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Post by deuce on Feb 15, 2018 15:20:53 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Mar 5, 2018 14:12:53 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Mar 20, 2018 11:14:15 GMT -5
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Post by johnnypt on Mar 20, 2018 11:30:30 GMT -5
Not sure if they got the casting quite right with this:
FuManchu: Look Naylin' Smif, you can't beat me, I'm just about immortal. Not a lotta people know dat!
Smith: Manchu...let's play!
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Post by deuce on Aug 14, 2018 10:27:52 GMT -5
Rohmer scholar, William Patrick Maynard, on the question of whether Sax was a member of the occult organization, the Order of the Golden Dawn... "Rohmer's family physician R. W. Councell (who authored "Apologia Alychimiae") was the source of much of his knowledge of the occult as was Fred W. Winter. Rohmer and George Robey also traded occult volumes over the years. The choice of the name, "Sax Rohmer" was meant to convey the exotic to readers in his day. Rohmer is the source of the claims that Stoker was a member of the Golden Dawn as Michael noted, this was disproved. I belong firmly in the group that believes Rohmer falsely claimed membership to the Golden Dawn and Rosicrucians when he was only an amateur occult student who befriended one or two genuine occultists. His interest may have been sincere, but the value to his exaggerated reputation as a writer of weird fiction was even greater. I should also note that the version of "Dracula" published in Iceland (translated to English as "Powers of Darkness") suggests the same may be true of Stoker - an amateur occultist who flirted on the peripheries to the benefit of his reputation as a writer.
While I find the position I hold compelling and reasonable, there is likely no way of proving or disproving conclusively. I spoke with Elizabeth Miller (an authority on Stoker) about 15 years ago after I contacted the Golden Dawn asking them to research membership for Rohmer. That's where I was told Rohmer was the source of the Stoker legend. As noted, an off-shoot of Golden Dawn may be an answer and one that cannot be easily verified. There is much in Rohmer's early schemes and ventures and claims to suggest he was a born storyteller not overly concerned with truth and not above a good con when he thought it might be to his benefit. I did answer the question about the identity of the other Arthur Ward* who wrote Theosophical titles (several of which are now in print as public domain works). That Ward was older than Rohmer and a physician specializing in treatment of syphilis who authored a respected work on that disease."*Rohmer's real name was Arthur Sarsfield Ward  |
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Post by deuce on Aug 25, 2018 3:12:45 GMT -5
Fu Manchu comic from 1951:  That's a great Wally Wood cover. Almost reminds me of Eisner. The comic was published by Avon. Wollheim was in charge of Avon's SFF projects during that period and we know he published Rohmer in The Avon Fantasy Reader, so...I wonder if he had anything to do with this comic? The Mask of Fu Manchu was an influence on REH when he wrote Black Colossus. |
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Post by deuce on Oct 20, 2018 19:12:57 GMT -5
Author F. Paul Wilson is an avowed fan of Rohmer. Here's an interviewer asking FPW about his influences: Who are the authors that have influenced your writing the most?
FPW: Tons. In no particular order: H.P. Lovecraft, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Sax Rohmer...  |
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Post by deuce on Oct 27, 2018 11:47:25 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Nov 22, 2018 12:09:46 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jan 26, 2019 1:29:37 GMT -5
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