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Can anyone recommend stories set in Asia during the fictional pulp era? Prefer Asian protags if possible. Thanks!
Well, of course, there's Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu stories. And Guy D'Armen's Natas. Both villains, but then, I think you'll find few Asian protags in the old pulps.
Can anyone recommend stories set in Asia during the fictional pulp era? Prefer Asian protags if possible. Thanks!Well, of course, there's Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu stories. And Guy D'Armen's Natas. Both villains, but then, I think you'll find few Asian protags in the old pulps.
Thanks, Christopher. I'll check them out.
Can anyone recommend stories set in Asia during the fictional pulp era? Prefer Asian protags if possible. Thanks!Well, of course, there's Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu stories. And Guy D'Armen's Natas. Both villains, but then, I think you'll find few Asian protags in the old pulps.
The 'Kai Lung' stories by Ernest Bramah from the 20's were cool. 'The Willow Landscape' by Clark Ashton Smith (1930) is a good little story set in China. 'Alien Earth' by Edmond Hamilton (1949) was set in the Laos jungle. 'The Monster Men' by Burroughs (1913) was set on an island off Borneo. There were many Robert Howard stories set in Central Asia,'Lost Valley of Iskander','The Daughter of Erlik Khan','Curse of The Crimson God' etc etc. 'The Metal Monster' by A Merritt was set in Tibet. In the early Weird Tales there were a lot of Oriental bad guys (judging by the covers) but there weren't many Asian protagonists that I know of in any of the old pulps.
Can anyone recommend stories set in Asia during the fictional pulp era? Prefer Asian protags if possible. Thanks!Well, of course, there's Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu stories. And Guy D'Armen's Natas. Both villains, but then, I think you'll find few Asian protags in the old pulps.
Harold Lamb wrote several stories set in Asia, and most are being brought back into print. There is also Talbot Mundy, King of the Kyber Rifles and the Jimgrim stories are all set in Asia. There are also Norvel W. Page's Prester John novels. Robert E. Howard's El Borak stories are some of my favorites. Hope this helps.
