tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post4813810765333151904..comments2024-03-26T21:58:50.501-04:00Comments on MPorcius Fiction Log: The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax RohmerMPorciushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-3629630007666281442015-08-06T15:59:40.245-04:002015-08-06T15:59:40.245-04:00Brood of the Witch Queen is definitely on my "...<i>Brood of the Witch Queen</i> is definitely on my "to be read" list; critics, including Lovecraft, seem to have liked it.<br /><br />I don't really let racism and sexism in fiction bother me, but I understand those who are put off by it. I'm one quarter Polish and I grew up and attended university in New Jersey, and sometimes the "Polack" jokes and cracks about New Jersey I hear from New Yorkers, Midwesterners, and Europeans will get under my skin, so I'm in no position to chide Asians who find Rohmer's work offensive. MPorciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-52444402177605886812015-08-06T10:19:18.536-04:002015-08-06T10:19:18.536-04:00Rohmer wrote some good novels. "Brood of the ...Rohmer wrote some good novels. "Brood of the Witch Queen" is a very good horror novel with some remarkable scenes, witnessing dark rituals in an egyptian pyramid and so on.<br /><br />Frankly I will never understand the current hand-wringing about pre-war stories. Rohmer created Fu Manchu even BEFORE WWI. What do people think was the general and undisputed consens on foreign politics and the colonies back then? Of course his views about the enemies of the Empire were the official views at the time, nothing more, nothing less. To complain about this is so pointless.<br /><br />Petrie and Smith are indeed bland characters. :-)AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.com