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…
Tag: Tarzan
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.
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle is the 11th book in the series, released in serialized form in Blue Book Magazine from December 1927 through May 1928, but due to its subject matter could have been titled “Tarzan and the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.”
Tarzan and the Ant Men: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan and the Ant Men is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the Burroughs Tarzan books with the author’s vivid imagination and creativity going on full thrusters but I myself find some of the book’s societal implications a little troubling, then again, it’s also basically a Tarzan meets Gulliver’s Travels story and that’s…
Tarzan and the Golden Lion: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
This ninth book in the Tarzan series was first published in serialized form in the pages of Argosy All-Story Weekly (1922-1923) and follows the adventures that took place in Tarzan the Terrible, dealing with the rescue of Jane and Tarzan’s discovery of the lost valley of Pal-ul-don.