Ten Years Beyond Baker Street
By Cay Van Ash
"It was ten years beyond Baker Street. The great detective was living in restless retirement among his bees in the wilds of Sussex. But an old warhorse will ever thrill to the trumpet of battle, and when a distraught Dr. Petrie begged his help to rescue Nayland Smith from the clutches of the fiendish Dr. Fu Manchu, Holmes, though reluctant could not resist. When the sinister Oriental’s evil minions unleashed their vile devices against the great man himself, the issue became more clearcut. Though the stakes may have included not simply the survival of Nayland Smith but that of the Empire itself, the stark fact was that the game was to be played by two geniuses for good and ill in a battle for a very personal supremacy."
Shadow of Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
"The strange powers of Dr. Fu Manchu …a crystal ball …a mysterious ‘office’ …creatures raised from the dead …mental control over his enemies …an arsenal of unspeakable weapons and poisons. Armed with these, the sinister criminal mastermind once again pits himself against the major powers of the world – and once again, only Nayland Smith stands in his way!"
The Island of Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
"the Green Hand. the Shriveled Head. the Snapping Fingers. the Zombies. – agents of the world’s most sinister genius, silent army to the devil incarnate, phantom killers spreading the diabolical plot of Fu Manchu! – dangerous weapons for the Si-Fan, untold horror to Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Bart Kerrigan as they again follow the Chinese doctor’s incredible trail – this time to a mysterious , impregnable African island in the Caribbean… Haiti! Where the voodoo drums throb to a tempo of doom …where an ancient, golden treasure holds the FATE of all mankind!"
The Island of Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
The Mask of Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
"The most fantastic criminal mind the world has ever known. Here is the first of the fabulous adventures of Nayland Smith – an utterly engrossing thriller that pits all the logic and experience of a civilized Englishman against the vast cunning and malevolence of the Orient’s most sinister crime lord… the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu."
A Dr. Fu Manchu pulp fiction paperback and the iconic Fu Manchu mug. The Orchids of Hawaii mug based on Fu Manchu is a popular collectible.
Dr. Fu Manchu was the creation of author Sax Rohmer. The character has been prominent for many years in books, film, TV, and radio. Fu Manchu was a criminal mastermind. He hatched complicated and devious plots. He preferred not to use guns or conventional weapons but instead liked to employ knives, poisons, snakes, spiders and the like. Fu Manchu was an agent of the secret society the ‘Si-Fan’. The Si-Fan was funded by the drug trade and white slavery. The character of Fu Manchu became a stereotype for the “Yellow Peril”. Yellow Peril is a racist term used to express Western fears of Asian immigration, culture, and economic power. As early as 1932 complaints were made about the racism in the books and film adaptations. After 1940 the U.S. State Department requested that no further books or films be produced because China was an ally in the fight against Imperial Japan. It amazes me that young people I talk to have no idea that China was once an ally. In the book “1984” by George Orwell the government would re-write history to make it easier to control the masses. Now that’s not necessary because people just forget. It’s happened as recently as the wars in the Gulf. Saddam Hussein was a friend and ally. When Israel bombed the Iraqi nuclear facility the U.S. was the first to object. Probably because we provided the materials and know-how used to construct the facility. We frequently tasked satellites to provide Saddam intelligence in the ten year Iran-Iraq war. The intelligence was used to help the Iraqis target weaknesses in the Iranian defenses. In Afghanistan we are now facing the Taliban and the Mujahideen that we armed and trained to fight the Soviets for us. And don’t forget that Mother Russia who we were fighting using the Mujahideen were our friends and partners in the defeat of Hitler and the Nazis. Enough politics. Fu Manchu was able to extend his life with the use of a formula that he created. Many characters have been based on or owe credit to Fu Manchu. The villain in “Hawaii Five-O’” called Wo Fat is an example. In the cartoon series “Jonny Quest” the nemesis is Dr. Zin. John Carpenter’s “Big Trouble in Little China” had Lo Pan. The Marvel comics character “The Mandarin” yet another example. After Sax Rohmer’s death there have been authorized continuation novels written with the last one being published as recently as 2012. pulp fiction 6 - spyfi more
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The Fires of Fu Manchu
By Cay Van Ash
"Good news: Fu Manchu, Dr. Petrie, and Nayland Smith are back with a new and very exciting novel inan exotic setting – Egypt in 1917. There is a surprise in every chapter of The Fires of Fu Manchu, and the authentic flavors of ancient Egypt, the Orient, and the Middle East of World War I permeate every page."
Sumuru
By Sax Rohmer
"Sax Rohmer’s novels of international intrigue and hidden terror, strange delights and forbidden practices have thrilled millions of readers all over the world. SUMURU is Sax Rohmer’s newest and greatest novel – the story of a mysterious woman, a female Fu Manchu – mistress of beauty and death, who would ensnare all women to enslave all men."
The Fire Goddess
By Sax Rohmer
"Slowly she came down the steps and walked into the very heart of the hungry fire. Her white robe dissolved into space, the flames caressed her naked body… And the lone male who gazed upon Sumuru’s pagan sacrifice of a virgin closed his eyes at this unholy rite, helpless to save the girl he loved."
The Drums of Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
"The sound of drums… a steady, pulsating rhythm – a warning of death to the heads of fourteen Western nations who stand in the way of Fu Manchu’s plan for world supremacy – world rulers marked… for murder. The sound of drums… calling to the Si-Fan – Fu Manchu’s secret army, moving inexorably to do his vile bidding! Fu Manchu’s longtime arch enemy, Sir Denis Nayland Smith, fights desperately to beat the Oriental master of intrigue – with world power as the stakes. But even Sir Denis has been marked for death by the drums of Fu Manchu."
Re-Enter Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
"A tall, gaunt man stood there. A man with a phenomenally high forehead crowned with a black cap; a man whose strange piercing eyes could be felt even when they were not seen. He was unmistakably Chinese, unmistakably an aristocrat. He was Dr. Fu Manchu. And standing there he radiated the supreme power to do the deed only Fu Manchu would dare – the theft of a complete atom bomb."
The Trail of Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
"Fu Manchu was cornered, desperate, finished – or so it seemed. But Nayland Smith knew that his old adversary would not be taken easily. Then the Oriental mastermind struck back - and the trail of Fu Manchu was marked once more by stark horror in secret places – death from the night – the mystery and terror of the East – and the terrible laugh and glowing eyes of the world’s most fantastic criminal."
The Hand of Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
"The scream in the night – the poisoned claw – the strangling fingers – the silken noose. They were sinister warnings – signs that an insidious band of murderers had formed under the guidance of the greatest criminal genius of all time – signs of the return of Dr. Fu Manchu. With only Commissioner Nayland Smith and the trusty Dr. Petrie to oppose him, the Oriental master of life and death strikes once again in his mad plan for world domination!"
Khan Tiki Mon’s collection of vintage paperbacks with a Tiki, island, South Seas, tropical, or nautical theme.