"'You've never heard of the insidious Dr. Fu Ch'ing?'"
-Operation Luna, 6, p. 61.
An American general pointing at a powerful demon:
"'That is the insidious Doctor Fu Manchu!'"
-James Blish, The Day After Judgment IN Blish, After Such Knowledge (London, 1991), pp. 427-522 AT 10, p. 504.
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu was an original title of Sax Rohmer's first Fu Manchu novel.
Sherlock Holmes calls Moriarty "the Napoleon of crime" and Steve Matuchek calls Fu Ch'ing "the Genghis Khan of crime." See Character References.
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (1984). The first of two authorized continuation novels by Cay Van Ash, Sax Rohmer's former assistant and biographer. Set in early 1914, it sees Dr. Fu Manchu come into conflict with Sherlock Holmes.
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You couldn't make it up, could you?
6 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I couldn't, anyway! Plainly, besides Conan Doyle and Leslie Charteris, Anderson was a fan of Sax Rohmer, yet another writer I should probably read.
Ad astra! Sean
Yup, that was the guy I had in mind.
Incidentally, the original Fu Manchu wasn't nearly as much of a stereotype as the movies would make you think -- he's portrayed as a Chinese patriot, who naturally resents British bullying.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Which merely strengthens my conviction that the books are always better than the movies allegedly based on them!
Albeit, I still hope for ACCURATE and well done cinematic versions of some of the Nicholas van Rijn and Dominic Flandry stories.
Ad astra! Sean
I've just had a niibble for a TV series based on DIES THE FIRE et al. I've talked with the people who'd produce and write it -- they're enthusiasts for the series and seem to understand the books well. Whether they can get financing is another matter, but the producer already has one Academy award, so...
I'd really like to see good treatments of Poul's work too.
Rock on, Tommy.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Great news! I hope something comes of this "nibble" and that any TV series based on your Emberverse books will be done WELL.
Ditto, what you said about GOOD cinematic versions of PA's stories.
Ad astra! Sean
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