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- Fri 19 Mar, 2010 13:31:31
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: marketing and merchandising
- Replies: 28
- Views: 39557
- Thu 18 Mar, 2010 09:22:07
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: marketing and merchandising
- Replies: 28
- Views: 39557
- Mon 11 Jan, 2010 03:54:13
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: DW anecdote over at the Michael Moorcock page
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10040
A conservative like DW doing on line stuff? Doubt it... We have had previous discussion here on what the content of DW's tales would be if he were writing today though... As usual I let my imagination soar off into the borders of faeryland with the Duke taking on Al Quida etc... Others, I recall, ha...
- Fri 8 Jan, 2010 10:19:18
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: DW anecdote over at the Michael Moorcock page
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10040
DW anecdote over at the Michael Moorcock page
http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?t=12601
Many here probably knew about this anyway, but it's still interesting.
Many here probably knew about this anyway, but it's still interesting.
- Fri 8 Jan, 2010 04:31:13
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: possible DW reference in "The Goodies"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5998
Well, I last saw the episode in the seventies, so can't help a lot, except to confirm that it definitely DID exist - though whether it ever found its way to DVD or video is another question of course. The only piece of it I remember (since it struck my 13 year old self as totally hilarious) was the ...
- Fri 8 Jan, 2010 04:22:05
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Dennis Wheatley's influence on Ian Fleming
- Replies: 17
- Views: 80022
Jeremy's article (Which, by the way, was excellent despite the single niggling point I made) brings all sorts of such ideas to mind. Imagine Roger Brook coming up against Brigadier Gerard, or the young Armand Duplisse (before he was the Duke, maybe) encountering Sherlock Holmes or Raffles, or even a...
- Thu 7 Jan, 2010 09:32:01
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: possible DW reference in "The Goodies"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5998
possible DW reference in "The Goodies"
Over the festive break I held a conversation with a friend I hadn't seen for a while, a great fan of the seventies British Series "The Goodies", featuring Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke Taylor and Bill Oddie. For those that haven't had the privilege of seeing this hilarious show, it's about a g...
- Thu 7 Jan, 2010 09:19:09
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Dennis Wheatley's influence on Ian Fleming
- Replies: 17
- Views: 80022
An excellent article - many thanks. Only criticism is saying that DW smoked Hoyos - His autobiography makes it clear that he didn't, and that he was often embarrassed at dinner parties by his host producing such a cigar at great cost, thinking that because the duke liked them, his creator would too....
- Wed 2 Dec, 2009 12:13:00
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: How about this for Cardinals Folly?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 132839
- Wed 18 Nov, 2009 14:26:01
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: How about this for Cardinals Folly?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 132839
LOL, thanks for saying I could never be unpopular. You're no judge of character, I'm pleased to say... As to whether or not this line is worth researching, I still say a resounding yes, (a) because I could be wrong (it's been known, :D ), and (b) because the search may in itself reveal a lot of inte...
- Tue 17 Nov, 2009 11:46:56
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: How about this for Cardinals Folly?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 132839
Well, guys, I guess someone has to play devil's advocate here - which is pretty apt for a DW site I suppose. When writers create a place - or for that matter, a character - they don't necessarily base it entirely on a single source. It is more than probable that Cardinal's Folly is a composite, base...
- Fri 6 Nov, 2009 05:14:30
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: How is the site doing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8637
- Thu 1 Oct, 2009 07:22:15
- Forum: Codeword - Golden Fleece
- Topic: Codeword - Golden Fleece
- Replies: 8
- Views: 82564
- Thu 10 Sep, 2009 11:47:48
- Forum: Codeword - Golden Fleece
- Topic: Codeword - Golden Fleece
- Replies: 8
- Views: 82564
There's another thing that struck me on re-reading this work a year or so ago. I know at least one poster here (Steve Whatley) is a Dornford Yates fan, and I'd be surprised if he was the only one. To me, this is the most Yates-like of all DW's novels - the humour is more pronounced than in previous ...
- Sun 28 Jun, 2009 13:21:26
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: le duke becomes a knight
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6615