I read it quite a while ago but it would be an interesting re-read as it is very "political" and I wasn't quite as versed in "politics" at the time of reading.
Still, a good book, especially if you like Dumas.
I was just looking at his wiki, and he also has a book called Castle Eppstein; The Spectre Mother. Hmmmmmm......
Wow, pretty weird alright. Never heard of that one!
Also didn't know that there was another remake of the movie last year. I thought the Caviezel one was decent, although I thought that they could have stuck a little closer to the actual events in the novel. The remake director's name (Alexandre de La Patellière) is funny...same actual surname as Dumas.
I also wasn't aware that the Count was originally a serial novel (like Sherlock Holmes), and too that there were references to hashish and opium removed from abridged versions...like the Count serves hashish jam to someone. (from wiki---the Count (calling himself Sinbad the Sailor), calls it, "nothing less than the ambrosia which Hebe served at the table of Jupiter").
Dumas was a member of the Club des Hashischins in France too. Perhaps that could account for his rather singular use of words and perhaps even more so his levity.
After reading about the hashish jam though, it really makes me wonder what other things were whitewashed through abridgment, not just in this novel alone.
Well, on quick glance, if you are loaded up with laudanum all the time, nitrous probably isn't a huge stretch.
Ever hear of the Nitrous Mafia?
I went to a Phish show back in 2015, and they were there before the show. After the show, I had a LONG walk back to where I parked, and noticed cops in some very strategic positions and had a feeling they were gonna get busted...
Kinda boggles my mind that stuff like that is illegal, but what do I know?
I tend to keep myself on the organic end of the drug spectrum. God did give us the plants of the Earth for our use, and I highly suspect that marijuana is quite possibly the great tree that Enoch saw in heaven...with its "indescribable fragrance and goodness." From a Google search..."The Book of Enoch also mentions a tree for the righteous at the end-time. This tree is said to be as tall as a fir, with leaves like a carob, and fruit like clusters of a vine. Its fragrance is said to penetrate far beyond the tree."
I don't know about you, but to me that's pretty spot on. Kinda helps that cannabis has almost no lethality. :)
When I think of God as man and Jesus being a "hippie", I think that take might be very plausible. I would like to think that God is chill. ;)
Ever read The Black Tulip by Dumas?
I read it quite a while ago but it would be an interesting re-read as it is very "political" and I wasn't quite as versed in "politics" at the time of reading.
Still, a good book, especially if you like Dumas.
I was just looking at his wiki, and he also has a book called Castle Eppstein; The Spectre Mother. Hmmmmmm......
I should check these out. I really enjoyed Count of Monte Cristo and it’s weird anime adaptation Gankutsuo.
Wow, pretty weird alright. Never heard of that one!
Also didn't know that there was another remake of the movie last year. I thought the Caviezel one was decent, although I thought that they could have stuck a little closer to the actual events in the novel. The remake director's name (Alexandre de La Patellière) is funny...same actual surname as Dumas.
I also wasn't aware that the Count was originally a serial novel (like Sherlock Holmes), and too that there were references to hashish and opium removed from abridged versions...like the Count serves hashish jam to someone. (from wiki---the Count (calling himself Sinbad the Sailor), calls it, "nothing less than the ambrosia which Hebe served at the table of Jupiter").
Dumas was a member of the Club des Hashischins in France too. Perhaps that could account for his rather singular use of words and perhaps even more so his levity.
After reading about the hashish jam though, it really makes me wonder what other things were whitewashed through abridgment, not just in this novel alone.
Yeah, I don’t remember the hashish Jam, either!
Did you know Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the first people in the world to try nitrous oxide/laughing gas?
Well, on quick glance, if you are loaded up with laudanum all the time, nitrous probably isn't a huge stretch.
Ever hear of the Nitrous Mafia?
I went to a Phish show back in 2015, and they were there before the show. After the show, I had a LONG walk back to where I parked, and noticed cops in some very strategic positions and had a feeling they were gonna get busted...
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/12-arrested-for-nitrous-oxide-distribution-at-phish-concert
Kinda boggles my mind that stuff like that is illegal, but what do I know?
I tend to keep myself on the organic end of the drug spectrum. God did give us the plants of the Earth for our use, and I highly suspect that marijuana is quite possibly the great tree that Enoch saw in heaven...with its "indescribable fragrance and goodness." From a Google search..."The Book of Enoch also mentions a tree for the righteous at the end-time. This tree is said to be as tall as a fir, with leaves like a carob, and fruit like clusters of a vine. Its fragrance is said to penetrate far beyond the tree."
I don't know about you, but to me that's pretty spot on. Kinda helps that cannabis has almost no lethality. :)
When I think of God as man and Jesus being a "hippie", I think that take might be very plausible. I would like to think that God is chill. ;)
So, I talked to my mom earlier, brought up the Dumas stuff, and you know what she said to me?
"Did you know Samuel Taylor Coleridge was high as a kite when he wrote Kubla Khan?"
She couldn't even say what he was high on, either.
That's a pretty cool synchronicity, since we've not talked about Coleridge before. She is certainly well read though. :)