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« on: August 24, 2012, 07:25:23 PM »
Wow, the Ross books. How well I remember them. Bought all of them, still have them around here someplace. I did draw the line at the collection of vampire and werewolf stories, despite the claim that they had been personally selected by Barnabas and Quentin. Just like Samantha Stephens had recommended Rosemary's Baby.
Having stumbled onto DS in mid 1968, I thought that the books would give me the back story on the characters. Pretty obviously not, huh. Did Roger and Elizabeth disown their brother Mark and his daughter Linda? Did she change her name to Daphne and show up for the 1991 version?
And the invisible pink spaceship! From the planet of poor taste, I suppose. Where is Wonder Woman with her invisible plane when you need her?
Some years ago, Geoffrey Hamell wrote a short but quite clever takeoff on the Ross novels titled Barnabas, Quentin and the Zombies' Nose. It appeared in TWODS years ago. The heroine, a Miss Bornrich, is attacked by the even popular Hare and the ever so evil Dr. Adolph Hogsbreath. Carolyn informs our heroine that Quentin is a master of disguise and could among them right now. She adds that once he was married to Roger for six months before anyone caught on.
Let me assure you that this Uncle Roger would have caught on long before that. But I probably would have gone along with it anyway because it would be like getting the milk for free.