-04:002012-09-15T15:15:54.916-04:00Lights On at Signpost, the most curmudgeonly of cu...Lights On at Signpost, the most curmudgeonly of curmudgeonly cries against Cool Britannia.Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45566906124521947422012-09-15T13:47:31.319-04:002012-09-15T13:47:31.319-04:00Be sure to read his semi-non-fictional stuff as we...Be sure to read his semi-non-fictional stuff as well.<br /><br />The General Danced at Dawn, and MacAusland in the Rough.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49177936377749082722012-09-15T13:28:37.060-04:002012-09-15T13:28:37.060-04:00You NEVER read any of them before?!? Damn... how ...You NEVER read any of them before?!? Damn... how the bleep did that occur?Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7607335009119863142012-09-15T11:38:18.874-04:002012-09-15T11:38:18.874-04:00Those books are fantastic. The movie version of Ro...Those books are fantastic. The movie version of <i>Royal Flash</i> seems a bit slapdash, but salvaged by the cast: Malcolm McDowell as Flashman, Oliver Reed as von Bismarck, Alan Bates as Rudi Starnberg.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57963607431260831492012-09-15T11:30:24.070-04:002012-09-15T11:30:24.070-04:00For the 40K addicts out there - the Caiphas Cain n...For the 40K addicts out there - the Caiphas Cain novels are in the mold of FlashmanIan Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77470105409391090802012-09-15T10:38:40.248-04:002012-09-15T10:38:40.248-04:00I grew up with Flashman. George McDonald Fraser c...I grew up with Flashman. George McDonald Fraser contributed measurably to my knowledge of 19th-century history.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3869758964987194672012-09-15T10:37:55.103-04:002012-09-15T10:37:55.103-04:00They're worth reading for the footnotes alone....They're worth reading for the footnotes alone.John Stephensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20619917843935823042012-09-15T10:15:24.951-04:002012-09-15T10:15:24.951-04:00No matter when you discover 'em, they need to ...No matter when you discover 'em, they need to be re-read every few years. The laughin' is good for tonin' up the belly muscles.<br /><br />Rob JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37989331002583712712012-09-15T09:58:10.706-04:002012-09-15T09:58:10.706-04:00Neither can I!Neither can I!New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.com