Hi All,
Having now read The Secret Hunters and especially Mr Fienes epilogue I am tending to think that the book is based on an actual account. Some of the descriptions given I have read similar accounts or watched in documentaries, even if fictitious still a very graphic great read as there has obviously been a lot of research done to write the book even down to finding actual people mentioned…..:cool:
Just about to start:- Antarctica (1997) is a science fiction novel by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson. It deals with a variety of characters living at or visiting an Antarctic research station. It incorporates many of Robinson’s common themes, including scientific process and the importance of environmental protection. (Courtesy of Wiki)
Geoff.
Hi All,
Just finished Bronson An interesting insight to the prison system by one of the longest serving inmates with trouble not to far behind. Having read
the book it’s obvious that he has some problem that has not been treated over the years, instead just shoved from pillar to post as each prison cannot handle him. He even tells the reader this all through from smashing himself over the head with a bottle and wanting to hurt somebody after playing in the
woods up until his mood swings that has resulted in his troubles.
To me he is as much of a product of the system alongside himself losing control, the systems answer was to repeatedly shove him in solitary in humane
conditions so is it any wonder he has gotten worse ? It’s enough to drive the sanest person mad, don’t get me wrong he did the crime so had to do time
and again he knows this as he tells the reader so he isn’t stupid or insane just needs to be treated IMHO.
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Three chapters in to The Secret Hunters that Ranulph Feinnes admits it may or may not be fiction ? But until the author of his found journal or his family contact him he will claim it’s his work of fiction based on that journal.
In 1997 a journal is found in an all weather shelter in Antarctica. Travelling back to England the finder reads an extraordinary story of depravation, war, survival
and the thirst for revenge. It is the autobiography of Derek Jacobs, who as a child was an inmate of the Nazi concentration camps where he saw his mother horrifically abused, particularly by one man. Unlike his mother, he survives the camps and the death march to be brought up in Canada. There, as a young
man forging a career in the environment movement, he comes across the same man. The meeting unblocks the suppressed memories of his childhood and
Derek savours the heady flavour of revenge. He is co-opted by ‘The Secret Hunters’ and with dogged patience they track their prey through a web of
intermediaries, discovering that he and his cohorts believe they can re-establish the fascist state. On a secret mission to mine valuable minerals in the
Antarctic Derek confronts him. The result is deadly – but for which man?
Geoff.
Hi All,
I have just been on https://www.facebook.com/hawkertyphoonRB396 and thought this should be given a shout out as I assume many actually on the forum want to see this project succeed :eagerness: GAvA.
You can buy a print created by the artist Neil Hipkiss GAvA, purchase directly from the projects web site shop :-https://hawkertyphoon.com/webshop/?product=warbird-rb396-neil-hipkiss Although many probably have a Typhoon print already the proceeds will help with the success of achieving their goal.
Geoff.
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