▁mountains ▁and ▁try ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁advice ▁of ▁Rud yard ▁Ki pling ; ▁" Fill ▁the ▁unf org iving ▁minute ▁with ▁si xty ▁seconds ' ▁worth ▁of ▁distance ▁run ." ▁When ▁it ▁is ▁time ▁to ▁write , ▁I ▁write ▁with ▁all ▁my ▁heart ▁and ▁all ▁my ▁mind . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁ ▁Although ▁many ▁respect ed ▁histor ians ▁and ▁authentic ▁news ▁letters ▁end or se ▁Smith ' s ▁work , ▁there ▁are ▁some ▁assumptions ▁against ▁the ▁nov els ▁that ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁thoroughly ▁investig ated . ▁One ▁of ▁Smith ' s ▁main ▁critics , ▁Martin ▁Hall , ▁as ser ts ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁Journal ▁of ▁Southern ▁African ▁Studies ▁that ▁the ▁nov els ▁present ▁bi ased ▁ill iber al ▁views ▁against ▁African ▁national ism . ▁Other ▁un inv estig ated ▁opinions ▁often ▁claim ▁that ▁mis og yn istic , ▁hom oph ob ic ▁and ▁rac ist ▁assumptions ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁political ▁ag end as ▁are ▁present ▁in ▁these ▁nov els . ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁( chron olog ically ) ▁ ▁Film ography ▁Several ▁of ▁Smith ' s ▁nov els ▁have ▁been ▁turned ▁into ▁mov ies ▁and ▁TV ▁shows . ▁The ▁Dark ▁of ▁the ▁Sun ▁( 1 9 6 5 ), ▁fil med ▁as ▁The ▁Mer cen aries ▁( 1 9 6 8 ) ▁st arring ▁Rod ▁Taylor ▁and ▁Y v ette ▁M im ieux ▁Gold ▁Mine ▁( 1 9 7 0 ), ▁fil med ▁as ▁Gold ▁( 1 9 7 4 ) ▁st arring ▁Roger ▁Moore ▁and ▁Sus ann ah ▁York ▁The ▁Diam