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  		   Posted 4/15/2008 10:10 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I'm about half way through Wheeler's 2004 Mystery novel THE ARCANUM. I hadn't heard of this book so when i sawa copy at my library it was an instant choice. Why? The Arcanum is a secret society which includes members like H. P. Lovecraft, Harry Houdini and the main character, Arthur Conan Doyle. The macguffin is a missing section of the Bible known as The Book of Enoch (God's Mistakes -- no it doesn't include the other two best selling volumes More of God's Mistakes and Who Is This God person Anyway? ;) The book caused World War I. The Arcanum (now in 1919) has the book stolen and their leader assassinated. The whole thing is very LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (with Houdini rescuing HPLovecraft from an insane asylum by doing a high wire act). I've read bios on Houdini, Lovecraft and Doyle so I know Wheeler has done his homework in the research department. Wheeler writes movies and TV (Surface, Empire) for a living and the book is very cinematic, sometimes to the book's detriment. Still, a great romp through history as it never happened and about people I love reading about. A must read for Mythos fans!

GW

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Sounds fun. If ever I get a moment...

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"Without Napier" Every Day Fiction, April 9
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  		   Posted 4/16/2008 6:38 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
It has an entry on the IMDB so someone must have optioned it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051315/

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Finished the book. Very much a rewritten script which bugged me at times. The pace is fast but the depth isn't there. Also, movie-type predictability. All said though, I still think any fan of the Mythos, Call of Cthulhu the RPG will enjoy it.

GW

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