Mike Resnick - A Blonde in Africa

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A Blonde in Africa-an introduction

by Mike Resnick

Africa can cast a spell that makes Merlin look like an

amateur. It can grab you from half a world away, pull you to its

bosom, and as you spend your last night there prior to going home

you find that you miss it already. It has a way of simplifying

things, of making you realize what's really important to you; and

it can convince you that the very best part of yourself will

remain there, waiting for you to return and redeem it.

It can also drive you crazy, and break your heart again and

again.

It can show you beauties undreamed of, and horrors equally

unimagined. It is vibrant with life, both human and animal, yet no

continent presents such a constant and uncaring display of death.

It is also a place of inspiration. People who would never

have considered writing under other circumstances have taken years

out of their lives to put their African experiences down on paper.

And when a _real_ writer comes face to face with Africa, you

get such masterpieces as Ruark's _Horn of the Hunter_, Hemingway's

_The Green Hills of Africa_, Blixen's _Out of Africa_, Markham's

_West With the Night_, and Huxley's _The Flame Trees of Thika_.

Hunters get that urge, too, and have produced such memorable

volumes as Lake's _Killers in Africa_ and _Hunter's Choice_,

Jordan's _Elephants and Ivory_, Bell's _Karamojo Safari_, the

works of Selous and Boyes and Lyell and Stigand and Percival, and

many, many more.

It even affects writers of category fiction. I've written 9

science fiction novels and 22 short stories set in Africa. Other

science fiction writers such as George Alec Effinger, Robert

Silverberg, John Crowley, and Gregory Benford have recently set

stories there. Nor has it escaped the attention of mystery writers

such as M. M. Kaye, Elspeth Huxley, and Karin McQuillan, and

adventure writers from Edgar Rice Burroughs and H. Rider Haggard

right up to Michael Crichton.

What you now hold in your hands is a book by an award-winning

romance and science fiction writer, who found Africa just as

fascinating as all those who went before her. I know her a little

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