When Edgar Rice Burroughs first published Tarzan of the Apes back in 1912 film adaptations would have probably been the farthest thing from his mind, but one hundred years later movies are still being made about his most popular creation – only the likes of Dracula, Godzilla, and Sherlock Holmes are in Tarzan’s league when…
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Tarzan Triumphant: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Originally released as Tarzan and the Raiders in 1931 for The Blue Book Magazine Tarzan Triumphant is the 15th book in the Tarzan series and shows that by this time Burroughs had his Tarzan formula down pat.
Tarzan the Invincible: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
It’s Tarzan of the apes versus the Red Menace! Originally released under the title Tarzan, Guard of the Jungle, in the pages of The Blue Book Magazine between 1930 to 1931, this is a book that may have today’s young readers asking, “Mom, what’s a communist?”
Tarzan at the Earth’s Core: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
By now we take the idea of a “shared universe” for granted, but the idea of characters crossing over from one book series to another was not something done in the 20’s and 30’s when Burroughs was writing his books. In The Moon Maid, he had Earth astronauts trying to reach Barsoom from the John Carter…
Tarzan and the Lost Empire: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Released through 1928 and 1929 in the pages of Blue Book Magazine Tarzan and the Lost Empire continues Tarzan’s exploits in the darkest jungle of Africa where everyone’s favorite jungle lord spends his time either basking in the sun atop a wandering elephant or finding a lost civilization.