by Richard Connell
bookshelves: published-1924, islands, seven-seas, film-only, caribbean-caper, adventure, winter-20142015, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, newtome-author, boo-scary, gothic Recommended for: Laura, Wanda et al Read from January 04 to 11, 2015 Watch the full film hereDescription: The Most Danger...
"I hope the jaguar guns have come from Purdey's. We should have some good hunting up the Amazon. Great sport, hunting.""The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford."For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar."OH NOES! Could this be dramatic foreshadowing?Uh, yeah. Totally. But still a ...
It was fine. The plot is truly interesting, though it didn't excite me much, since I predicted the ending.
A great classic
My favorite part of this 1924 story was a brief but satisfying cameo appearance by BORSCH, as in "the rich, red soup with whipped cream so dear to Russian palates". Excuse me for a second while I salivate. "Great sport, hunting.""The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford."For the hunter," amend...
Loved the story, didn't like this edition of it. Publishers, repeat after me: you may print text in any color you like, so long as it's black.
My favorite short story of all time and one of the best ever written. Memorable and compelling story of a man who ends up on an island of hunters and becomes their prey.
Wacky. I knew how it was going to end, so no surprises there. I think I've either read this before or read something similar. Anyway, not a bad half hour read or so.
I always loved the 'pulpy' type stories we had to read in school more than the serious, cerebral ones. This is a favorite. I loved the irony of the situation faced by the characters in this book: the hunters becoming hunted. Really thrilling, yet short read.
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