tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post6800510029808914808..comments2023-12-28T16:38:26.304-08:00Comments on ACravan: Frozen DesireACravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-71469588174440943052012-03-20T17:30:02.919-07:002012-03-20T17:30:02.919-07:00Tom, the Jan de Baen hasn't been far from my t...Tom, the Jan de Baen hasn't been far from my thoughts and inward eye since I first spied it (says a lot about my state of mind) and filleted fish is a really good description. (It just crossed my thoughts again when reading about the proper Danish technique for filleting herring; my interest was purely academic.) Frozen Desire is great. Thank you for recommending it. It's remarkable the way the two Barebons resemble each other in the portraits. I'd know those eyes anywhere. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-41828254612543059682012-03-10T06:23:56.855-08:002012-03-10T06:23:56.855-08:00Curtis,
"Exciting and enervating" would...Curtis,<br /><br />"Exciting and enervating" would also have to apply (in spades) to that amazing Jan de Baen -- and one might throw in a "disturbing", a "troubling" or two, and maybe even a small yikes!<br /><br />"Looks like filleted fish," quoth the associate.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-77069892617244538022012-03-09T09:11:48.624-08:002012-03-09T09:11:48.624-08:00I know. As Jimmy Olson might say, "jeepers.&...I know. As Jimmy Olson might say, "jeepers." The Buchan book is excellent and available at "popular prices," as they say in hardback on abe.com. Genius really runs in that family. I think a lot of Farar Straus & Giroux for publishing such a work. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-89025629306238990832012-03-09T08:42:32.569-08:002012-03-09T08:42:32.569-08:00As you might expect, I want to read Buchan's b...As you might expect, I want to read Buchan's book. What really caught my eye, though, was that horrific DeWitt illustration. "Bloodthirsty" seems like the only word. And this was the Holland of Vermeer!notasetanimalnoreply@blogger.com