Re: CHAT: Sax Rohmer et al.

Roger Mills wrote:

> Lovecraft phase:  I always liked the Cthulhu stuff, and, living in Boston at
> the time, found "Pickman's Model" appropriately scary.  Years later I read
> his "novel" (posthumous? title forgotten), basically a recounting of the
> adventures of a Human amongst a variety of Demons and Ghouls. Gag-making,
> save for one memorable line:    "...but a ghoul's a ghoul, for all that, and
> no fit company for a Man."
Probably "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath".

> Not quite this genre, but I wonder if anyone else has ever discovered Amanda
> McKitrick Ros, latish 19th C. British.
Oh yes.  At sf conventions, there is a game: pass a Ros book around a circle;
read out loud until you can't continue.  The person who lasts longest, wins.
It isn't easy.

My favorite Ros-ism:  "the round orb of day" (i.e., the Sun, as opposed to
all those *square* orbs you see around recently).

  Chollie:  I know these are (or were, 40-plus years
> ago)  in the Harvard libraries, in case you need any chuckles.
> I should search the Web for her-- but meanwhile, I'll bet someone will
> produce a URL..........
http://www.oddbooks.co.uk/amanda/


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