General Zaroff & Ivan

[Flames]

When I get my hands on a copy of Pulp Hero I'll write up the villain (and his henchman) from Richard Connell's short story The Most Dangerous Game.

Unless someone wants to do it for me... here's a link to the story (very old story, circa 1923, so it's probably public domain):

http://mbhs.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cybereng/shorts/danger.html

[Sociotard]

Ah, this story is an old favorite. Every now and then someone does a "modernized" version of it. None of these attempts matches the original. Zaroffs affection for hunting skilled men has served as insperation for several good villians, including "Crossbow", one of the villians in the Dark Champions book.

I think one of my favorite discussions on the story was "Did the guy leave the island, or did he just become the new hunter?" The story doesn't really say, so it was fun to speculate.

[st barbara]

I have never ead the story but I have seen a couple of the film versions (including the early one with Fay Wray in a supporting role !)