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Foreign Devil
Foreign devil is a discriminatory and racist term in Hong Kong for a foreigner. Foreign Devil or Foreign Devils may refer to: Books * ''Foreign Devil'' (novel), a 1999 novel by Christine Harris *''Foreign Devils'', a 1972 poetry collection by D. J. Enright *''Foreign Devils'', novel by Irvin Faust 1973 * ''Foreign Devils'' (novella), a 2003 novella by Andrew Cartmel *''Foreign Devils'', a 2015 novel by John Hornor Jacobs *''A Foreign Devil in China'', a 1971 biography of Dr. L. Nelson Bell, by John Charles Pollock *''Foreign Devil: Thirty years of reporting from the Far East'', a 1972 book by Richard Hughes *''Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom'', a 1940 book by Carl Crow *''Foreign Devils on the Silk Road '', a 1980 book on the search for the lost cities and treasures of Chinese Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk Peter Stuart Hopkirk (15 December 1930 – 22 August 2014) was a British journalist, author and historian who wrote six books about the British Empire, Russia and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Devil (novel)
''Foreign Devil'' is a 1999 young adult horror novel by Christine Harris. It follows the story of Tyler Norton who is abducted by pirates from the past and faces a bid for freedom. Background ''Foreign Devil'' was first published in Australia in 1999 by Random House in trade paperback format. It won the 1999 Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ... for best horror novel and a travel grant from the Department for the Arts and Cultural Development. References External links * 1999 Australian novels Australian horror novels Novels about pirates Aurealis Award–winning works {{1990s-horror-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvin Faust
Irvin Faust (June 11, 1924 – July 24, 2012) was an American author and educator. Early life and career Faust was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Morris and Pauline (née Henschel) Faust. He served in the Army infantry during World War II in both the Pacific and European theaters and helped liberate Nazi concentration camps. Attending school on the G.I. Bill, Faust earned a degree at City College and taught in New York City public schools. In the early 1950s Faust studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He later earned two master's degrees and a Ph.D. from Teacher's College of Columbia University. For many years he was the Director of Guidance at Garden City High School (New York), Garden City, NY. Faust's doctoral thesis was published in 1963 under the title ''Entering Angel’s World: A Student-Centered Casebook''. That success prompted him to take a creative writing course, and he soon sold his first short story, “Into the Green Night" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Devils (novella)
''Foreign Devils'' is an original novella written by Andrew Cartmel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Second Doctor and Jamie and Zoe as well as fictional psychic detective Carnacki. Summary The story begins in China, 1800, when the Doctor and his companions arrive in their time machine, the TARDIS, at the English Trade Concession in Canton. A relic, previously thought harmless becomes active and transports his companions into the future. The Doctor tracks them in the TARDIS and materialises in England, 1900, where the descendants of an English merchant from 1800 have gathered. One of these is a man called Carnacki, who before long helps the Doctor investigate a series of strange murders in the house. When the Doctor discovers that the house and its surroundings have literally been removed from space and time, he realises that their attacker may not be all they seem. Background It was released both as a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hornor Jacobs
John Hornor Jacobs (born January 5, 1971) is an American author, best known for the novel ''Southern Gods'', which began as a rough draft created through the NaNoWriMo process, and was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2011. His 2015 novel ''Foreign Devils'' was nominated for a David Gemmell Award for Fantasy. Early life Jacobs was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he attended Little Rock Central High School. ''The Incorruptibles'' Published in paperback by Gollancz in 2014, ''The Incorruptibles'' is a fantasy novel by Hornor. It centers on two mercenaries: Shoestring, a half-dwarf/human; and Fisk, a human. They are employed to guard a nobleman and his family as they journey along a river by paddleboat. The novel was followed by ''Foreign Devils'' in 2015. Reception James Lovegrove, reviewing ''The Incorruptibles'' for the ''Financial Times'', commended Jacobs' ability to "blend ... cowboys, the Roman empire and high fantasy". The ''Arkansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hughes (journalist)
Richard Joseph Hughes (5 March 19064 January 1984) was an Australian journalist who spent much of his life in the Far East as correspondent for ''The Times'', ''The Economist'' and the ''Far Eastern Economic Review''. He was the inspiration for the fictional character Dikko Henderson in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel '' You Only Live Twice'', and for "Old Craw" in John le Carré's '' The Honourable Schoolboy''. Early life Hughes was born on 5 March 1906 at Prahran, Melbourne, Australia. He was the eldest child of Richard Hughes, a salesman, and his wife Katie, née McGlade.Prudence Torney-ParlickiHughes, Richard Joseph (1906–1984) ''Australian Dictionary of Biography''. Retrieved 30 January 2021. Career His working life began at the Victorian Railways and he acquired his first journalistic experiences as a writer for the house magazine ''The Victorian Railways Magazine'' which is where he acquired the poetic style of writing for which he later became famous. He later work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Crow
Carl Crow (1884–1945) was a Highland, Missouri-born newspaperman, businessman, and writer who managed several newspapers and then opened the first Western advertising agency in Shanghai, China. He ran the agency for 19 years, creating calendar advertisements. He was also the founding editor of the '' Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury''. Career Carl Crow arrived in Shanghai in 1911 and for a quarter of a century worked there as a journalist, newspaper proprietor, and ad-man. He also did stints as a hostage negotiator, emergency police sergeant, gentleman farmer, go-between for the American government, and propagandist. As his career progressed, so did the fortunes of Shanghai. The city transformed itself from a colonial backwater when Crow arrived, to the cosmopolitan metropolis of the 1930s when Crow wrote his pioneering book ''400 Million Customers'', which encouraged a flood of business into China. In 1935, the Shanghai Municipal Council published a map for visitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hopkirk
Peter Stuart Hopkirk (15 December 1930 – 22 August 2014) was a British journalist, author and historian who wrote six books about the British Empire, Russia and Central Asia. Biography Peter Hopkirk was born in Nottingham, the son of Frank Stuart, an Anglican priest, and Mary Hopkirk (' Perkins). The family hailed originally from Roxburghshire in the borders of Scotland. He grew up at Danbury, Essex and was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford. From an early age he was interested in spy novels carrying around John Buchan's ''Greenmantle'' and Ruyard Kipling's ''Kim''. While at the Dragon School he played rugby and shot at Bisley. During his national service, he was commissioned in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in January 1950 and served as a subaltern in the King's African Rifles, in the same battalion as Lance-Corporal Idi Amin. Before becoming a full-time author, he was an ITN reporter and newscaster for two years, the New York City correspondent of Lord Beaverbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Devils (film)
''Foreign Devils'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Tim McCoy and Claire Windsor, which was released by MGM on September 3, 1927. Plot Captain Robert Kelly (McCoy) while attached to the American Embassy in Peking at the time of the Boxer Rebellion befriends Lady Patricia Rutledge (Windsor) and rescues her from the priests of a Chinese temple that she has gone to visit. He then asks a friend to escort her to safety and battles the Chinese in order to give them time to escape. Eventually he brings news or the approach of the Eight-Nation Alliance to the barricade.''Motion Picture News'', April 28, 1928, p. 1348 Cast * Tim McCoy as Capt. Robert Kelly * Claire Windsor as Lady Patricia Rutledge * Cyril Chadwick as Lord Vivien Cholmondely * Frank Currier as U.S. Minister Conger * Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Conger * Lawson Butt as Sir Claude * Sôjin as Lama priest (as Sojin) * Frank Chew as Prince Tuan Crew * Cedric Gibbons Austin Cedric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |