tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post2986949747671497546..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Peril Press revives Houdini inspired BazaradaJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-1215958144176332192013-11-18T12:04:16.436-08:002013-11-18T12:04:16.436-08:00Jeeze. Look at that. I even made a comment on that...Jeeze. Look at that. I even made a comment on that story, but I completely forgot about Bazarada. Embarrassed.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-61333894765936411372013-11-18T11:20:59.371-08:002013-11-18T11:20:59.371-08:00After I bought the hardback from Amazon, I posted ...After I bought the hardback from Amazon, I posted this short review: It includes six mystery stories about an illusionist and escape artist, perhaps inspired by Houdini but not literally based on him. Well-written. A bit like Sherlock Holmes stories, not in the use of detection but in some of the themes. Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-90897104097290870072013-11-17T13:41:32.563-08:002013-11-17T13:41:32.563-08:00We've done some stories on Bazarada and the wh...We've done some stories on Bazarada and the whole connection between Houdini and Sax Rohmer. Harry's fictional cousin is the Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu! An excerpt from Bazarada can be found at: http://www.houdinifile.com/2012/09/houdini-in-fiction-real-life.htmlDAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-2585970912665569092013-11-16T18:03:43.068-08:002013-11-16T18:03:43.068-08:00Fantastic. Thanks for that info, David. I'm as...Fantastic. Thanks for that info, David. I'm ashamed to say, this is the first I've heard of Bazarada.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-10103919525175719072013-11-16T17:56:54.005-08:002013-11-16T17:56:54.005-08:00The Bazarada tales were published in hardback and ...The Bazarada tales were published in hardback and dedicated to Houdini, under the title "Salute to Bazarada and Other Stories." First printing was by <br />Cassell in London, 1939. An American edition, limited to 1000 copies, was published in 1971 by Bookfinger, in NYC. It does not, alas, include the wonderful illustrations that were in Collier's. You can see a couple of them at DAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.com