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In 1929 Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) thought he'd try for a new super-evil antagonist. Maybe tired of Fu-Manchu?

This book was a real failure, and remains so. It jumps around, the characters are cardboard, and the plot is thin. Roscoe is no Nayland smith, and the Zones are no Si Fan.

But it is interesting, just the same. Glad to find it in Faded Page.

https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20211153

Sax Rohmer’s fame may have been based on his Fu Manchu books but he was also a prolific and extremely good writer of tales of horror.

The Leopard Couch and Other Stories of the Fantastic and Supernatural includes thirteen examples of his weird fiction.

A fine collection. Highly recommended.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2013/11/sax-rohmers-leopard-couch.html

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4 eurocult movies I love

Planet of the Vampires (1965). Bava's sci-fi horror epic.

The Girl from Rio (1969). Jess Franco's lighthearted romp based on Sax Rohmer's lady diabolical criminal mastermind Sumuru.

Night of the Sorcerers (1974). A wild ride through the jungle.

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976). My favourite of the poliziotteschi genre.

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