King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
This was the most popular of the Alan Quartermain adventure series. A pretty good read and a pretty fast read. It is a guys book - sweaty bodies, thirst and toil, wars and battles, cutting off heads, etc. It has been made into a couple of movie adaptations, each of which has a very apparent flaw. The movies all have a beautiful leading lady - of course. In the book, there are no ladies of significance at all. I don't feel like I ruin the story by telling you that, because Alan Q. says that within the first five pages.
My rating - oh, about a 3.5. Fun, but not great - but it is on the 501 Must Read list.
Reading List 2009
4/27 - King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard
4/21 - Best Loved Humor of the LDS People
4/6 - Eaters of the Dead - Michael Crichton
4/4 - Mexico - James A Michener
3/6 - The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
2/16 - The Wonderful Wizard of OZ - L. Frank Baum
2/11 - The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
2/9 - Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie
2/1 - Next - Michael Crichton
1 comment:
Isn't this one of the Librarian stories?
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