QuatermainThe New Adventures Volume 1 Alan J Porter Aaron Smith Clayton Hinkle 9780615834986 Books
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A CLASSIC HERO REBORN British adventure writer, H. Rider Haggard’s most popular fictional character was Alan Quatermain, the irascible African big game hunter. As the hero of the classic KING SOLOMON’S MINES, Quatermain immediately fired the imagination of readers across the world and created an instant demand for more of his adventures. Now Airship 27 Productions answers that on-going demand by presenting two brand new Alan Quatermain novellas each filled with a host of suspense, action and exotic African locales. When a French river boat pilot discovers elephant ivory suffused with gold, it sends the expert guide on a quest find a fable elephant’s graveyard to learn answer to the “GOLDEN IVORY” by Alan J. Porter. Next a naïve American lad follows Quatermain deep into the jungle to find eight missing white women only to uncover an ancient evil capable of possessing the bodies of its victim’s in Aaron Smith’s chilling “TEMPLE OF LOST SOULS.” Here are complete tales that will thrill pulp fans and introduce a whole new generation to one of the most famous adventure heroes of all time; H. Rider Haggard’s Alan Quatermain.
QuatermainThe New Adventures Volume 1 Alan J Porter Aaron Smith Clayton Hinkle 9780615834986 Books
This review is based on an advance pdf copy, supplied by the publisher.Let me say right from the start that this book was never going to get an easy ride from me. In the first place, I’m a huge H. Rider Haggard fan and to make matters worse, I have recently embarked on a rereading of the original Allan Quatermain books.
Neither author, perhaps wisely, tell their stories from Quatermain’s point of view, as did Haggard. instead they both chose to invent a character of their own for this purpose, through whose eyes we see Allan Quatermain.
In ‘Golden Ivory’, Alan J. Porter introduces us to Daniel, a Canadian riverboat man, working a river taxi service in Africa. He comes into possession of a pouch full of odd artifacts, which include the tip of a very strange ivory elephant tusk. In his efforts to find someone he can trust to help him solve the mystery of this tusk of golden ivory, he falls in with Allan Quatermain and his compatriots.
For the most part, Porter captures the feel of the period quite well. I wasn’t too sure about the scene where Quatermain uses a whip, in an apparent nod to a certain Professor Jones, but the good far outweighed the bad in this entertaining tale. There were a few ends left loose, which at the time of writing, I don’t know whether, or not will be resolved in a future story by Mr Porter. I liked the story quite a lot, albeit in places it seemed more influenced by old jungle adventure films than by the work of Rider Haggard.
In his afterword, Porter admits to having a desire to have Quatermain meet with a certain other African jungle-based character, but the dates wouldn’t allow it. Nevertheless, there is a brief cameo by a feral white man, and he couldn’t resist linking himself, by way of his surname, to certain other members of the Porter clan.
I really liked the opening of Aaron Smith’s story. ‘Temple of Lost Souls’ opens in 1940, when his protagonist, Everett Blaine, is telling his young grandson of the time he went to Africa and met Allan Quatermain. He sets the tale up neatly, as a sort of morality piece, to demonstrate that the school bully’s idea of what makes a man doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny.
Aaron Smith admits, in his afterword, that he doesn’t know Allan Quatermain nearly as well as he knows Sherlock Holmes—the other period character whose mythos he’s contributed to. His version certainly isn’t terrible though, and I have to emphasise the fact that I read this book immediately after having read a few of Haggard’s originals. In fact, he captures the feel of this classic character of Victorian British fiction better than most modern American writers—and certainly better than any of the various film adaptations of Quatermain’s adventures.
Everett Blaine is in Africa to take part in a safari, in the hope of impressing the father of the woman he loves. He’s struck down by a fever as soon as he arrives, and so misses the hunt. Instead he offers to accompany Allan Quatermain on a mission to find out what became of nine female missionaries, who, against all advice and common sense, went into the jungle to spread the word of the Lord to the natives. Personally, I thought Smith went a little overboard with Quatermain’s sexist opinions here, but that’s a minor point. Inevitably, Quatermain and his companions encounter an ancient and strange lost city, which is ruled by even stranger beings. I’ll stop here, for fear of revealing too many plot details.
It’s a fun book, and a very promising start to a possible new series. I look forward to more adventures of Macumazahn, and dare I hope to see some lost tales of the mighty Zulu warrior, Umslopogaas at some point?
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QuatermainThe New Adventures Volume 1 Alan J Porter Aaron Smith Clayton Hinkle 9780615834986 Books Reviews
This is my first Quartermain story ever. It certainly won't be my last. I'm happy that the author decided to make this a series and I can't wait to hear the rest! I've heard references to Quartermain in Indiana Jones but never really knew much about him. These authors have certainly got me interested in checking out some of his old classic tales. Both authored have a very different style to their stories. Both are an adventure but one goes sci-fi. I loved them both!
Jem Matzan, whom I had never listened to before, did a superb job with the narration. I'm hoping he will be doing the rest of this series. I'm pretty sure I'll be adding him among my favorite narrators.
If you enjoy Indiana Jones type of adventure stories you'll definitely like this book. Unfortunately I can't compare it to the classic Quartermain tales yet since I haven't experienced them. But I will!
I am a big fan of the Pulp Jungle Heroes so a chance to read new Tales from Alan Qurtermain excited me and I ordered this book as soon as I saw it listed on the ALLPULP website.
It turned out to be a very enjoyable read. The book features two novellas, an afterword by each author telling how they came to write their story plus an afterword by Airship 27 editor Ron Fortier.
Both stories clock in at just under 80 pages. They both use a narrator type character as the lead telling the stories about Alan Quatermain rather then Quartermain himself as the narrator.
GOLDEN IVORY by Alan J. Porter is an adventure story about a riverboat captain on an expedition to find the source of elephant tusks that have gold embedded in them. The writing had me engaged in the story from the first page.
TEMPLE OF LOST SOULS by Arron Smith introduces an element of supernatural into the story. This story featues a young American protagonist meeting Quartermain and going on a rescue mission to to save some abducted young women. I found this story equally engrossing.
The book features an original painting by Ingrid Hardy which you can examine for yourself. But what for me was the icing on the cake are the 12 full size (6 each story) illustrations by Clayton Hinkle. The book is over-sized on clean white sturdy paper. Overall a class production.
My only complainant is minor. I found about 4 or 5 proofing errors that should have been caught. Nothing was misspelled, spell-check just turned the word into the wrong word. "The" was changed to "They" in one case.
The list price on this book is $16.99 but you might be able to save a dollar or two. I am giving it my highest recommendation. Explore deepest Africa with Quartermain and crew.
I have read King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain, Maiwa's Revenge, She and Allan, Allan's Wife & Other Tales and The Ancient Allan. Yes I know I have plenty more to read by H. Rider Haggard. This year I was at the best convention of the year called PulpFest and I always head to my favorite table which is the Airship 27. They have without the doubt the best pulp action, adventure and science fiction out there. So I was curious which new books they had and which ones to buy (I’m always on a budget) Then I saw Quatermain and being a huge fan I had to buy it….thinking I would get a kick out of the authors not knowing much about Quatermain and they were just using his name for a quick action adventure and I was ok with that….But boy was I wrong!!
The authors knew more than I did about Allan Quatermain and they continued his story perfectly! I read the whole book in one night and I had to go out to a local book store to try find more Quatermain adventures. So if you’re a fan of H. Rider Haggard, do yourself a favor and pick this book up…you will not be disappointed.
This review is based on an advance pdf copy, supplied by the publisher.
Let me say right from the start that this book was never going to get an easy ride from me. In the first place, I’m a huge H. Rider Haggard fan and to make matters worse, I have recently embarked on a rereading of the original Allan Quatermain books.
Neither author, perhaps wisely, tell their stories from Quatermain’s point of view, as did Haggard. instead they both chose to invent a character of their own for this purpose, through whose eyes we see Allan Quatermain.
In ‘Golden Ivory’, Alan J. Porter introduces us to Daniel, a Canadian riverboat man, working a river taxi service in Africa. He comes into possession of a pouch full of odd artifacts, which include the tip of a very strange ivory elephant tusk. In his efforts to find someone he can trust to help him solve the mystery of this tusk of golden ivory, he falls in with Allan Quatermain and his compatriots.
For the most part, Porter captures the feel of the period quite well. I wasn’t too sure about the scene where Quatermain uses a whip, in an apparent nod to a certain Professor Jones, but the good far outweighed the bad in this entertaining tale. There were a few ends left loose, which at the time of writing, I don’t know whether, or not will be resolved in a future story by Mr Porter. I liked the story quite a lot, albeit in places it seemed more influenced by old jungle adventure films than by the work of Rider Haggard.
In his afterword, Porter admits to having a desire to have Quatermain meet with a certain other African jungle-based character, but the dates wouldn’t allow it. Nevertheless, there is a brief cameo by a feral white man, and he couldn’t resist linking himself, by way of his surname, to certain other members of the Porter clan.
I really liked the opening of Aaron Smith’s story. ‘Temple of Lost Souls’ opens in 1940, when his protagonist, Everett Blaine, is telling his young grandson of the time he went to Africa and met Allan Quatermain. He sets the tale up neatly, as a sort of morality piece, to demonstrate that the school bully’s idea of what makes a man doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny.
Aaron Smith admits, in his afterword, that he doesn’t know Allan Quatermain nearly as well as he knows Sherlock Holmes—the other period character whose mythos he’s contributed to. His version certainly isn’t terrible though, and I have to emphasise the fact that I read this book immediately after having read a few of Haggard’s originals. In fact, he captures the feel of this classic character of Victorian British fiction better than most modern American writers—and certainly better than any of the various film adaptations of Quatermain’s adventures.
Everett Blaine is in Africa to take part in a safari, in the hope of impressing the father of the woman he loves. He’s struck down by a fever as soon as he arrives, and so misses the hunt. Instead he offers to accompany Allan Quatermain on a mission to find out what became of nine female missionaries, who, against all advice and common sense, went into the jungle to spread the word of the Lord to the natives. Personally, I thought Smith went a little overboard with Quatermain’s sexist opinions here, but that’s a minor point. Inevitably, Quatermain and his companions encounter an ancient and strange lost city, which is ruled by even stranger beings. I’ll stop here, for fear of revealing too many plot details.
It’s a fun book, and a very promising start to a possible new series. I look forward to more adventures of Macumazahn, and dare I hope to see some lost tales of the mighty Zulu warrior, Umslopogaas at some point?
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