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Post by deuce on Sept 30, 2017 23:05:43 GMT -5
I am one of the legion of writers who can proudly proclaim: “I stole from H. Rider Haggard!”
-- John Maddox Roberts, June 29th, 2015 |
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Post by deuce on Oct 9, 2017 23:38:57 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Oct 15, 2017 11:41:29 GMT -5
Two renditions of Ayesha/She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed by Michael Whelan... Prelim.  Final.  |
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Post by deuce on Oct 22, 2017 6:48:12 GMT -5
H. Rider Haggard with his daughter, Lilias Rider Haggard. She went on to write The Cloak That I Left, a biography of her father.    |
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Post by deuce on Oct 25, 2017 0:01:54 GMT -5
The 1959 MGM film, Watusi, was a knock-off of the Quatermain novels. The protagonist was "Harry Quatermain" and he was searching for King Solomon's Mines: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watusi_(film) |
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Post by johnnypt on Oct 25, 2017 7:11:20 GMT -5
The 1959 MGM film, Watusi, was a knock-off of the Quatermain novels. The protagonist was "Harry Quatermain" and he was searching for King Solomon's Mines: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watusi_(film)For years, every time we'd watch King Solomon's Mines, my dad would say, "I wish they'd show Watusi. They haven't shown it in years, it's just like King Solomon's Mines" Finally somebody showed it and he realized why: "Jeez, this movie IS King Solomon's Mines! Half the picture is stock footage!" James Clavell had a little better luck with his novels and that movie about some guys breaking out of a German prison camp. |
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Post by deuce on Nov 15, 2017 14:24:44 GMT -5
Visual Haggard is an excellent resource for HRH-related illustrations and also contains a lot of bibliographic info: www.visualhaggard.org/
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Post by deuce on Nov 19, 2017 16:00:03 GMT -5
Whoa! I just found out that Stephen Hickman did this great cover painting for Nada the Lily:   |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Nov 20, 2017 10:59:45 GMT -5
Worst coverdesign/layout, ever! The graphic designer should be thrown in jail for ruining such a fantastic painting!
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Post by deuce on Nov 29, 2017 1:37:56 GMT -5
Egypt of ancient times has inspired many an author to write wonderful stories about that mysterious land. I drew this picture at a time [circa 1972] when I was reading the Allan Quatermain adventure books written by H. Rider Haggard, about that mysterious land of pharaohs. I had already read, "She," and "Ayesha, the Return of She," and was halfway through reading, "She and Allan".
-- Stephen Fabian, multiple award-winning artist
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Post by themirrorthief on Nov 29, 2017 11:28:21 GMT -5
the man was darn imaginative
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Post by deuce on Dec 2, 2017 11:28:04 GMT -5
New Puffin Classics edition coming in March 2018:  |
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Post by deuce on Dec 5, 2017 12:40:31 GMT -5
Worst coverdesign/layout, ever! The graphic designer should be thrown in jail for ruining such a fantastic painting! Totally agree. I'll grant that the painting is a little hard to format, but almost anything would be better than what we got. |
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Post by deuce on Dec 6, 2017 11:35:16 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Aiken on Dec 8, 2017 12:17:22 GMT -5
New Puffin Classics edition coming in March 2018: Hopefully they get this into as many schools and libraries as possible. It's insane how well this novel has stood the test of time, on top of it being excellent on its own merit (which in itself is an understatement). |
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