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                                             December 1, 2006
                                             October  3, 2013

Kenneth Robeson -- Quest of Qui (1935):             Originally from:
                                                    FIFTY_IN_ONE
   A "Doc Savage" novel (originally
   from the July 1935 issue).

   There isn't anything much to like about
   the Doc Savage series, though as a link
   in the chain of the history of adventure        ACT_OF_CREATION
   fiction, it at least has some historical
   significance.

   Doc Savage is a genius in an
   absurdly wide range of fields,         REAL_GENIUS
   much like "Our Man Flint" or
   Buckaroo Banzai.

   Like Buckaroo Banzai, Doc Savage has
   an entourage of henchmen, a team of
   "colorful characters" who are supposed
   to have their own specialties...

   But, unlike the Hong-Kong Cavaliers,
   Savage's Men never seem to be good for            The humorous rivalry
   all that much, and their colorful                 between Monk and Ham
   characteristics are a bunch of tedious            in particular is a
   "funny hats".                                     long-running drag.

                                                     They don't even
                                                     function very well as
                                                     Watsons, because Doc
                                                     doesn't really talk
                                                     to them about anything.
      This particular book is distinguished
      by some physical action that's
      unusually engaging-- e.g. a man on a
      snow-covered coastline is attacked by
      machine-gun fire from an airplane,
      and he must burrow down into the snow     It makes me wonder if
      to hide.                                  this is one of the
                                                ones that was ghosted.

   Trivia: John D. MacDonald was once                      (Robeson = Lester
   invited to write some Doc Savage                         Dent usually,
   stories.  He read a few of them and                      but not always.)
   turned the job down, saying he
   didn't think he could deal with the
   cardboard characters.

                      DEEP_BLUE



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