Talk:First Blood (novel)

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Do they speak English in 'What'?[edit]

Restored older version of the article since all sub-sequent versions were written in some horrible sort of Pidgin-Engrish.Kar98 (talk) 21:08, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 16 February 2016[edit]

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Number 5 7 21:49, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

First Blood (novel) → First Blood – It's praxis to link the original work as the main article, as The Lord of the Rings – Eleutheure (talk) 16:52, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural objection to RMTR speedy move this is by definition not uncontroversial, since it requires swapping of primary topics. -- 70.51.200.135 (talk) 04:16, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE this is a multimove request, the complementary discussion is located at Talk:First Blood making this a malformed multimove request due to the conversion from RMTR to regular RM -- 70.51.200.135 (talk) 04:30, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Philg88 ^♦talk 06:26, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, but see Talk:First Blood where Move film out of the way and First Blood (disambiguation) over baseline. In ictu oculi (talk) 16:34, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose "Rambo 1" has primarity over the novel -- 70.51.200.135 (talk) 04:31, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose. If the film is not the primary topic, then the disambiguation page should be. The novel should at this title. —C.Fred (talk) 04:39, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Assessment comment[edit]

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In the novel the only name given to him is Rambo, not John Rambo like your article states. Rimbaud

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Title[edit]

What does the title mean in the context of the story? Thanks, Maikel (talk) 11:49, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Circadian Novel[edit]

Is 'First Blood' a circadian novel? In case it is, that's a relevant aspect and it would be desirable to include it in the article. --2800:810:470:820C:606C:7A0F:A4C0:91CD (talk) 11:45, 14 July 2019 (UTC)JSmith[reply]

Maybe, and maybe not. Got a definition for "circadian novel"?Moriori (talk) 21:28, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

They are novels that fit all their action into one 24-hour period.

There is an interesting academic article here: A First Census of the Circadian or One-Day Novel - Journal of Narrative Theory — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2800:810:470:820C:606C:7A0F:A4C0:91CD (talk) 11:51, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

None of those who have read the novel can answer if the story takes place in 24 hours? 181.167.66.250 (talk) 12:10, 9 November 2019 (UTC)Иван Драго[reply]

Isn't Trautman a captain in the novel ?[edit]

. Tarap (talk) 18:33, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Year of film is 1982 not 1972[edit]

The year is wrong. 2A02:C7D:386:C800:25D3:3F79:89A3:E972 (talk) 17:54, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Translations[edit]

Is there any information about how many translations of First Blood were actually made? There's definitely more than 26 now, since in 2022 the first Ukrainian translation was published. Spider Minstrel (talk) 18:13, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Much better story[edit]

I'd like to see THAT as a movie 2003:C1:FF12:2F8:69E7:4E2C:AE3A:A6C5 (talk) 19:46, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]