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…
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Tanar of Pellucidar: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
First published as a six part serial for Blue Book Magazine in 1929, the third book of the Pellucidar series shifts its focus away from David Innes to a native of the Earth’s Core by the name of Tanar. This installment has one of the more awkward narrative devices employed by Burroughs that leads to the…