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63My Journey To Guatemala Part 1
When I was about six and a half years old, my family had decided to leave our home in Canada, and move to Guatemala to be directors of a children’s home. Naturally I thought this was a wonderful idea! Being a very imaginitive six year old I had...
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62Mugdisho Mile
I have not seen my beloved country over 20 years and counting. I stay in touch with those family members who have not had the opportunity to escape the chaos that evolved after the ouster of the last dictator Siad Barre. Over the phone, my cousin...
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69Eroding the Veneer
In this ramble on various aspects of literature we've reached Lord of the Flies and I discuss the personification of setting, i.e. islands.
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72John Carter
A Civil War vet finds himself somehow transported to the planet Mars, where he somehow becomes the planet's savior.
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68Disney's John Carter of Mars Epic Movie
Movie reviewers have been giving this movie anywhere from two-three stars. I agree with three stars. The film cast $250 million to make, mostly for its excellent CGI effects, and should be reaping in at least $50-80 million a week, which it is...
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66Is "John Carter" as good as "A Princess of Mars"
Not long ago a travesty occurred with the release of a movie entitled "A Princess of Mars". I can hope they meant well, but they failed on all accounts as a representation of the book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. More recently Disney Studio's...
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81Boris Vallejo - Legends of Fantasy Art vol.3
A tribute to one of the great fantasy artists, Boris Vallejo.
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67The Day We Caught a Monster: Childhood Memories of the 1950's
Memories of being a kid in the 1950's include playing Tarzan of the Apes. The popular Tarzan movies and TV shows inspired summertime play in the nearby woods and fields...till the day we caught a monster in our Tarzan inspired trap!
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65Edgar Rice Burroughs – Early Media Entrepreneur
George Lucas did not invent "intellectual property marketing." Edgar Rice Burroughs used this approach back in the 1910s with his Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, and other characters to build his financial empire.
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77He wasn’t always Tarzan: the Johnny Weissmuller story
Johnny Weissmuller is most famous as playing Tarzan, but he was actually a world record setting Olympic swimmer before he moved onto the big screen.
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