Fire at the Menoreh Hill
I’m not sure if the title above is correct. I just translate it as it is 
Here I’m gonna spread the news about a blog dedicated for the legendary story of Fire at the Menoreh Hill. I got this information from Mer1dzalden and it made me really truly deeply very happy 
This is the story that I knew from my time at elementary school and now I can read it again
I started to read “Api di Bukit Menoreh” (to be honest I don’t feel quite right to mention it in english ) when I was at elementary school. Can’t remember exactly when. Maybe when I was at 4th or 5th grade. Actually it was my late father who really liked it and buy it regularly in the book store.
He always bought three stories from the legendary writer S.H. Mintardja. “Api di Bukit Menoreh“, “Hijaunya Lembah Hijaunya Lereng Pegunungan” (not sure how to translate this ), and “Suramnya Bayang-Bayang” (lost in translation ) which later the title was changed to “Sayap-Sayap yang Terkembang” (Developed Wings? Man, I’m not good at all in this ) when the main characters switched to the young generations. I’m not sure though why he didn’t rate “Nagasasra dan Sabuk Inten” as highly as the other three stories that I mentioned.
I still remember how I became addicted to read these stories. If I remember correctly the book itself contains only about 80 pages and you have to wait for another several weeks or even a month to read the next book. So it’s really fascinating when you read the book but really frustrating when you have finished it. Lucky for me, in my family only both of us who really enjoy this so the books will go straight to me after my father’s done with them 
After my father died when I was at the 1st year of senior high school those fantastic stories were also gone from my life. I’ve never thought that I could read them again. But now I can! I think 2009 is really full of surprises so far
If you have so much spare time (like me hehehe) and interested to read it just click the link I provided in the 1st paragraph above. I’m not responsible for any kind of addiction which might disturb your life cycle afterwards
Have a good time !
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note :
- i’m not sure where to find the english version of these great stories.
- I remember that there was a movie based on “Api di Bukit Menoreh” story. It’s an old movie (80’s I think). In the last several days I’ve been thinking with all the CGI stuffs and cinematography technologies that the movieworld have right now, it’d be fantastic if they can make another one
- thx again to Mer1dzalden for the info
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 by Tigis
in Indonesia, We Love Jadul
hmm.. interesting, I’ve never read kho ping hoo before (hey it’s kho ping hoo, right? I saw it mentioned on the blog you refered) but everybody says that it’s very good.. maybe I’ll have to start reading it now
hallo mas Jimmy. Actually it’s not Kho Ping Hoo. Like I mentioned above it’s from SH Mintardja. Yup, it’s one of the best I believe
hiii….casual cutie belum pernah baca cerita di atas. ko gambarnya agak serem ya??
ngga serem koq
Kalau ngomong S.H. Mintardja (SHM) jadi inget sama Mahesa Jenar.
Dulu tuh pas SD kelas 5-6 mulai hobi baca Kho Ping Hoo (KPH). Pas SMA karya KPH terbaru mulai kurang menarik (plot cerita berulang dan mirip yg lama) dan mulai ngelirik dan baca silat jawa (karya SHM dan juga KPH yg tema silat jawa).
Pas kuliah, mulai lirik karya silat luar terutama pengarang legendaris Jin Yong (JY) atau di Indonesia dikenal dgn nama Chin Yung dan Gu Long (GL) atau Khu Lung.
Sekarang seluruh karya JY, dari si pendekar rajawali sakti Yo Ko sampai cerita Pedang langit Golok naga nya Thio Bu-ki habis dibaca semua. Kayaknya JY emang pengarang novel silat terbaik yg pernah kubaca.
Karya GL baru dikit kubaca, kayak cerita si pisau terbang hingga pendekar harum udah, tapi hasil tulisan GL banyak banget dan belum semuanya diterjemahin.
Tumben jarang resensi pilem nih? sibuk baca yah?
wah ingetnya sama nagasasra sabuk inten ya
Dulu jaman SD gue jg suka baca serial bersambung kho ping hoo di koran harian. Tp ga pernah baca buku stensilannya. Kalo pengarang yg laen ga pernah nyobain. Maklum dasarnya gue emang ga suka baca 
Hehe belon minat lagi nih nulis tentang pilem. Kapan2x aja deh 
Gambarnya asyik…membangkitkan kenangan Jadul
hehe smoga org berpakaian begitu ga punah jaman skrg
ahh tapi tetep.. klo kata gue sih ndak ada yg bisa nandingin kapak maut naga geni 212 nya si wiro sableng
wah gue malah ga pernah baca tuh cerita wiro sableng
eh wiro sableng itu komik apa sejenis ADBM juga sih ….
Wah…film zaman baheula, ya..he..he..
Tapi putri, sih…senang2 aja nonton film silat atawa kungfu.. he..he..
hehe dulu filmnya memang jaman baheula Put. Kalo ga era 80-an ya 70-an lah. Pernah diputer di tipi jg koq
aku pikir td kebakaran wheheehhe cuma bingung, menoreh teh dimana ? ternyata…buku silat toh !?
dulu aku bacanya kho phing ho
hehe di petanya ada koq kira2x menoreh itu ada dimana
Wah suka baca cersil jg rupanya 
I knew this story for the first time from my grandpa. As usual, my brother and I would spend school holiday at my grandpa’s house and we found the book very interesting. However, I didn’t have any interest to buy it and include this book as one of my collection at that time (I was only 8 or 9 yo at that time). It would be great if there’s an English translation for this book
I think it’s good for you that you didn’t try to read the book intensively. You could forget about going to school
Yup, it would be nice if there’s english version on this. So the whole world could read 
Waduh…masih ada yg inget sama komik jadul ini, tapi saya memang penyuka komik dari dulu, mulai dari jaka sembung, mandala, dll
halo Mas Koko, pakabar. Wah yg ini bukan komik kebetulan Mas Koko. Ini cerita bersambung. Agak semi2x cersil juga sih meskipun keliatannya ngga se-intens nagasasra sabuk inten
hehehe… ternyata banyak jg yg tertipu. ada yg bilang komik model jaka sembung, ada yg bilang film silat, ada yg bilang kho ping hoo.
Sebenarnya kho ping hoo yg paling deket sih alias buku yang banyak hurup nya. tumben telat bales pren, nggak ada waktu gelundungan yah? lagi sibuk salto sana sini.
hehe sori pren telat emang nih. Lagi gelundungan sih, tp pikiran dan mata tertambat ke kiprah Agung Sedayu nih
waduh..ini komik ato novel yah? jadul banget
bukan komik bro. Novel kyknya jg bukan. Ini cerita bersambung mirip2x buku stensilannya kho ping hoo lah
Wow…api di bukit menoreh yak? Nagasasra sabuk inten juga bagus loh ceritanya…
iya mbak Ani, nagasasra sabuk inten populer juga. Cuman keliatannya itu lebih ke cersil ya ceritanya. Kalo ADBM lebih luas
one of the Mintaraja’s great story…
but if u wanna translate this story in english…. hmmm, i don’t think it’s a good idea… panjangnya itu lho…
salam kenal
hehe yes I agree with you bro. But my reason mostly is because my english is not that good
Lam kenal balik bro 
Iya..diputernya waktu zaman SD ato SMP kalo gak salah…di tivi..
Put mah jarang [hampir gak pernah lagi, ding..kayaknya he..he..] ke bioskop..cuma melalui tivi aja..
Kalo baca buku komik silat Indonesia gak pernah, mas..Paling banter kalo komik Indonesia cuma komik petruk2 itu..he..he..
wah Putri hebat bisa ngga tertarik buat nonton di bioskop. Kalo gue koq susah ya buat nahannya
Seinget gue kalo komik silat gue jg hampir ga pernah baca Put. Mgkin krn wkt kecil ga pernah ada yg ngenalin ya. Yg dikenalin ya cuman cerita2x karangan SH Mintardja ini aja 
spt kamu, sy tau ttg api di bukit menoreh sejak kecil tp enggak pernah baca secara lebih tertarik sm lima sekawan.. tp baca post ini jadi pingin tau lebih banyak. abis ini ke tempat persewaan komik ah…
wah jadi inget lima sekawan juga. Tp dulu baca lima sekawan mgkin ga begitu bikin penasaran krn satu buku langsung tamat
Ketimbang nyewa mending gratisan aja mbak Astrid baca online di link yg gue kasi di atas. Ngirit kan lagi jaman susah 
hehehehehe…. met reading aja deh….
btw ada yang tau link-nya yang ada senopati pamungkas gak ?
ok jek. Tuh uda dikasitau di bawah ya
@Sigitarinto (moga2 nggak ketuker sigitnya)
Kalau mau baca online cobai situs
http://indozone.net/
disitu segala macam cerita silat tersedia, dari silat tiongkok asli (Chin Yung, khu lung, dll), silat tiongkok lokal (macam kho ping hoo), silat sumatera (e.g. manusia harimau) sampai silat jawa kayak senopati pamungkas, wiro sableng sampai karya SH. Mintardja
wah, sama
aku juga seneng bgt baca api di bukit menoreh…
dulu pernah baca koleksi buku-nya tetangga (zaman es-em-pe), tp kmd dijual, habis itu lost tracks deh
nh akhir tahun kmrn dpt link e-book yg keren buwat abca lagi
di http://www.adbm.wordpress.com
seru
ada gambar2nya lagi
salam
ps. klo link senopati pamungkas ke sini aja: http://topmdi.net/ceritawp/
ada jg cerita2 silat lainnya
selamat membaca
^_^
sori yg bener di http://adbmcadangan.wordpress.com
^_^
sori da yg salah..
yg bener di http://www.adbmcadangan.wordpress.com
hehehe
mari,
^^