#h. rider haggard

[thefugitivesaint]

Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862-1931), ''Ayesha, the Return of She'' by H. Rider Haggard, 1905. Source

#Maurice Greiffenhagen #british artists #frontispiece #Ayesha #H. Rider Haggard #She #vintage illustration #vintage art #art nouveau

[vintagegeekculture]

The Most Beloved Adventure Novel in Thailand

If you’re Thai, you already know what I’m going to say: เพชรพระอุมา, “Petch Pra Uma,” or “Diamonds of the Goddess Uma.” A jungle adventure yarn written over 25 years, from 1964 to 1989, it is a good candidate for the world’s longest novel. And to call it inspired by H. Rider Haggard’s “King Solomon’s Mines” is a bit generous: the basic plot comes from that book, at least to start with, before it went off in its own strange directions guided by local Thai folklore. The 19th Century Adventure novelist H. Rider Haggard is widely loved in Thailand, and it is surprising that a 19th Century British colonial author is still such a significant influence. 

The story of “the Goddess Uma’s Diamonds” begins when a he-man jungle explorer skilled in hunting and hiking, Raipin Praiwan, is contracted to help discover the Emerald City in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Along the way, a young hill tribesman asks to be his expedition’s servant, only to discover that this young servant is in fact, the rightful outcast prince of the City of Emeralds. So far, this sounds absolutely identical to H. Rider Haggard’s “King Solomon’s Mines” transplanted to Asia, but where the jungle action in the novel gets strange is that it very quickly veered into the folkloric and paranormal of Southeast Asia. Haggard flirted with the fantastic in King Solomon’s Mines, but this one has a full on love affair with it. When seeking the Emerald City, Raipin Praiwan encounters forest spirits, ghosts, and intelligent, red-eyed glowing ape creatures able to use swords.

Or at least that was the first story arc. The novel was originally published in newspapers, but it was so widely popular that it kept on going well past the natural ending. To this day, Thai librarians have trouble keeping it on the shelves, and there have been numerous film and television adaptations in the Elephant Kingdom. To read the entire book in collected form now requires over 48 volumes.

One amusing part that surprises me is that it contains explicit and very casual descriptions of cannabis use. I knew....but it hadn’t quite sunk in until I read this...that the bong or water-pipe was a Thai invention (more accurately, rendered as baung). 

The funny part about this book is that Thai nerds love it and base their lives on it, getting a model rifle and machete just like the manly Raipin Praiwan’s. It’s exactly like, when lots of Western nerds get money, they buy a Walther PPK and an Aston Martin to be as cool as their hero, James Bond. I cannot help but think that if you are a cool, exciting guy like 007, you could drive any reasonably stylish car and make it look cool, it doesn’t have to be that specific one....but remember, we are deep in “cargo cult” thinking. 

Unfortunately, it is known that the author of the books is unpleasant to online fanfic authors, which leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth equivalent to learning your favorite actor is a scientologist. 

#thailand #adventure #h. rider haggard #เพชรพระอุมา

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone - Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)

#richard chamberlain #sharon stone #allan quatermain and the lost city of gold #cannon films #h. rider haggard #gary nelson #80s adventure movies #1980s #1987

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang (intro by Lin Carter) - The World's Desire - Ballantine - 1971 (cover art by Vincent di Fate)

#witches #desirous #occult #vintage #the world's desire #ballantine books #h. rider haggard #andrew lang #lin carter #vincent di fate #1971

[thebeautifulbook]

SHE by H. Rider Haggard. Art binding designed by Bayntun-Riviere.

#beautiful books #old books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #vintage books #book binding #art binding #h. rider haggard #bayntun-riviere

[classiclitbracket]

Classic Lit Bracket-Round One Part Three: LOTR vs. King Solomon's Mines

#tumblr polls #tumblr bracket #tournament poll #classic lit #classic literature #classic lit bracket #classic lit bracket round one #lord of the rings #king solomon's mines #j.r.r. tolkien #h. rider haggard

[retrocultureworld]

#ursula andress #she #h. rider haggard #house of hammer

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Walter Paget - H. Rider Haggard - King Solomon's Mines - To those who enter the hall of dead, 1888.

#Walter Paget #H. Rider Haggard #King Solomon #hell #dead #death #ghosts

[80smovies]

#Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold #Richard Chamberlain #Sharon Stone #Gary Nelson #H. Rider Haggard #Gene Quintano #Lee Reynolds #80s

[who-canceled-roger-rabbit]

So I'm listening to She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider Haggard. It's funny how "white woman ruling a remote tribe in Africa or wherever" was a whole thing in colonial adventure fiction, but the only echoes of that trope that normies are likely to encounter in modern culture are Katy Perry in her "Dark Horse" video and possibly Miss Piggy in Muppet Treasure Island.

#time keeps on slipping slipping slipping into the future #tropes #race #racism #colonialism #adventure fiction #h. rider haggard #h rider haggard #miss piggy #the muppets #muppet treasure island #katy perry #shower thought #shower thoughts

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Dell Books 339 – H. Rider Haggard – She

H. Rider Haggard – She

Dell Books 339

Published 1949

Cover Artist: Lou Marchetti

#h. rider haggard #she #dell books #1949 #pulp fiction #lou marchetti #retold story #woman #flames #book cover art

[bookmaven]

SHE by H. Rider Haggard. (London: Loftman, Green, 1887). Illustrated by Maurice Griffenhagen and Charles H.M. Kerr

source

#book blog #books #books books books #book cover #pulp fantasy #adventure #h. rider haggard #lost world

[vintagegeekculture]

#h. rider haggard #she #1883

[vincentreproches]

Pistes cyclables et exterminations

#affiche #élections législtatives #2022 #parodie #h. rider haggard #haggard

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

H. Rider Haggard - Aycha - Marabout - 1974 (french version)

#witches #occult #literature #vintage #cover art #fantastique #h. rider haggard #marabout #aycha #ayesha #editions marabout #1974

[thebeautifulbook]

KING SOLOMON’S MINES by H. Rider Haggard [1885] Illustrations by Walter Paget.

KING SOLOMON’S MINES is the first of Haggard’s Alan Quartermain series and is considered to be the first of the ‘lost world’ novels. A romantic adventure, it’s filled with the stereotypical imagery of the Victorian era, and should be viewed as a product of its time.

#beautiful books #books books books #book blog #book cover #books #illustrated book #h. rider haggard #adventure #lost world #victorian era #british empire #colonialism