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Golden Fox
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Release Date: 1993-11-01 |
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"Fascinating...Stunning...Seduction and betrayal. Politics and treachery. Wilbur Smith's THE GOLDEN FOX combines these elements and more with the beauty and violence of the African continent.... Compelling."
THE FREE LANCE-STAR (Fredericksburg, VA)
The Courtney family blood has long run hot--as hot as the passion and turmoil boiling in war-torn South Africa. When one of their own succumbs to the worst kind of evil, those ties are put to the ultimate test.
Isabella Courtney, dazzling daughter of South Africa's ambassador to England, is passionately obsessed with Ramon, the Marques de Santiago y Machado--also known as the Golden Fox, one of the world's most ruthless terrorists. When she secretly bears his child, Ramon kidnaps the boy and persuades powerful, yet reluctant, Isabella to betray South Africa and her beloved family...until the truth at last comes out, and the explosive Courtneys rally to her side and strike back with a raging vengance....
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A cleverly designed adventure story.......2007-06-21
At a party in London Isabella Courtney - daughter of a wealthy family in Cape Town - meets Ramón de Santiago y Machado - from an old Andalusian family who settled in Cuba - and instantly falls in love. They marry and have a son, Nicholas.
What Isabella does not know is that Ramón is in fact a recruit of the Cuban army of liberation in exile now working for the KGB where he is known as El Zorro Dorado, "The Golden Fox" and that his sole purpose in marrying her was to make her into an agent code named Red Rose by kidnapping her son. The KGB plan to orchestrate a campaign in the ghettos and on campuses of America for comprehensive mandatory sanctions supposed to destroy the South African economy and bring its government crashing down in ruins, unable any longer to protect itself or to keep its security forces in the field. When that happens the KGB plans to step in and place their own surrogate communist government in power.
Readers looking for suspense and adventure will undoubtedly enjoy the plot. The book is very nicely read by British actor Christian Rodska for BBC audiobooks.
The best and Last of the courtney series.......2005-10-15
I only wish there were more in this 11 book saga....Wilbur Smith is awesome and I will continue to read his other novels....
Great read but flawed.......2004-12-07
I agree with many of the comments already made. This is an exciting, readable book but the central premise is flawed. Given how close Bella is to her family and how unrebellious she appears, it seemed totally out of character for her to betray her country and family in this way. Also I found the rescue far-fetched. Smith has written many better books (personally I prefer his non-Courtney books anyway) but I think if you like action and family drama this will still prove difficult to put down.
Wilbur Smith's worst.......2004-05-26
After enjoying the saga of the Courtneys, I found Golden Fox to be entirely out of character. It had all the appeal, and sadly the dialogue and story line of a poor romance novel. Frankly I couldn't finish it, preferring to leave the Courtneys as they were after A Time To Die. An extremely poor finish to a good series.
Don't Read This First-- it's the 11th and Last in a Series!.......2004-02-02
It's also the least of the series-- all others I've read warrant at least 4 stars, and some 5. "The Courtneys of Africa" series is as follows: Birds of Prey, Monsoon, Blue Horizon, When The Lion Feeds, A Sound of Thunder, A Sparrow Falls, The Burning Shore, Power of the Sword, Rage, A Time to Die-- and THEN Golden Fox. So you'd be unwise to start here; I'd even say you could dispense with it altogether, as it's a weak ending to the story. But it ties up some loose ends of the 20th century version of the clan-- Centaine, born with the century, and her son Shasa, and his four children, Sean, Garry, Isabella, and Michael. The story runs from 1969 to the late 70s, and is rife with minor anachronisms-- Smith wrote this in the early nineties and forgot that kids didn't have videos to pop in and watch back then, etc. The plot is turgid romance and espionage, and the weakest book I've found from Smith-- start anywhere else but here. "Birds of Prey" is a solid adventure story, and will serve as an entree to the Courtneys, if you've a mind to get to know them....
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The Golden Key
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The original super-speedster returns in this long awaited second colllection of his Golden Age adventures.Thrill to the electrifying exploits of Jay Garrick, the Fastest Man Alive, as he faces off against the Monocle, the Super-Mobster, the Racket King and a host of other menaces!
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FUN STORIES FROM GARDNER FOX.......2006-03-17
I've always been partial to the heroes of National Periodicals sister company, All-American Comics. Characters like Green Lantern, Doctor Midnite, The Spectre, Hawkman, and, of course, the Flash. The original Flash is Jay Garrick and made his debut in Flash Comics #1 in 1940. Garrick was a college student who, as a result of inhaling chemical vapors, found that he was imbued with superhuman speed and reflexes. Garrick soon took on the name of The Flash to battle crime in Keystone City and was one of the founding members of the Justice Society. Thanks to various anti-aging treatments, Garrick is still active today even though he is technically in his 80's. The second volume in the Golden Age Flash Archives reprints issue numbers 18 - 24 of Flash Comics as well as All-Flash Quarterly #1 & 2.
I had always thought the Flash's ability to vibrate his body so fast as to become virtually invisible was a more modern idea but writer Gardner Fox was already employing this ability way back in the early 1940's. Fox is one of the most prolific comic book writers ever and he handles the writing chores on all of the stories in this volume that features are by first Hal Sharp and then E.E. Hibbard. The Flash's adventures often bordered on the slapstick as he would as often love to embarrass the bad guys as much as beat them up. We'll see baddies get pies in the face, pants pulled down, and dandling from telephone poles...all part of Garrick's acerbic sense of humor. The Flash was certainly a far cry from Batman, The Spectre, or even Hawkman in that regard.
Throughout most of the stories Garrick is accompanied by his girlfriend Joan who was aware of his secret identity. In the opening story, The Flash has to come to the aid of Joan's friend who is being pressured by local thugs to pay into a protection racket for her restaurant. Fox's Flash stories could often be a bit on the silly side. In "Adventure of the Auctioned Utility Company" from Flash # 18, Joan attends an auction and buys the deed to a utility company for just $2. The auction company brags(!) that they just sold her a useless utility company. I guess $2 must have been a princely sum in those days. When Jay and Joan go to see the building, the name on the outside is "Useless Utility Company"! See what I mean by silly...At any rate, the Flash decides to investigate why the building was sold so cheaply and finds a young man who was bilked out of his inheritance, including the utility company, by his uncle.
From All-Flash #1 we get a story called "Menace of the Racket King". Jay's friend buys a pro hockey team and hopes to get them to win the "Manley Cup" and then use the profits from the championship for an operation on his daughter who is crippled. But some local mobsters have other ideas. They intimidate the players by threatening their families so they will throw the game and the Flash has to don ice skates to save the day. Another fun story is "Hatchet Cult" from Flash #22. The Flash discovers that a brilliant doctor is being force by a Chinatown Tong to perform surgery on white men to make them look Chinese!
The Flash stories are fun and the threats he faces are pretty mundane, especially compared to the more gritty stories of Hawkman who co-starred in Flash Comics and was also written by Gardner Fox. Clearly Fox was setting different moods between the two characters. The one area where The Flash suffered was in the art. Sharp and Hibbard will never be confused with other golden age greats like Kirby, Schomburg, Moldoff, or Kubert. Their art is rather unrefined and bland. Backgrounds quite often are just a drab, solid color like yellow or orange and the characters seem stiff and posed. Contrast that to Shelly Moldoff who did the Hawkman stories. The Flash alternated with Hawkman on the covers of Flash Comics and the Moldoff covers are vastly superior to Hibbard's. That aside, the book presents the Flash as a bit of a prankster, not unlike that of Wally West today. It's great fun!
Reviewed by Tim Janson
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The first batch of the Sandman's adventures are chronicled inthis volume reprinting stories from ADVENTURE COMICS #40-57, NEW YORKWORLD'S FAIR 1939, and NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1940 (circa 1940-41). Plus, anintro by Jim Amash, co-editor of Alter Ego.
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Women with power amid guys with gasmasks.......2006-07-31
I am a huge Golden age fan and this was one of the ones I held back on a bit as I thought how would they sustain good stories with such a flimsy premise. Well after Diane Belmont drops in this becomes one of the more progressive books of the Golden age. She's a wildcat and besides been his girlfriend, Diane seems to take every story forward in very unusual ways. These are GREAT stories that deserve more than a casual read. They could almost be written in the Silver age with the twists and adventures they have. Now its odd I don't want to go to where Sandy drops in and the superhero costume as the gasmask and Wesley's detective sense are the tour de force. 5 stars and many return reads :)
Suprisingly unique Golden Age stories. .......2004-12-25
In the 1990s, one of the comics that routinely found its way to the top of my reading pile was "Sandman Mystery Theatre", published by DC Comics under its mature-readers "Vertigo" imprint. In this series, writer Matt Wagner (later joined by Steven T. Seagle) and artist (most of the time) Guy Davis took one of the lower tier golden age super-heroes, Wesley Dodds, the Sandman, and re-wrote his adventures, still set in the late 1930s, with a more mature, adult audience in mind (it was also an obvious attempt to spin-off Neil Gaiman's popular "Sandman" series, which did incorporate Wesley Dodds as a background element).
When the series was cancelled, I was honestly crushed. So, imagine my pleasure when I learned that DC was finally beginning to reprint the series in trade paperback form. Imagine my additional delight to learn that, as part of a tie in, DC was releasing an archive edition of the Sandman's golden age stories.
I am happy to say that the material found in "The Golden Age Sandman Archives" is much better than your average golden age fare. Now, there's no denying the importance of the Golden Age. But, it was not a time of huge sophistication in the medium. Stories were short, simple, and plot driven. The characters, including the lead, were usually mostly stock characters, with certain quirks to distinguish them from other characters. The Sandman did have certain stock traits, but there were some fairly critical distinctions from other Golden Age mystery men.
In brief, for reasons not made clear, Wesley Dodds, rich playboy (like some many others) decides to combat crime. While he has no superpowers, he is in great physical condition with a keen intellect. Thus, he dons a gas-mask and makes use of a gun that fires sleeping gas (hence his name), and leaves sand at the scene of his captures.
But that's where the "standard" qualities end. "The Sandman" was actually quite unique for a few reasons. First, Dodds outside his costume was no slouch. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Wes Dodds didn't put up a facade of the spoiled rich boy who flinches at the first sign of danger. Indeed, in one story, Dodds, conveniently carrying a gun when a restaurant is robbed, takes a few shots at the crooks.
Second, more mundanely, the Sandman's costume was his gas-mask, his cape, his fedora, and . . . a green business suit. Yep, it wasn't until Joe Simon (co-creator of "Captain America", among others) and Jack Kirby (also co-creator of Cap, as well as about half the Marvel Universe) came onboard that the Sandman took a more traditional super-hero flavor.
Finally, "The Sandman" series was unique for its female lead, Dian Belmont, Wes Dodds girlfriend, daughter of the DA, and the Sandman's able sidekick. Unlike so many other female leads, Dian was not simply killing time with the hero's civilian identity until he could put on his mask and save her. Dian was a vital part of the Sandman's life and career. While Wes did have to save Dian on occasion, Dian also saved Wes a few times. These differences make the series unique among most of the other golden age stories DC produced.
In terms of the quality of the stories, "The Sandman" can be hit or miss, though with noticeably more hits. Given his obviously pulp-inspired nature, the Sandman spent most of his time duking it out with thugs and racketeers, although his early adventures did find him in more "high adventure" style stories, a la Doc Savage, with Dodds using his flying prowess to battle air-pirates with a vendetta in "The Three Sandmen", and battling a group of hostile natives in "Island Uprising". When the prolific Gardner Fox came aboard, the stories became far more crime oriented, with Sandman and Dian battling jewel thieves and loan sharks.
It's worth noting how much Wagner and company kept from the original strips in "Mystery Theatre". Early in the volume, Wes slips out in costume, leaving a doll to sleep in his bed. While this gimmick was only used once in the golden age, it was a trademark of Wagner's series. Likewise, at least two villains, the Tarantula and the Face, did make appearances here, although it appears they were one time villains. In the 90s, the first two story arcs took their name from each respective villain. Naturally, the plots were wildly different, as Wagner made full use of his mature-readers stamp to make both characters super-brutal monsters. It's also worth noting that the dashing Dodds of past was replaced with a more pudgy, booking, but far more driven one in SMT.
This volume has quickly risen high on my list of favorite golden age archive editions. There's just so much about it that's unique and refreshing. Plus, those little references that were used in the 90s made me smile. Definitely a keeper.
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This booklet contains three of Emmet Fox's classics. The Golden Key, The Mental Equivalent and What is Scientific Prayer. It is 3 3/4 X 5 1/4 inches. Great Pocket size.
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For those who would like to know E. Fox personally.......1998-01-05
I've been a recent devotee of Emmet Fox and was thirsting for some information of how he gained his insights and if he "practiced what he preached." The first part of the book was really merely a commentary on previous "EF" teachings. But the second was at least a glimpse on his later life. This was in the form of a diary of sorts of Herman Wolhorn who was a close associate of EF's and ultimately followed him as leader of the church EF head for 20 years. It left me still wanting more, but it did fill in some gaps of a man who really seems a personal enigma, puzzling considering how many people his teachings have affected. I found the details of EF's death particularly touching and some examples of his mystical side (a side he only alludes to in his writings) rather wonderful. If you really have been touched by Emmet Fox, getting this out of print book would be a real coup.
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Another in DCs high-quality Archives series, this hardcover reprints the original stories of the Flash! Jay Garrick was just a normal Joe until an accident turned him into the Flash! This reprint of 1940s-era classics follows the success of the All Star Comics Archives series, and is the first to feature the solo adventures of this iconic character.
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Good, entertaining Archive.......2006-01-17
The "Golden Age Flash Archives" is another great volume in DC's Archive series featuring one of the first "specialty" super-heroes with only one power. After inhaling fumes of "hard water," college student and slowpoke Jay Garrick discovers he has super-speed. He becomes the Flash, the fastest man alive.
As the character appeared early in the super-hero genre, its easy to see the experimental qualities of the Flash. Writer Gardner Fox wasn't as worried about convention as he would be later. The most obvious example is that Garrick didn't worry too much about who knew that he was really the Flash. He demonstrates his powers openly, going from bench-warmer to college football star. People approach him specifically for the purpose of his speedster help. Criminals fear him as both Garrick and Flash. His girlfriend Joan is actually quite strong-willed, as opposed to later super-hero paramours. As the series progressed, however, Garrick started to keep his other identity on the QT.
Unfortunately, this early volume is a little disappointing because there isn't a single story that really stands out. As with most of the golden age mystery men, Jay didn't have much of a rogues gallery at first, instead beating up on gangsters and corrupt officials. However, Fox was very good at devising clever uses for Flash's power, e.g. humiliating enemies, spying on people at super-speed, and the like. So, while this is an entertaining volume, it leaves general impressions of fun rather than memorable story-telling.
E.E. Hibbard's art is a little more detailed than your average golden age fare, which comes in handy for the various displays of speedster prowess Fox wrote. Hibbard, while still employing the cartoony style common to the era, had a talent for some solid line work that does stand-out from the work of most of his peers. He's no Jack Burnley or Will Eisner, but his style is distinct and pleasing to the eye.
DC is finally coming out with the second volume of this Archive series, so this isn't a "fast-tracked" series (pardon the pun), but so long as we get more Jay Garrick adventures, I'm happy.
Very Good Read for Flash Fans.......2001-11-13
This is a wonderful book to read if you're a Flash fan. In it, we get the reprinted adventures of the original Flash Jay Garrick. It lacks detailed characterization, and the stories are simple. But, they leave you entertained.
A must-have for Flash fans!!
Fantastic!.......2001-03-19
A short introduction in the beginning, and five tiny biographies of Flash artists at the end, mark the total text found in this book. Almost the entirety of the book is filled with Flash comics from Flash Comics #1 (January, 1940) through #17 (May, 1941)! The covers (even if they include someone other than the Flash) and comics are reproduced in their original size, and in a simply fantastic clarity. I am simply astounded at how good these look!
Here you see the origin of the Jay Garrick (Earth Two) Flash, and watch him kick the butts of more than a few baddies (actually, he preferred to turn them into human tops!). This book is a mite pricey, but it is a fantastic addition to the library of any Flash fan.
awesome.......2000-07-25
its a great book for the jla lovers and the flash i reccomond it to everybody who likes comics
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The most important spiritual writings of Christian history are available on this Classics CD by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) at Calvin College. It contains 118 Christian classics, including three versions of the Bible, several commentaries, Bible dictionaries, readings, spiritual guides, sermons, poems and journals -- all in a convenient, searchable form. Books are available in HTML and PDF formats. The easy-to-use CCEL Desktop software powering the CD enables users to browse and print books and install additional books from the Web. The top-of-class search engine can search for words or phrases in books, in authors works or in the whole library. In addition, it can search for dictionary definitions of words and commentary or references to scripture passages. The interface is a Web browser. The CD is compatible with Windows 2000+, Macintosh 10.3+, and most Linux versions.
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