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Still terrific after all these years. Sep 18, 2009
By act3
"act3"
I bought the Mobilreference edition of this collection, an amazing value.
Like all the collections from Mobilreference this volume has a well done biography of the author and a chronology of his works.
And the works are superb! I'd never read King Solomon's Mines but I am very familiar with the MGM film from the 50's. Well the book blows the movie out of the water! Its the same general story but there is no female heroine, the men are more dashing, the Africans are more noble, the villains are genuinely dastardly and the action is breathtaking.
The other Quatermain books, Allan Quatermain and the People of the Mist are equally as entertaining.
My favorite is She. "She who must be obeyed". Jungle exploration, re-incarnation, love that lives throughout centuries, ancient lost civilizations and a breathless race for freedom at the end.
Old books, yes. But undeniably they will continue to satisfy armchair adventurers for years and years. The thing about classics is that they're so darned good!
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