“The Captain’s boat inspections were always pretty slapdash, because they mainly just involved him looking at the ropes and planks and barnacles… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“In his time the Pirate Captain had made a number of dramatic entrances of his own – not always intentional it had… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“It was about as close as you could get to the platonic ideal of a ham, if Plato had spent more time… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“It’s not really my fault. The problem is that my mouth just comes out with these things. And you can’t blame me… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“They both fell silent. For a while the only sound they could hear was the noise of books resting on shelves, which… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“Don’t look so worried. I’ve sailed the seven seas, and I’ve never had an unsuccessful adventure yet!” “Really? You’ve sailed all seven… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“The Captain was wearing his best blousey shirt, his beard was gleaming in the early morning light and he’d polished all his… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“Everybody clapped enthusiastically and Dr. Marx popped up from behind the podium, where he had been hiding all along. He was the… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“If the pirate with a scarf had been more poetically minded he’d have thought that her eyes were like a thousand emeralds,… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“I fear it is the end for us,’ wailed Marx as the bears inched closer. ‘Is this the way you saw yourself… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“Babbage's Three Laws of Difference Engines First Law: A difference engine must have at least six cogs. Second Law: A difference engine must be… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
Here's your first problem," he said, pointing at a sentence. "'Religion is the opium of the people.' Well, I don't know about people, but… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“There was soot and orphans everywhere, and gaslit cobbled streets full of fog and sinister gentlemen out for a night of illicit murder. It… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“The Captain’s boat inspections were always pretty slapdash, because they mainly just involved him looking at the ropes and planks and barnacles and then… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
You don't know what it is to live and laugh and love and run a man through! You've never tasted salty air on your… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
This is what I like about life at sea. It’s one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of next? Hopefully… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“I should say we’d reach England by Tuesday or thereabouts, with a decent wind behind us. It would be a lot quicker than that… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“Just then there came the wheezy sound of an accordion. It was an odd little tune that, had he been alive exactly one hundred… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“In his time the Pirate Captain had made a number of dramatic entrances of his own – not always intentional it had to be… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“It was about as close as you could get to the platonic ideal of a ham, if Plato had spent more time discussing hams… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
