Tarzan, Vol 7

Tarzan #13-14

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

This is the 7th volume of the Leonaur complete 'Tarzan' series. In 'Tarzan at the Earth's Core', the 13th of Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous novels about the eponymous hero also known as Lord Greystoke, the author sends Tarzan on a rip-roaring adventure to Pellucidar, the inner world, and the location of another of his famous classic fantasy series-also published by Leonaur. Here is a strange land beneath our own with jungles so wild and animals so bizarre that even the Lord of the Jungle himself is in danger of losing his life as he battles sabre-tooth tigers and other savage creatures from the Dawn of Time to rescue his friend. In the second novel included in this volume, 'Tarzan the Invincible' the 14th in the series, La of Opar once again needs Tarzan's help. As well as his usual African opponents Tarzan must now battle a band of strange men led by a madman who plans to bring communism to the heart of the Dark Continent. The roller-coaster of thrills and spills that is the Tarzan series continues with more of the enthralling adventures that have entranced enthusiasts for decades. Each generation brings new disciples to Burroughs' unique style of story-telling and the Leonaur series provides access to it through its presentation of all the Tarzan adventures in a collection with complementing covers.

372 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.

Reviews

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two rather enjoyable stories by Burroughs. In the first book, very reminiscent of Jules Verne, we see Tarzan go to the centre of the Earth. For this story, do not pick away at the plot too much, otherwise you will find inaccuracies and a bad plot.

The second book flows rather nicely seeing Tarzan returning to Opar and coming across a group of communists wanting to plunder Opar.

[Larry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two more fun books in the Tarzan series. The first is set in Pellucidar (hollow earth), the second concerns some communists trying to pull off a coup in Tarzan's Africa during WWII (hint: the author doesn't have a high opinion of communism).

For the most part this is mindless, comic-book adventure, but IMO nobody does it better.

By today's standards there are a few passages that might come across as racially insensitive.

Everyone in Pellucidar should fall straight into the internal sun, but, still, cool concept....

[Jack Teague · Rating 3 out of 5]

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