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Post by PreachCaleb on Jun 21, 2017 22:43:00 GMT
Actually, I do. What makes you think those two are mutually exclusive? The world is not black and white only. Coke or Pepsi. The fact that he'd been working on it for 20 years shows he wanted to have it published. But when he got sick, he never got around to submitting it. See how both those things can be true? Crazy, I know. P.S. In what world do you live in where people can't change their answers based on newly acquired information? That's just silly.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 21, 2017 22:55:28 GMT
Actually, I do. What makes you think those two are mutually exclusive? The world is not black and white only. Coke or Pepsi. The fact that he'd been working on it for 20 years shows he wanted to have it published. But when he got sick, he never got around to submitting it. See how both those things can be true? Crazy, I know. P.S. In what world do you live in where people can't change their answers based on newly acquired information? That's just silly. The thing is, they are mutually exclusive. Either he couldn't work on it, because he was sick or he was working on it, because he was sick. Black and white!
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jun 22, 2017 12:59:24 GMT
Incorrect. I didn't say he couldn't work on it. I said he hadn't gotten around to submitting it. After all, it was found completed. Meaning the work was already done.
Nor did I say he was working on it because he was sick. I said the anecdotes of the past twenty years show that he did want it published.
You're debating arguments no one is making.
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Post by airborne3502 on Jun 22, 2017 18:04:49 GMT
PreachCaleb and President Ackbar™ Oh, boy. Perhaps it's just my immature love of anything pirate-related, but I'm reading Pirate Latitudes right now and very much enjoying it--far more fun than two pirate movies I've recently seen, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean and Cutthroat Island. I enjoyed PL immensely. You could tell that Crichton pushed onward to the end with every intention of fleshing out some of the more skeletal chapters of the book. If I'm not mistaken, Steven Spielberg bought the rights to it.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 27, 2017 0:39:55 GMT
Finished a library copy. 6/10. It's an interesting read and the historical content is fascinating. But I can't say the same for the characters.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jul 20, 2017 20:01:51 GMT
PreachCaleb and President Ackbar™ Oh, boy. Perhaps it's just my immature love of anything pirate-related, but I'm reading Pirate Latitudes right now and very much enjoying it--far more fun than two pirate movies I've recently seen, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean and Cutthroat Island. I enjoyed PL immensely. You could tell that Crichton pushed onward to the end with every intention of fleshing out some of the more skeletal chapters of the book. If I'm not mistaken, Steven Spielberg bought the rights to it. For PreachCaleb and President Ackbar™ as well... Airborne, I just finished Pirate Latitudes (on-off for weeks now--other things on my plate) and, like you, enjoyed it immensely. I see exactly what you mean about fleshing out the skeletal chapters (and characterizations)--offhand, the Monte Cristo-esque revenge portion was far too brief (as were many portions--Hunter's revenge against Cazalla, Lady Sarah's witchcraft, the hurricane, the entire subplot with Anne Sharpe) and the ending far too abrupt--but, if the reader likes pirate stories, PL is an absolute delight. It also hits every single one of my interests: the 17th Century, pirates, the early modern witch cult, chivalry, English history, etc. (John Dickson Carr, whose picture I'm using as my avatar here, would have loved this book.) I'd love to see a film adaptation, but the similarities to the first Pirates of the Caribbean flick would make a faithful adaptation difficult. Crichton apparently started writing this book in the '70s and picked it up and put it down since: could Disney have cribbed from him for the movie? Incidentally, Spielberg was working on producing a film adaptation of The Curse of Monkey Island (the credited source for PotC) around 2000, and of course Spielberg and Crichton worked together numerous times ( Jurassic Park, most notably). Coincidence? Probably. But who knows...?
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