tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post1359321534462137620..comments2024-03-28T13:40:22.969+00:00Comments on Crinoline Robot: Space Captain Smith, Toby Frost [books]Mimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-47009159829299980812013-12-05T14:08:42.955+00:002013-12-05T14:08:42.955+00:00I have read some of the Flashman books, yes. I don...I have read some of the Flashman books, yes. I don't think Smith is like Flashy - Flashy is a bounder and he knows it. Smith, on the other hand, does *try* to get things right and is learning all the time. The references I meant were to geek culture - classic science fiction, videogames and the like, it's certainly not a book stuffed with Victorian attitudes.<br /><br />Though I have beenMimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-53547786258291391842013-12-05T13:30:17.656+00:002013-12-05T13:30:17.656+00:00The cover of this book very much reminds me of the...The cover of this book very much reminds me of the covers of The Flashman Papers, it makes me wonder if the artist is the same one. Have you ever read any of the Flashman books? George MacDonald Fraser doesn't skimp when it comes to being historically accurate and that goes for racism and sexism too. In context I think these things are fine, it happened and there's nothing that can be Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238571735302117986noreply@blogger.com