AtD-13

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Read the first Flashman book after seeing the BBC production of Tom Brown's Schooldays, in which the character of Flashman was originally introduced.  I don't really see a connection between Flashman and ATD --he's more of a British soldier/adventurer/rake than an All-American (virtuous) Boy Hero.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ande <andekgrahn at olympus.net>
>Sent: Jan 1, 1970 4:10 PM
>To: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: AtD-13
>
>I had, just this morning, wondered if there were other Flashman readers 
>here (as part of a thought about whether girls read Pynchon...)
>Anyone see the Benjamin Hoff (Tao of Pooh) rewrite of the Hardy Boys a 
>few years back?
>
>still waiting for my book......
>
>
>A.
>
>rich wrote:
>
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>>   this  reminds  me  of the Flashman series of books--Fraser is always
>>   referencing other adventures of his hero in his books
>>   rich
>>
>>     I had the exact same impression.  (Just to be clear, **Victor**
>>     Appleton was the collective pseudonym of the Tom Swift writers, but
>>     the portmanteau name works plenty well here!)  The references in the
>>     narrative flow to other books in the Chums of Chance series are very
>>     Swiftian.
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