Sir Henry Rider Haggard was not a great artist in anyone's estimation, least of all his own. Still less was he a great writer of short fiction; one seeks in vain for his name in critical surveys of the short story of the nineteenth or early twentieth cen...
A man of diverse talents and a writer eager to try his skills at many different kinds of writing projects, both nonfiction and fiction, H. Rider Haggard is best remembered by general readers of fantasy for his fourth and fifth books, King Solomon's Mines...
Henry Rider Haggard, K.B.E., wrote tales of romantic adventure which may be termed "mysteries" only in a nonconventional sense of the term. The reader encounters no Poirots, no Lord Peter Wimseys, no clues; and while there are murders aplenty, they are n...
Robbie Fulks Revenge! Yep Roc (YEP-2125) Grade: **** Who would think that a wiseacre, sarcastic cynic like Robbie Fulks would be responsible for what ranks as one of the best live albums in recent memory? Anyone who's ever followed Fulks'...
Surely Walter Berns could have conceived a better moral argument than he offered in his column supporting capital punishment {"Vengeance? Executing McVeigh Would Be Moral," Outlook, June 8}. Revenge may be the only reason for capital punishment that makes sense -- but that does...
