In other news, I’m taking a break from James Branch Cabell to re-read some of Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu books. It’s like switching from filet mignon to roadside burgers. Also, it makes me want to find a good biography of Rohmer so I can find out if he was a believer in the Yellow Peril and the pro-Anglo themes of these stories, or if he was secretly rooting for the Doctor like I am — lord knows, Fu Manchu is far more compelling than the various ersatz Holmes-and-Watson duos who oppose him.
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In other news, I’m taking a break from James Branch Cabell to re-read some of Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu books. It’s like switching from filet mignon to roadside burgers. Also, it makes me want to find a good biography of Rohmer so I can find out if he was a believer in the Yellow Peril and the pro-Anglo themes of these stories, or if he was secretly rooting for the Doctor like I am — lord knows, Fu Manchu is far more compelling than the various ersatz Holmes-and-Watson duos who oppose him.
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Man, I need to get caught up
Much to post about, both good (trip to Orlando! Simon Pegg signing!) and not so good (I need to retake my second French oral exam! I screwed up my…
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Tiny critters are ruining my day
I saw this every time I get sick, but it bears repeating: "Intelligent Design," my ASS.
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Five times, I dunno, pirates?
From a chapter on "Some Queer Japanese Superstitions" in The Nightless City: Geisha and Courtesan Life in Old Tokyo: Sneezing denotes:—…
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