Influences: H. Rider Haggard

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), father of the ‘Lost World’ genre of fantasy is often overshadowed by those who followed.  This is an undeserved place among the imaginative fiction writers of the late nineteenth century.  Like many of his contemporaries, an air of white supremacy runs through his work.  Sadly, this is the most common trope in early lost world and lost civilization stories from this time.  While not trying to skirt the issue, it must be said Haggard was the most sympatheti...