The Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs

A tribute to the best adventure novel writer ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(He is the creator of Tarzan).

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[24aaa]

To bad that I that I could not get to read the Barsoom series. Edgar Rice Burroughs was man of imagination and his Barsoom series inspired James Cameroon's Avatar and the classic comic strip series, Flash Gordon. His works, though I have not read them, inspired me.

[matseman46]

I truely loved his storyes and that macial world he made for me when I was a child !!!

I´m 51 years old and I wanted to re-read about Tarzan but sadly there is only the soft or comic wersion not Edgars original caracter, TARZAN.

[quadibloc]

@ShootToLuna

Oh, he wrote quite a bit. The Tarzan series, of about 25 books, including one with adventures in Pal-ul-Don. The novels of John Carter on Mars/Barsoom. The novels of Carson Napier on Venus/Amtor. The series of books about David Innes in Pellucidar within the Earth (which crossed over with the Tarzan series). And several isolated novels, including Beyond the Farthest Star, which took place on the planet Poloda - is that the one you remember?

[ShootToLuna]

Whoa, I had no idea he wrote Tarzan. I was hung up on the story of Paloga (if I remember the title correctly)...

[romanbrough]

Sorry, I meant bigraphy. The one I read was Edgar Rice Burroughs by Irwin Porges (1975); I did find it hard going, but for an ERB fan, it really is worth while. ERB was in Hawiia when Pearl harbour happened, and he and his son, both got guns and patrolled the streets waiting for the Japs. They were part of some militia. He was well into his 60s by then. As a teenager, I even tried to finish off his book about JC on Jupiter. A real fan !

[christo930]

@romanbrough By pure coincidence, I happen to be rereading the martian series, having read the first 3 in the last 3 days. What is the name of his autobiography? I'd like to read it. It should be free as he has been dead over 50 years.

[romanbrough]

@christo930 I could not have said this better. One of the earliest and one of the very best SF writers, But over use of co-incidence really lets it down. I read my first ERB over 40 years ago. And Llana of Gathol, is still in my top ten ever books. Great writer, if you ever read his autobiography, you will find a very interesting life.

[wwood14]

Love that old Scifi pult cover art.. I remember his books from both Ballitine and Ace. Both had cool artwork.

[wIzZaRd4893]

think that ERB is a fantastic author. Ive always wanted to write fictional novels and an author friend of mine suggested that i choose one of my favourite novels and rewrite it in my own words. I have heeded his suggestion and am now trying to re-write Tarzan of the Apes in my own way with my own style. This is purely for educational purposes and i do not intend to gain money or faim off of ERB's formidable imagination and story telling prowess but it is a hellofalotta fun. Great vid by the way.

[christo930]

I discovered ERB several years ago and have enjoyed his novels every bit as much as anyone who read them almost 100 years ago. I love his imagination, his tongue-in-cheek writing in some of his novels, his sense of humor and his descriptive writing. The only thing I don't like about them is his over use of coincidence. I actually love how he just makes science up! People like Arthur Clarke have their place in the world, but people like ERB show so much more imagination and why curb it? AWESOME