C. J. Cutliffe Hyne (1866–1944)
Autore di The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis
Sull'Autore
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (1866-1944) was a popular novelist, author of the "Captain Kettle" adventures
Fonte dell'immagine: C. J. Cutliffe Hyne
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Opere di C. J. Cutliffe Hyne
Prince Rupert the Buccaneer : His Adventures, Set to Paper By Mary Laughan, a Maid, Who Through Affection Followed Him… (1900) 3 copie
Illustrated Battles of the Napoleonic Age-Volume 1: Marengo, Copenhagen, Egypt, Janissary Rebellion, Laswaree & Assaye,… (2014) 3 copie
Ben Watson 2 copie
The Rev. Captain Kettle 2 copie
The Lizard 2 copie
Mr Horrocks, Purser 2 copie
Kate Meredith, financier 2 copie
Thompson's Progress 2 copie
The Escape 1 copia
Fortunes Adrift 1 copia
The Pearl-Poachers 1 copia
The Liner and the Iceberg 1 copia
The Wreck of the Cattle-Boat 1 copia
The Raiding of Donna Clotilde 1 copia
Mr. Gedge's Catspaw 1 copia
In Quarantine 1 copia
The Inventor of Meltite 1 copia
The Foundered Galleon 1 copia
Captain Kettle 1 copia
The Pilgrim Ship 1 copia
Crown and Garotte 1 copia
The Adventures of Captain Kettle, and Other Stories : 9 Works, The Lost Continent, The Escape Agents, A Master of… (2012) 1 copia
Beneath your very Boots, being a few ... episodes from the life of A. M. Haltoun, Esq. Transcribed by C. J. H. A novel.… (1889) 1 copia
The Guns for Cuba 1 copia
The Adventures of Captain Kettle 1 copia
London's Danger 1 copia
For Britain's Soldiers 1 copia
Sandy Carmichael 1 copia
The Tragedy of a Third Smoker 1 copia
The Escape Agents 1 copia
Opere correlate
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981) — Collaboratore — 136 copie
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Collaboratore — 107 copie
The Mammoth Book of Men O'War: Stories from the Glory Days of Sail (1999) — Collaboratore — 91 copie
Science fiction by the rivals of H.G. Wells: Thirty stories and a complete novel (1979) — Collaboratore — 63 copie
The End of the World: and Other Catastrophes (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
Out of the Sand: Mummies, Pyramids, and Egyptology in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Sauria Monstra: Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, and Other Fossil Saurians in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2009) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Chesney, Weatherby
- Data di nascita
- 1866
- Data di morte
- 1944
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
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Recensioni
The Adventures of Captain Kettle di Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
A series of short stories featuring a sea captain forced to take work where he can. He's always successful but somehow never wins. In tone this is a bit like the Indiana Jones movies in terms of violence to humor ratio.
A wild romp with a flawless (read: Gary-Stuish) hero is this classic Atlantis-story, but considering its age of more than 100 years, a lot of flaws may be forgiven. And the 1st person narrator Deucalion does have a lot of charme, I must admit.
Unsatisfactory: the magical plotholes. Magic can level a city and drown a continent, but is not able to destroy a siege tower? Pretty useless.
Also: the romance. I don't believe that a mad, immortal and fateful passion for a woman that develops over a span of a few hours suddenly becomes the only force and motivation of action for a character like Deucalion. That'd be pretty pathetic, especially as the lady in question is "dead" for the majority of the story (and doesn't do much more than a corpse even when she's not). That's even more astonishing as Hyne is able to write interesting women characters - the main villain is charming, clever, gifted and ruthless.
All in all a very fun read. And "Son of a European" shall be my favourite insult from now on.… (altro)
Unsatisfactory: the magical plotholes. Magic can level a city and drown a continent, but is not able to destroy a siege tower? Pretty useless.
Also: the romance. I don't believe that a mad, immortal and fateful passion for a woman that develops over a span of a few hours suddenly becomes the only force and motivation of action for a character like Deucalion. That'd be pretty pathetic, especially as the lady in question is "dead" for the majority of the story (and doesn't do much more than a corpse even when she's not). That's even more astonishing as Hyne is able to write interesting women characters - the main villain is charming, clever, gifted and ruthless.
All in all a very fun read. And "Son of a European" shall be my favourite insult from now on.… (altro)
Amazing literature, impressive writing style.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 55
- Opere correlate
- 21
- Utenti
- 356
- Popolarità
- #67,310
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 12
- ISBN
- 49
- Lingue
- 3