Sax Rohmer
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His Fu Manchu yarns succeeded by stoking readers’ fear of a Yellow Peril.
Read This PostAuthor: Joshua Glenn
Josh Glenn, HILOBROW's editor, is a principal of the commercial semiotics agency Semiovox. He is co-author and/or co-editor of several books, including The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, and the bestselling family activities guide UNBORED. In the ’00s, Josh was a columnist and blogger for the Boston Globe's IDEAS section; in the ’90s, he published the zine/journal Hermenaut. He lives in Kingston, NY.
B is for Big Rock Candy Mountains
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2nd in a series of glosses on idling and wage slavery terms
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Idle Idol: Henry Miller
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“The dreamer whose dreams are non-utilitarian has no place in this world.”
Read This PostBuster Crabbe
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“Flash Gordon” horrified literate, thoughtful young science fiction authors
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Big Mal Lives!
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The “sixth Beatle” is alive, and working as a semiotician in Brighton.
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A Rondel for HiLo Heroes (3)
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Celebrating thirteen HiLo Heroes about whom we wrote in 2011.
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