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Hidden life inside the moon
The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs is the first book in a series about a world that is inside the moon. The hollow moon in the story has atmosphere and light, plant and animal life. A mighty civilization has crumbled over time, when men from earth discover it by accident. Highlights of the story include a beautiful princess, a hidden city, secret tunnels, and war with centaur like beasts who speak, yet eat men and each other. A nice Burroughs adventure, this is the way they used to make them. This edition has great Roy Krenkel cover art, in the first Ace paperback edition 1962, F-157.

Rocket to the Moon.
This book prints all three books in Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Moon Trilogy".Each of the books tells the story of a different generation of the Julian family.

Part one is the story of Julian 5th, who sets out for Mars, but is forced to land in the Moon when one of his crew sabotages the ship.He has adventures and falls in love with the Moon Maid.

Part two is the story of Julian 9th, who lives on the Earth after it has been conquered by Moon Men.He starts a revolution to try to overthrow the Moon Men.

Part three is the story of Julian 20th, who leads the final battle against the Moon Men.

This is an entertaining book, if you are a fan of old fashioned adventure fiction.

one of ERB's darkest tales
The Moon Maid, whether split into the three constituent parts or presented, as here, complete and unabridged, is definitely ERB's most overtly political work. Fearful of pacifism after World War I and nascent communist aggression, ERB (also mindful of communist refusal to pay him due royalties) wrote a story called Under the Red Flag that failed to sell. Not wanting the story to go to waste, he then rewrote it as The Moon Men, the second part of this book, and bookended it with two other tales of the struggle between the men of Earth and the invaders from the Moon. To give continuity to his story, ERB provides for the reincarnation of the primary hero, Julian, who appears in the framing portion as Julian 3rd and then in the stories themselves as Julian 5th, Julian 9th, and Julian 20th--the Red Hawk of the last story. (No last name is given the Julians, though in Under the Red Flag, the surname is James.) Just as brilliant as ERB's presentation of the desolation of two worlds by the (obviously) communist Kalkar menace is the havoc wreaked on the twin families of Julian and his greatest rival, Orthis (later named Or-tis). In this instance though, while our sympathies lie with Julian, in a way, he brings this on the world himself by his insouciant oneupping of his adversary. In simply brilliant fashion, ERB shows both families and two worlds ground to near oblivion by the twin menaces of unbridled jealousy and unchecked Marxist domination. Finally, after many travails, the end of the feud comes about, but it is unclear exactly what good that will do the Earth or the Moon. Appended to the main work are essays by various Burroughs scholars and fans who give their thoughts on this seminal dystopian SF work. I personally regard this dark narrative of a world under socialist utopia as one of ERB's finest works and a worthy addition to my library. Those who read it will almost certainly agree. Just remember, though, SF is a genre simply for fun and escape and has no underlying meaning at all.

Classic adventure
It's all you expect from Burroughs: over-the-top manliness, bold adventure, hot babes with European features, inane romatic misdirections, shambling opponents of the lower races, and all the rest. This time, misadventure lands Julian (Our Hero) on - or rather, in the moon. `S hollow, y'know, but well-lit anyway. This time, Julian brings his nemesis with him in the experimental moon ship. I think this was to make sure there was a proper Earthian bad guy, since you can't trust those silly natives to be evil enough. Despite his treacherous sabotage, Orthis (the bad guy) is spared by Julian's chivalry and sense of fair play. And by the author's need to keep the evil-doer ready at hand, for when Julian runs out of warlike but inept natives to fight.

Of course, the romantic misunderstanding is resolved in the end, leaving one to wonder at the Burroughsian world where princesses seem to drop from the trees like nuts in the fall. Not all is well in the end, though, since we need plenty of setup for the sequel so obviously required.

If this were a movie, I'd say wait for a rainy Saturday and a bucket of popcorn. It's a book, but you get the idea. It's wonderful, bold, and (to a modern reader) more than a little campy.

But I mean that in a nice way.

-- wiredweird

Bill Hashauthor of AMRA
I have always regarded Moon Maid and it's sequel as one of Burrough's very good works. Unlike most of his other works evil triumphs temporarily
and adds a sense of pathos to the work. Although the science is outdated it is still a fine read. It's a shame that so few of his works made it to the screen (he is the author of Tarzan) This book was an inspiration for my own novel AMRA ... Read more

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Over nineteen hundred miles east of The Twin Cities of Helium, at about Lat. 30 degrees S., Lon. 172 degrees E., lies Zodanga. It has ever been a hotbed of sedition since the day that I led the fierce green hordes of Thark against it and, reducing it, added it to the Empire of Helium.
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Can't Dejah Thoris stay out of trouble?
Dejah Thoris is kidnapped... Again.

John Carter, Warlord of Mars seeks to rid Barsoom of the Assassin's Guild.In his efforts to stamp out the local 'Murder Inc." he personally goes undercover in a city where John Carter is not held in high esteem.When the local assassins realize they're being hunted by the Warlord of Mars, they go on the offensive, kidnapp John Carter's wife Dejah Thoris and carry her off to one of the moons of Mars.Needless to say, Our Hero goes after her, finds allies, meets new races (one fair skinned and blue haired [but not little old ladies], the other like a cat on bad drugs),kills bad guys, rescues slave girls, hangs from cliffs (figuratively), raids fortresses, and all those other things we've come to know and love.

Up until the last chapter, this was in the running for the best of the series.Action, a fast pace, new escapes, allies, and enemies, and a more personal view of John Carter.In the last chapter, the author seemed in a rush to tie everything off.It was still very good and as much of a page-turner as the rest of the series, but the ending was abrupt.

Still better than what's hitting the shelves today.

E. M. Van Court

A great example of the series.
Swords of Mars is one of my favorites of the Martian Tales. Although late in the series, it has all the elements that made Burroughs a classic in the field:

1.
It is a John Carter novel. He is still the best character in the series.

2.
It does not suffer from the same artifacts of serialization that you see in some of the other Mars books. The chapters flow together very nicely without too many inconsistencies or abrupt breaks.

3.
It manages to deal with the political aspect of life on Barsoom while staying smaller. I enjoy the more intimate focus on John Carter more than I do the more epic sweeps of some of the other books.

Recommended for fans of the series. People new to the series should really at least read A Princess of Mars series. However, if you have read that one and are skipping around, this would be a good one to skip around to.

READ IT AND HAVE FUN!
This was about number eight in the Martian Series and the story continues.With this book, Burroughs has John Carter fighting and trying to put an end to the practice of assissination on Mars.Like the rest of the Mars Series, the action is non stop.While I will grant you that ERB has certainly used a formula (Dejah Thoris is captured again and John Carter must rescue), it is never-the-less an effective formula.These books of course are sort of the grand-daddy of much of the Fantasy Fiction of today.Please keep in mind when they were written and do enjoy the style and syntax.This was some of the best pulp fiction coming out in the early part of the last century.Read and enjoy.Recommend highly.

John Carter decides to take down the Assassins Guild
After being relegated to the background for the previous four Martian novels, "Swords of Mars" brings John Carter back to the forefront as he vows to bring an end to the Assassins Guild and travels to one of Barsoom's moons.Carter shows up at Edgar Rice Burroughs' cabin in the mountains of Arizona and relates this tale, which ERB then serializes as the eighth Martian story in six issues of "The Blue-Book Magazine" in 1934-35.Carter has created a secret organization of super assassins to strike back against the powerful guild of assassins, which is headquartered in the city of Zodanga, and goes to the city undercover to infiltrate their ranks.As the first step in an attempt to overthrow Ur Jan, the head of the assassins, Carter pretends to be a panthan and becomes the body guard of Fal Sivas, an inventor.Eventually, as he gets closer to his goal, Carter has to go to Thuria, one of the moons of Mars.

For the most part "Swords of Mars" is one of the most intimate novels in the series, by which I simply mean that it does not have the gigantic armies of variously colored Barsoomians and thousands of air ships arrayed in battle.The first half of the novel is basically a spy story, while the second half find Burroughs indulging in one of his imaginative flights of fancy.Of course, it is not an ERB Martian novel if Carter's beloved Dejah Thoris, princess of Helium, does not need to be rescued. Just because ERB sticks to his pulp fiction formula does not distract from the fact he was a master of the form.This is an above average Burroughs yarn and while it is a step below his best Martian tales, such as "The Chessmen of Mars," it is still a compelling tale.Best of all, John Carter is back front and center.I wound rate this novel as a 4.5, but I will round up for Carter's return.

Besides "A Princess of Mars," I think it is clear that "Swrods of Mars" is one of the primary inspirations for John Norman's Gor series, which was one of the best series that followed in the footsteps of ERB's Martian seres.Note:The first letters of the first words in the preface and twenty-four chapters from an acrostic message: "TO FLORENCE WITH ALL MY LOVE ED."The reference is to Florence Gilbert, ERB's second wife, whom he married in 1935.

AS FUN AS THEY GET
"Swords of Mars" is the 8th of 11 John Carter of Mars books that Edgar Rice Burroughs gave to the world. It first appeared serially in the "Blue Book Magazine" in six parts, from November 1934 to April 1935, and is one of the best in the Carter series. For the first time since book 3, "The Warlord of Mars," Carter himself takes center stage, rather than making a brief cameo appearance, and his return as the lead character is perhaps the best single element of this book. This time around, Carter goes to the Barsoomian city of Zodanga to put an end to the assassins guild that is thriving there. In the first half of the novel, Carter goes undercover to infiltrate this Murder Inc.-type of organization, and this segment is extremely tense and exciting. In the second half, Carter's wife, Dejah Thoris, in what to any reader of this series must come as an instance of Dejah vu (sorry...couldn't resist!), is abducted again, and Carter follows her kidnappers to one of the Martian moons, using one of that planet's first spaceships. His subsequent adventures on the moon propel the reader into the realm of pure fantasy. Both parts of the novel are as fun as can be, although very much different in tone.
This novel features very few of the inconsistencies--both internal and with other books in the series--that mar every previous Carter novel. There are some, however. For example, the great Scarlet Tower of Greater Helium is referred to in this book, whereas in previous novels, this tower was referred to as being in Lesser Helium, and besides which, was destroyed in book 5, "The Chessmen of Mars." More of a problem in the current volume are the book's implausibilities. For example, Carter & company jump out of their spaceship on that Martian moon, without bothering to check on the moon's breathable air. Fortunately, the air is just fine, thank you, although Burroughs makes nothing of this...surprising, given the pains he had taken in previous books to explain the breathable air on Mars itself. The invisibility-inducing hypnosis that the moon people use against Carter is a bit much to buy, but that's alright; it's all in good fun. But Burroughs' theory that a person who lands on this 7-mile-wide moon would be the same relative size that he would be on Mars--in other words, that he would shrink in proportion to the planetoid's mass; his so-called "compensatory adjustment of masses"--is, as Carter puts it, "preposterous," though, as it turns out, such is the case in the book. Like I said, it's all in good fun. And this book IS as fun as they get.
Oh...one other nice touch. As pointed out in the ERB List, a fine Burroughs Website, if you take the first letter of each first word of each chapter in this book, you will find a secret message that Burroughs incorporated for his new bride. A nice touch. ... Read more

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From ERBville Press: Edgar Rice Burroughs has written many interesting stories, but we believe, for downright originality and exciting interest, this story is hard to equal. There is hardly a page that does not hold your interest. Once the story gets under way, hair-raising episodes seem to tumble right over each other--they come so quickly.--Hugo Gernsback ... Read more

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A very odd but very good story
In the sixth installment of the Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs, it focusses on a new man from Earth named Ulysses Paxton, who after dying in World War One finds himself in a strange facility on Barsoom run by a crazy old man that is master of modifying bodies.There Ulysses is apprenticed by this old man and he assists him in various surgeries.He meets the love of his life, a beautiful woman, only to discover the man he works for has stolen her body and now houses the brain of the wicked Jeddara (queen) Xaxa.Thus Ulysses goes on a quest to find Xaxa and recover the body of the woman he loves.To accomplish this he recruits a religious zealot, an atheist and a Great White Ape that has had it's brain spliced with that of a man's and thus can talk.

This story is a little slow at first but it's very interesting.It contains action and suspense.For once this is not a tale about rescuing the damsel in distress, which is a nice break (unless you count the quest for the body Xaxa stole, so it's like the body in distress.....)

It's weird but it's fun.I recommend it.

Book 6 in the mars series - John Carter
It is past time for these great classics adventure tales to be rediscovered. Book 6 of the John Carter Martian series follows "Chessmen of Mars". In this tale, a sick genius uses his technology to transplant his mind and memories into the body of a young girl, and she in turn is trapped in his 1,000 year old body. The race is on to restore her before it is too late.

And the first salute to SciFi fans
Wounded in battle in trenches of France in WW I, our hero is called to the Red Planet.Ulysses Paxton, Captain, U.S. Army Infantry, a life long follower of the tales of John Carter of Mars, transits the void to arrive on Barsoom.He finds himself in the company of Ras Thavas, the brilliant but aging surgeon and scientist.Re-named Vad Varo, Paxton becomes the champion of a stunningly beautiful martian woman whose body has been stolen by the aging and ugly ruler of another city.Our hero vows to get the brains back into the correct bodies so he can have the girl with the looks AND the personality he loves (and give the cruel and oppresive queen her due).He finds allies, undoes injustice, fights bad guys, sneaks in, abuses the religion of a people, saves the day, gets the girl, and becomes an ally of John Carter, Warlord of Mars.All possible because he was a loyal fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs' (ERB) books.

If nothing else, this book deserves kudos for recognizing fan loyalty.But there are other great aspects of this one.With Paxton, ERB was able to shift perspectives more than in other books.In this one, Mars is given a breath of fresh air, as a new set of eyes tries to describe it.ERB takes on some fairly heavy philosophy, addressing the relationships between atheism, religious fundamentalism (as demonstrated by the Phundahl...), obsessive and ammoral persuit of science, and the need for a balance between rational thought, faith, integrity, honor, sentimentality, and objectivity.His take on religious fundamentalism was insightful, thought provoking, and fairly funny.The discussion of the pursuit of science without morals was equally insightful and thought provoking but much more sober and at times disturbing.

The usual Barsoomian heroic fun, but with layer of more nuanced reflection.ERB pulled it off brilliantly.

E. M. Van Court

GOOD ADDITON TO A GOOD SERIES
Again, we have pulp fiction at it's best.I gave this one five stars simply because it is Burroughs, even though it probably was not up to the standards of "Chessman" or some of the earlier works in this series.I had problems following the many, many characters when I was a young boy, and found I still had the same problem now that I am in my dotage.We do have a new character here, a fellow by the name of Baxter, so we get away from following John Carter somewhat.In a way this was good.All this series should be read and studied by SiFi and S&S Fans, as they are the basis for so much that is written today.All in all recommend this one and the entire series quite highly.

Martian Series, Part 6
This is the sixth novel set upon Barsoom, and it finds a second American making the fateful crossing to the red planet during the first World War.This time, it is Ulysses Paxton, and he arrives upon a thus unmentioned area of Mars, the city of Toonol.Here he meets Ras Thavas, the greatest physician upon the planet and becomes embroiled in his grisly and amazing experiments.

Thavas has discovered how to transfer not only organs from body to body, but brains as well.He proceed to train Paxton, now known as Vad Varo, in this discipline, with the objective of achieving immortality for them both.The plan runs astray though, when Vad Varo falls in love with a beautiful woman whose body has been sold to an evil Jeddara, leaving her a wrinkled old husk.What follows is the rather standard "chase the princess across Barsoom (or at least the body of the princess) that has been the mainstay of the Series thus far, with the new added wrinkle of having bodies change hands with regularity.There is, of course, the obligatory meeting with John Carter at the end where everything is wrapped up quite succinctly.

Like all of his martian novels, "Mastermind of Mars" is a fast moving easy to read and enjoy adventure.There's nothing horribly new here, but any chance to walk again upon Burrough's red planet is a delight, and most fans will be thorougly pleased with the visit. ... Read more

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This is the 5th novel in Edgar Rice Burrough's Martian series, and is published here as the 3rd volume of the set. (The first two volumes contain two complete novels in each book.) In this novel Burroughs continues to focus on the younger members of the family established by John Carter and Dejah Thoris, protagonists of the first three books in the series. The heroine this time is their daughter Tara, princess of Helium, whose hand is sought by the gallant Gahan, Jed (prince) of Gathol. Both Helium and Gathol are prominent Barsoomian city states. ... Read more

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Mackie Donovan fights for his life in Beware!, a royal intrigue mystery. Then he fights for his life in The Scientist's Revolt in an amazing tower of scientific mystery where killers vanish into thin air. From ERBville Press. ... Read more

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Beware! The Scientist's Revolt
As a collector of Edgar Rice Burroughs I was very pleased with whoever put these two stories into one book.It is difficult to find the two stories unless you want to spend some money.I have both but because of the age of the format they are in I am reluctant to do more than have them for display.The book puts both stories together for reading and comparing.

With that said the story is a stinker.I tried to like it but as much as I like Burroughs it was not the kind of book you can't put down but rather a book you have a hard time picking up.No wonder Burroughs had such a difficult time trying to sell it.He tried to sell it under a made up name, "John Tyler McCulloch", just to see if a story would sell without his name.The story did not sell not because of the name but because the story, which has great potential, just does not go anywhere.Well it goes somewhere but it takes you screaming and kicking along.

Burroughs just wasn't that great with short stories unless it was part of a larger story."Moon Maid" or "Land that Time Forgot" Trilogies are two stories that are excellence and very much recommended.

Five Stars for the format, one star for the story.Once again if you are curious or just want to add to your collection this is a great deal. The price is right.If you want a good Burroughs story this ain't it.
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A Biography of the Books
It is quite amazing but 40 years after Lupoff wrote this (1965) sterling account of the novels and stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs (the creator of Tarzan) it is still the indispensable source book on all of the 80 plus works of this master of American fiction.It is absolutely a "must read" for every Burroughs fan!It is not a biography of the man but of the books themselves and filled with a treasure trove of insights and commentary.One may agree of disagree with Lupoff's views, but one must know this book to be knowledgeable about ERB criticism.

THE Master of Adventure!
This is a short biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of the great popular writers of the early 20th century.Although a lot
of his work has sadly dated, he was the creator of characters of
enduring popularity such as Tarzan of the Apes.He also created John Carter of Mars, the Warlord of Barsoom, as well as Carson of Venus, the Pellucidar novels, and "The Land That Time Forgot." Burroughs' life is a treat for his fans, and Lupoff is an enthusiastic and skilled biographer.
Buy it if you can find it! ... Read more

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This collection includes: The Land That Time Forgot, Out of Time's Abyss, The People That Time Forgot ... Read more

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The lesser known novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs with an active table of content.

Books include:
The Efficiency Expert
The Girl from Farris's
The Mad King
The Outlaw of Torn

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From ERBville Press: Following the cliffhanging ending to Pirates of Venus, the author brings Carson Napier's exciting adventures on the cloud-wrapped planet of Venus to a fine climax. A novel of mystery, danger, romance, horror, and fantasy--from the fateful Room of the Seven Doors through dozens of perilous adventures to the City of the Living Dead! ... Read more

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Napier on Venus
This is theAce 1st edition F-221, 1963 with collectible cover artwork from Frank Frazetta as clearly noted by his signature at the bottom right of the art. There is also another image on the title page in black and white. The book is part of the Venus series, by Burroughs. Carson Napier faces death time and again on Venus, whre several civilizations were enemies. After his arrival on Venus, Napier is mistaken for a spy from another race and no one believes he is from another world. He is place in the Room of the 7 Doors, where 6 doors lead to death. Another terrific science-fiction adventure from the mind of Burroughs.

lost on venus
the book is good reading
egar rice.
does pretty good
writing.
if you love tarzane,
or john carter of mars
this book is for any book
readers out there!

To live or die?
This is the second book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Carson of Venus" series.It picks up right where the previous book left off, with Carson Napier in the hands of his enemies.He manages to escape and reunites with his ladylove, the beautiful princess Duare.They go through many adventures in an attempt to return to Duare's hometown, eventually becoming seperated again.Carson meets another beautiful princess, Nalte, and has further adventures.Does Carson reunite with Duare by the end of the book?I won't tell, but I'm sure you can guess.This is typical Burroughs, which will appeal to people who like old fashioned adventure stories.

The adventure continues
The second novel in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Venus series.Space-faring earthman Carson Napier was separated from his beloved princess Duare at the conclusion of the previous novel.Now, he is after her once again, determined to get her home safely to her kingdom of Vepaja, and the result is the literary equivalent of one of the old Saturday morning serials with just a pinch of social commentary.From the Room of the Seven Doors, down the River of Death to the City of the Dead, where a mad scientist presides over a kingdom of zombies, and the beautiful city of Havatoo, which is a paradise but only if your lineage is pure, Carson and Duare bounce from predicament to predicament.Will they survive their adventures?Will Duare drop her haughty facade and accept Carson's love?Is there any doubt?Not really, but getting there is the fun.This series benefits by being more humorous than most of Burroughs' work.

Carson pursues Duare the janjong across Amtor
"Lost on Venus" is the second volume in Edgar Rice Burrough's Carson of Venus series and a rather ironic title since our hero left Earth on a spaceship headed for Mars but ended up on Venus because he forgot to take into account the moon's gravitational pull.Fortunately it turns out that Venus not only has a breathable atmosphere but is inhabited.In "Pirates of Venus," Carson Napier learns about the politics and culture of the planet called Amtor and fell in love with Duare, the daughter of a jong (i.e., she is a princess). Of course, in grand ERB tradition, by the end of that first novel Carson and his beloved were separated by a cruel fate (she is carried away by a flying creature and he is captured by a Thorist spy, and the time has come for him to do something about that.

Originally published as a serial in "Argosy Weekly" in 1933, this pulp fiction adventure is communicated to ERB by Napier himself, using telepathy (I liked the Gridley from the Barsoom books better).Carson is held captive and is put in a room where there are seven doors: one leads to escape, the rest to horrible deaths.This is a fairly interesting start to the story and ERB has some fun coming up with a way for his hero to get out of this predicament.Carson, who is given the name Albargan ("No-Hair-Man") by the natives, catches up with Duare, who keeps insisting that he is too low to speak to her since she is a janjong and he is a nobody.There are some interesting science fiction notions, as when Carson considers the Amtorian theory of the cosmos, which is totally wrong since the planet's constant cloud cover keeps them from seeing anything else in the solar system.

Even though you find all of the standard Burroughs elements from the romantic adventure formula that made him famous as Carson pursues Duare, "Lost on Venus" really is more of a political polemic than his standard stories.This book continues the political satire of the series with the Thorists clearly intended to represent the Communists and it is hard not to see the scientifically advanced city of Havatoo as representing an Aryan wonderland in the Nazi tradition (later on in the series ERB clearly takes aim at Mussolini's brand of fascism as well)."Pirates of Venus" is not really considered a dystopian novel, but in terms of predicting the political evils that would lead to World War II, Burroughs was fairly accurate.This was the last of the major series that ERB created and during the 1930s it really represented his best work, which would seem to indicate that his political passions in the Venus books worked to his advantage. ... Read more

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This Halcyon Classics eBook contains eight complete books of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan Series, including 'Tarzan of the Apes.'Includes an active table of contents.

Contents:

Tarzan of the Apes
The Return of Tarzan
The Beasts of Tarzan
The Son of Tarzan
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Tarzan the Untamed
Tarzan the Terrible
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They had passed but a short distance to the rear of Numa when the boy caught the unpleasant odor of the carnivore. His face lighted with a smile. Something told him that he would have known that scent among a myriad of others even if Akut had not told him that a lion lay near. There was a strange familiarity-a weird familiarity in it that made the short hairs rise at the nape of his neck, and brought his upper lip into an involuntary snarl that bared his fighting fangs.... He was, upon the instant, another creature-wary, alert, ready. Thus did the scent of Numa, the lion, transform the boy into a beast.

Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes, and it is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels stormed the public's imagination.

The Son of Tarzan, first published in 1917, is the fourth book in Burroughs' tales of the ape-man.

Here, Tarzan's young son, Jack Clayton, escaping kidnappers, flees from London to the jungle of Africa, and the boy raised in civilization learns to live among the beasts to become Korak the Killer, a mighty warrior. ... Read more

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Cruel slave traders had invaded the jungle of Tarzan of the Apes. Now they were headed toward a fabled empire of riches which no outsider had ever seen, intent on looting. And toward the same legendary land was stumbling the lost James Blake, an American whom Tarzan had vowed to rescue.
Following their spoors, the ape-man came upon the lost Valley of the Sepulcher, where Knights Templar still fought to resume their Holy Crusade to free Jerusalem.
Soon Tarzan, true Lord of their ancient motherland, was armed with lance and shield, mixed into their jousting and ancient combat.
It was then that the slavers struck! ... Read more

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Super Reader
Tarzan goes Ivanoe! Two guys on a hunting/photography expedition, and get separated. A lost medieval colony and some Arab slave trades also feature. Tarzan runs around keeping an eye on people after being captured at the start and being rescued by an elephant and a gorilla.

This sums it up:-

"And so it was that Tarzan of the Apes, clad in chain mail, and armed with lance and sword, rode down into the Valley of the Sepulcher just as Bohun put his foul scheme into execution and carried off the Princess Cuinalda."

Lord Tarzan
Tarzan has a run in with beduin raiders early on in the story.They fail in their attempt to murder him.They will rue the decision.The beduins are on a raid to loot the treasures of Nimmr a midevil castle in a remote valley in Africa inhabited by The Knights of Nimmr and Seplucher.We learn Prince Gobred of Nimmr is a good chap.Young King Bohun of the Seplucher is a man whom appears to have little honor much to the consternation of several of his own valiant Knights.
A safari has also entered Tarzans domain without his permission and he has a run in with them as well.Wilbur Stimbol is a rich blowhard in the Trump mold. James Blake is a twenty something playboy twenty years younger than Stimbol.The two have a falling out over Stimbols brutal treatment of the native porters.Tarzan orders Stimbol out of his country making an enemy of the old rascal.Stimbol later is taken in by the beduins and is involved in a plot to slay Tarzan.
While on safari tragedy befalls Blake and he is captured by the beave men of Nimmr.He is soon taken in to their society of Brave Knights and is accepted by all but one jealous would be suitor of Gobreds lovely daughter Princess Guinalda.Blake is the perfect depiction of a midevil Sir Knight with the exception of the .45 Colt automatic he wears about his waist.
At the great Tourney where Nimmr and Seplucher Knights compete for prizes of horses,weapons,armor and lovely maidens something goes wrong.The treachorous Bohun steals Guinalda and ride off toward his castle.At the same time the beduins strike.Also at this time Tarzan enters the valley in search of Blake.Tarzans rank of Lord endears him to these men.Soon Tarzans courage and great strength make him a legend amongst these warriors.
The novel follows the pattern set by ERB but I think it will be enjoyed by the fans of Tarzan and midevil enthusiasts.Know this is not the cave man Tarzan of the horrible movies and even more worse Disney cartoon.Tarzan of the novels is an articulate and chivalrous man of mythic proportions.Also keep in mind the story was written over seventy five years ago so it is not PC.
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Lost Crusade
I first encountered this book via a very loose adaptation as an episode of the Saturday morning cartoon _Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle_, namely, "Tarzan and the Knights of Nimmr", which took the idea of a lost civilization founded by Crusaders, then oversimplified it while coupling it with a different plot (that is, changing the specific characters involved and the manner in which an outsider discovers the lost valley).

Burroughs often played with the idea of civilizations in which two cities, locked into patterns of eternal warfare, remained cut off from the rest of the world, but they're all different. The two cities occupying the isolated African valley where this story takes place were settled centuries ago by a few shiploads of lost crusaders, who had picked up some women on their travels, soldiers being soldiers even on crusade. The Crusaders split into rival factions when they discovered the valley, one faction (insisting that they had achieved the Holy Grail and thus the Crusade) founding the City of the Sepulcher, the other (denying it) founding the city of Nimmr, guarding the valley's only exit and preventing the rival faction from going home.

While officially the issues haven't changed, in fact the two cities continue to fight because that's what they've always done. (That seems realistic enough, considering Ireland, the Middle East...) The valley is the only home they've ever known, and if either ever really 'won' the war, they know that proceeding to either the Holy Land or to England would be fraught with problems. They've made accommodations with each other for survival, some of which are very far-sighted. For example, periodically a truce is declared and a great tournament held between the two cities, in which the grand prize provided by the losing city to the winner includes 5 highborn maidens. The winning city's ruler arranges honourable marriages for them - thus ensuring that the valley's population doesn't become dangerously inbred.

The specific details of how an outsider stumbles across the lost valley are somewhat less happily handled, although once he's in, the story smoothes out. James Blake is an American explorer with a bad guy for a partner, and their 'native' support team is handled in a stereotypical manner - although the bad guy is the racist, so one might be able to cut Burroughs some slack for the sake of the Nimmr/City of the Sepulcher bulk of the story. (On the plus side, the local villagers are nobody's fools.) Tarzan becomes aware of the party passing through his territory, and when Blake is separated from his crew, Tarzan takes a hand. Tarzan's really a supporting character for most of the story - Blake is the protagonist.

Tarzan discovers Crusaders in the Valley of the Sepulcher
Tarzan orders Arab slave traders to leave his jungle and follows them to make sure they obey.They all end up in the lost Valley of the Sepulcher, where there is a community of Knights Templar who have been isolated for over seven centuries.The slavers want to loot the place, the Knights want to resume their Holy Crusade to free Jerusalem, and Tarzan wants to rescue the lost James Blake.Despite the title, this 11th Tarzan novel spends more time in the Lost Valley than it does in the Jungle, which is its major problem.Having success with the fabled Lost City of Opar and its beautiful high priestess La, Edgar Rice Burroughs did several Tarzan novels where the Lord of the Jungle discovers other lost cities.This time around it is Crusaders, in two more novels it is Romans, so on and so forth.When Tarzan starts jousting with knights, you know that this is a below average novel in the series. ... Read more

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NODDING AT STAR WARS
There are many parallels between A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS and STAR WARS. Actually, not just this book, but the whole series is chock-full of them.

Seeing as most of the other reviewers have already covered the plot, this review will point out some of the scenes in the book that bear slight, or even great resemblances to events in the STAR WARS movies.

1) An integral part of the plot has to do with a disintegrating-ray gun. Compare this to the laser of the Death Star that vaporizes planets.

2) There is a flier/spaceship that is invisible. Compare this to the cloaking device referenced in some of the Star Wars movies.

3) In the chapter "Cornered" there is a scene where the main character, Hadron of Hastor, fights a great white ape and cuts its wrist off with the sword. Compare this to THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK where Luke cuts off the arm of the white Wampa after escaping the cave on Hoth.

4) In the chapter "Sentenced to Die" there is a scene where two of the characters enter the chamber of a reclining female captive. This is somewhat similar to Han and Luke entering Princess Leia's chamber in STAR WARS.

5) In the chapter "The Death", upon the opening of a door, a once-trusted friend has apparently betrayed her friends as they find themselves staring into a room of warriors. Compare this to Lando's betrayal of Han and Leia to Darth Vader in the EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.

6) In the same chapter, a sword lodged in the mouth of a lizard aids the victory of the victims. Compare this to the Rancor-pit in RETURN OF THE JEDI, where Luke lodges the bone in the Rancor's mouth.

Then of course there are the more obvious precursors to STAR WARS: The Jeds and Jeddaks being the Jedi and the banths being the banthas. Also many of the descriptions of the fliers and flying craft of Barsoom make it easy to visualize Jabba's pleasure barge-type vehicles and Star Destroyers.

Even without the parallels to STAR WARS, this is still a great book to read. Although I rate it at a 4 it's probably closer to a 4.25. Each chapter is full of adventure and leaves you ready to dive into the next. There is a great motto in "We Still Live!" that is used throughout. Finally, all the loose ends and side-plots get neatly tied up at the conclusion of the story.

With the exception of a few cases of Deus Ex Machina, there is very little to not recommend this book, and although it is part of a series, it can easily be read as a stand-alone.

Tan Hadron of Hastur charges to the rescue of his beloved
Sanoma Tora, beautiful daughter of a rich and powerful leader on Barsoom has been kidnapped! Noone knows by who or why, but the poor but courageous Hadron of Hastur (who has been paying court to her) volunteers to charge off to her rescue. Never mind that Sanoma Tora is a spoiled little gold-digger who has snubbed our hero at every turn, making it clear that he is neither rich nor influential enough to get into *her* bed...

Guided by his passion for Sanoma Tora, he sallies forth to rescue her. In the process, he kills bad guys, rescues the innocent, enlists the aid of allies, becomes the hero to a poor escaped slave girl, and saves the entire fleet of Helium (the nation of John Carter, Warlord of Mars) from certain doom.

Romance figures large in this one, with unrequitted love, by and for Hadron being the essential themes of this book.

Needless to say, Hadron acts with honor, comes to his senses about the pampered princess/spoiled, self-serving brat (pick one or more), fights heroically, outwits his enemies, saves the day, and finds a more worthy love. All of the above is obvious, but getting there is a first rate ride.

Another tale of Barsoom, another winner, and another reason to read the next one.

E. M. Van Court

Tan Hadron of Hastur charges to the rescue of his beloved
Sanoma Tora, beautiful daughter of a rich and powerful leader on Barsoom has been kidnapped!Noone knows by who or why, but the poor but courageous Hadron of Hastur (who has been paying court to her) volunteers to charge off to her rescue.Never mind that Sanoma Tora is a spoiled little gold-digger who has snubbed our hero at every turn, making it clear that he is neither rich nor influential enough to get into *her* bed...

Guided by his passion for Sanoma Tora, he sallies forth to rescue her.In the process, he kills bad guys, rescues the innocent, enlists the aid of allies, becomes the hero to a poor escaped slave girl, and saves the entire fleet of Helium (the nation of John Carter, Warlord of Mars) from certain doom.

Romance figures large in this one, with unrequitted love, by and for Hadron being the essential themes of this book.

Needless to say, Hadron acts with honor, comes to his senses about the pampered princess/spoiled, self-serving brat (pick one or more), fights heroically, outwits his enemies, saves the day, and finds a more worthy love.All of the above is obvious, but getting there is a first rate ride.

Another tale of Barsoom, another winner, and another reason to read the next one.

E. M. Van Court

ONE OF THE BEST OF THE MARTIAN SERIES
From the first page you will be hooked.This particular book was first published in installments around 1930, as was the custom with pulp fiction at that time.The series was more or less reintroduced during the early 1960s (that is when I started reading them) and has been around ever since.For a work to last that long indeed says something.I have to agree with the reviewer (Mr. Wallace) in that this is one of the better works of the series.Each page if filled with wonderful improbable action and the villians are endless.While John Carter is indeed a part of the story, the main character is one of his top warriors, Hadron of Hastor.Plenty of Damsel in Distress stuff here, and all good clean fun.If you have never read the series, suggest you do.If you have "out grown" the series, suggest revert back to the little boy or girl lurking deep within you and let him or her out.You won't be sorry.Recommend this one highly.

Barsoom's fate rests with the lowly padwar Tan Handron
The seventh book in the Martian series of Edgar Rice Burroughs, "A Fighting Man of Mars" is communicated to the author via the Gridley Wave (there is something rather quaint about the old convention of having a prologue purporting that what follows is true).Unlike the Tarzan series where ERB put his hero a series of similar adventures involving one lost civilization in the African interior after another, the Martian series offers up a series of heroes who have to rescue the woman they love.The titular character for this endeavor is Tan Handron, a Padwar of Helium who is in love with Sanoma Tora, daughter of Tor Haten, the Umak commander.Tan Handron is descended from a princess of Gatho, which pleases Tor Haten, who is only a minor noble, but Sanoma spurns the young padwar's love because he is poor.Tul Axtar, Jeddak of Jahar, is also interested in her hand, but before anything can be arranged, Sanoma is abducted by a mysterious flier and the chase is on.

"A Fighting Man of Mars" was originally published in six-parts in "Blue Book Magazine" during 1930 and appears to be rather different from ERB's earlier Martian stories in that for one the damsel in distress is not a Barsoomian princess.As Tan Handron pursues the woman he wants across Barsoom he encounters some of ERB's better villains (basically a new one for each installment in the series).As Handron deals with green men and white apes, spiders, mad scientists, and cannibals, he picks up a companion and uncovers a plot that puts all of Barsoom in danger and sets up the big climax.

This is one of ERB's better books, arguably in the Top 10 of his pulp fiction adventures mainly because of all the fantastic creatures, futuristic weapons, and deadly dangers he crams into its pages.With Tan Handron ERB has a hero who is more plagued by doubt that we usually find and I also appreciate that in the end our hero goes for a real relationship rather than some idealized notion of love from afar."A Fighting Man of Mars" shows that ERB was a master of the serialized ("to be continued...") adventures. ... Read more

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The works of Burroughs with an active table of contents.

Included works in the massive collection:
The Barsoom Series (5 Books)
The Caspak Series (3 Books)
The Mucker Series (3 Books)
The Pellucidar Series (2 Books)
The Tarzan Series (8 Books)
Lesser Known Novels (4 Books)
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This collection include three of Edgar Rice Burroughs' best works: the Caspak Trilogy, including The Land that Time Forgot, The People that Time Forgot, and Out of Time's Abyss.Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.This ebook is DRM free. ... Read more

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Lost Continent
THE LOST CONTINENT (originally Beyond Thirty)

I've had this book since I was in grade school (+30 years ago) and have always loved it. I won't spoil the plot but basically; after a war of global proportions (WWII is probably the idea not WWIII) the America's isolate their continent from Europe and Asia leaving them to sort out their own futures. Far in the future, when most have forgotten there is even another series of lands west and east of the ocean bound limits, a man is caught in a storm and ends up in what was once England and finds a barbaric society, somewhat reminicent of cave dweller times, who have faint memories of a previous time. His adventures and attempts to go home (or just survive) make up the story. I consider this a must have for anyone who likes sci-fi/fantasy. ... Read more

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NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader or iPod e-book reader.

This lesser known Burroughs work was also published as “The Lost Continent.”

The is year is 2137 and Lieutenant Jefferson Turck lives in a world turned upside down by war. All contact has been lost with the world existing east of the 30th meridian and west of the 175th meridian. The results of the war that raged there are unknown.

Lieutenant Jefferson Turck is the 21 year young commander of the aero-submarine, Coldwater. The Coldwater is capable ofcruising either in the skies or below the seas, which is accomplished by anti-gravitational screens.

Disaster strikes Coldwater when the anti-gravitation screens fail, dooming the vessel to wallow upon the surface of the ocean, and then the engines fail, leaving the ship adrift.

Turck and his companions make shore in forbidden England, knowing that survival at sea would be impossible...

This is a thrilling and vigorous tale of lost cities, savages and adventure by the master of adventure tales.

A must-have for classic pulp fiction fans!
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Victory!
This is one of Edgar Rice Burroughs most obscure works.It is about the year 2137.North and South America have been out of contact with the rest of the world for over 200 years, with no one being allowed to cross 175 degrees longitude to the west or 30 degrees longitude to the east.The title "Beyond 30" refers to an aero-submarine Captain who accidently crosses 30 degrees longitude and ends up in Europe.There, he discovers that World War I never really ended, and Europe has been reduced to barbarism.This being Burroughs, he naturally meets a beautiful half-naked barbarian princess to fall in love with.This is an enjoyable enough example of pulp fiction, although the ending feels a bit rushed.But fans of ERB should enjoy it.

Unique Burroughs
During the Burrough's revival of the 1960s, I bought and read virtually all of the books released.But the only one that stuck in my memory as more than a pleasant way to pass the time was this book (published by Ace as "The Lost Continent").When I found this edition of the book available under the original title with critical commentary, I immediately bought it, even though I still have the Ace version.I was not disappointed.In addition to the story itself being as exciting and though-provoking as I remembered, the commentaries (a foreward and two afterwords) were all excellent.I won't bother to repeat other reviews as to plot, etc, but just say that if you enjoy alternate history, you won't go wrong with this book.

Burroughs adds some social commentary to his adventure
In "Beyond Thirty: The Lost Continent" Edgar Rice Burroughs provides an interesting combination of adventure and social commentary. The premise behind this novel is that the United States did not get involved in the "Great War" in Europe but instead followed its isolationist tendencies to such an extreme ("The East for the East...The West for the West") that no one from the United States has gone past 30 degrees or 175 degrees latitude for over 160 years. It is now 2137 and a raging storm has thrown the Pan-American aero-submarine "Coldwater" past the 30 degree mark. The damaged vessel under the command of Lt. Jefferson Turck lands in England and German helmet and Felis tigers. In time, the crew will discover what happened to "The Lost Continent" of the Old World. Of course, since this is a ERB novel we know that there will be a damsel in distress for Lt. Turck to save from the great evils that he finds.

One of the main strengths of Burroughs was his ability to create ancient civilizations. "The Lost Continent" is actually atypical for Burroughs who usually plunges his heroes into these strange new worlds a lot quicker than what happens in this novel, so this time around there is much more of a sense of mystery to the proceedings. Still, by the last half of the novel we are definitely on familiar and well-trod ground in terms of a ERB adventure story. Before World War II Burroughs wrote "Beyond the Farthest Star," about a distant planet that had been at war for centuries and where technological advances in warfare threatened to destroy all life, which makes it the other ERB novel to check out if you are interested in looking at another example of his rare attempts at social commentary. I do not think the payoff is worthy of the set up in "The Lost Continent," but it is intriguing to think that the United States completely cutting all ties with Europe was a viable basis for telling a futuristic adventure.

What If: the US and Isolationism
First published in 1915, the motivations for this story are obvious. The nations of the western hemisphere have taken an extreme isolationist stance in the early years of World War I, to the point that 200 years later they do not even know whether anything or anyone has survived the massive armed conflagration that began in the early 20th century. The hero inadvertently gets stranded in Europe and makes all of the startling discoveries of the outcome of the conflict and ensuing 200 years.

The story is ERB's standard fare. However, like many of his books from this period, there are a few themes to the story that are of interest above and beyond the light adventure story. The elements foremost in this novel are the destructive nature of war and racism. There is also a certain amount of naivete from the period and the relative newness of the United States as a world power.

Most of Burrough's books are good reading for pre-teen to early adolescent, and nostalgic adults; this one is no exception.
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Interesting future history
This is one of the most interesting and unusual of Burroughs' stories.Written shortly after World War I, "Beyond Thirty" follows the assumption that the war in Europe ultimately results in the destruction of European civilization and the complete isolation of the American continents for nearly two hundred years following.Everything between 172 degrees and 30 degrees West longitude is American territory; everything outside these lines is no-man's land.The story begins when an aerial patrol boat is sabotaged and its captain forces a landing near the forbidden 30th longitude line and takes the survivors across into Europe and no-man's land. On the whole, "Beyond Thirty" is a very good adventure story, but could have greatly benefitted from more thorough treatment of its subject.The first few chapters are marvelously detailed in their description of the post-war history, and the adventures toward the middle of the story are typically Burroughsian, with beautiful heroines, strong heroes and low villains.Unfortunately, the latter third seems rushed and most of the plot resolutions appear contrived as a result. "Beyond Thirty" is a good read, and can be rather amusing to the modern reader. ... Read more

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I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.

When my convivial host discovered that he had told me so much, and that I was prone to doubtfulness, his foolish pride assumed the task the old vintage had commenced, and so he unearthed written evidence in the form of musty manuscript, and dry official records of the British Colonial Office to support many of the salient features of his remarkable narrative.

I do not say the story is true, for I did not witness the happenings which it portrays, but the fact that in the telling of it to you I have taken fictitious names for the principal characters quite sufficiently evidences the sincerity of my own belief that it MAY be true.

The yellow, mildewed pages of the diary of a man long dead, and the records of the Colonial Office dovetail perfectly with the narrative of my convivial host, and so I give you the story as I painstakingly pieced it out from these several various agencies.

If you do not find it credible you will at least be as one with me in acknowledging that it is unique, remarkable, and interesting.

From the records of the Colonial Office and from the dead man's diary we learn that a certain young English nobleman, whom we shall call John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, was commissioned to make a peculiarly delicate investigation of conditions in a British West Coast African Colony from whose simple native inhabitants another European power was known to be recruiting soldiers for its native army, which it used solely for the forcible collection of rubber and ivory from the savage tribes along the Congo and the Aruwimi. The natives of the British Colony complained that many of their young men were enticed away through the medium of fair and glowing promises, but that few if any ever returned to their families.

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