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A Harrowing Look for a 4th Cat
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OR two five foot italians!
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Aaargh, see now you and my father would have become good friends over a terrible pun such as that!!
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Sadly I already bought them through Amazon. I think they ran $7.99 or $8.99 each.
The Hornblower series apparently influenced Gene Roddenberry with his Star Trek series and I understand that Captain Kirk was to some extent modeled upon the intrepid ship's captain, Horatio Hornblower.
I took a look on Ebay at the 1943 Joy of Cooking books and yikes ... $39.00 for a used book? Would you believe that you may buy a CURRENT EDITION through Amazon for just 1 cent with $3.99 for shipping? I kid you not. Of course this wouldn't have the section about ration stamps.
I also saw a '43 edition that was missing its cover and the vendor wanted $9.99 for it. Geeze Louise!
As much as I enjoy history and Culinary Arts, I'm not paying $9.99 for a damaged book nor will I pay $39.99 for a '43 edition.
A 2006 edition, brand new ... hard cover ... sells for $21.08.
David
I've now checked; the Horatio Hornblower books are not yet on Project Gutenberg. Nothing by Forester is. Still, if you think something may be out of copyright, it's the first place to check. Recall that most of Kipling and Clemens are out of copyright. You can get Kim, Rewards and Fairies, Huckleberry Finn, many classic masterpieces there.
Considering what I remember of Hornblower's sexual proclivities, I find it easy to believe that Kirk was based at least partly on him. We used to say, "Oh, it's been a whole five minutes. Kirk must need to stick tab A in slot Zlarb again!"
I know for certain that David Weber's Honor Harrington books are based largely on Horatio Hornblower; the hero's initials are a deliberate reference.
BTW, if you have fond memories of James Herriot's books about the life of an English country vet, All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful, the entire trilogy is on sale today for $3.99 in electronic format. Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple iBooks, Google, and Kobo. That's $3.99 for the whole set, not $3.99 each. Excellent deal.
Also, for those books that are available from Baen Books, that's usually the best way to go. You can get them in multiple formats, and they come with no DRM.
Margret
Considering what I remember of Hornblower's sexual proclivities, I find it easy to believe that Kirk was based at least partly on him. We used to say, "Oh, it's been a whole five minutes. Kirk must need to stick tab A in slot Zlarb again!"
I know for certain that David Weber's Honor Harrington books are based largely on Horatio Hornblower; the hero's initials are a deliberate reference.
BTW, if you have fond memories of James Herriot's books about the life of an English country vet, All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful, the entire trilogy is on sale today for $3.99 in electronic format. Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple iBooks, Google, and Kobo. That's $3.99 for the whole set, not $3.99 each. Excellent deal.
Also, for those books that are available from Baen Books, that's usually the best way to go. You can get them in multiple formats, and they come with no DRM.
Margret
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I'm thinking perhaps we need to start a new thread in the Lounge about books. This is threatening to take over this thread, and the lounge is the obvious place for it. What does everyone else think?
Margret
Margret
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I agree. We do have the "What are you reading" thread but a new one would work too.
Okay, I've put a beginning message here: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/316852/books-and-ebooks
It includes links to Project Gutenberg and LibriVox.org, as well as links to the specific versions of Once on a Time that I prefer.
Everybody be sure and subscribe.
Margret
It includes links to Project Gutenberg and LibriVox.org, as well as links to the specific versions of Once on a Time that I prefer.
Everybody be sure and subscribe.
Margret
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The book discussion has been moved to the "What are you reading?" thread:
http://www.thecatsite.com/t/311901/what-are-you-reading-2016
http://www.thecatsite.com/t/311901/what-are-you-reading-2016
OK...back on topic. I have the approximate date for Buki's homecoming marked on my calendar, and will be waiting for an update. OH...and news of any further visits would be nice, as well!
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