Fun Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American fiction writer best known for his celebrated and prolific output in the adventure and science-fiction genres. Among the most notable of his creations are the jungle man Tarzan, the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter and the fictional landmass within Earth known as Pellucidar. Burroughs' California ranch is now the center of the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles.


Selected works
Main article: Edgar Rice Burroughs bibliography

Barsoom series
Main article: Barsoom

• A Princess of Mars (1912)
• The Gods of Mars (1913)
• The Warlord of Mars (1914)
• Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1916)
• The Chessmen of Mars (1922)
• The Master Mind of Mars (1927)
• A Fighting Man of Mars (1930)
• Swords of Mars (1934)
• Synthetic Men of Mars (1939)
• Llana of Gathol (1941)
• John Carter of Mars (1964, stories from 1940-1943)

Tarzan series
Main article: Tarzan

• Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
• The Return of Tarzan (1913)
• The Beasts of Tarzan (1914)
• The Son of Tarzan (1915)
• Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916)
• Jungle Tales of Tarzan (stories 1916-1917)
• Tarzan the Untamed (1919)
• Tarzan the Terrible (1921)
• Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922)
• Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924)
• Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1927)
• Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1928)
• Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929)
• Tarzan the Invincible (1930)
• Tarzan Triumphant (1931)
• Tarzan and the City of Gold (1932)
• Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933)
• Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1932)
• Tarzan's Quest (1935)
• Tarzan the Magnificent (1936)
• Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938)
• Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947, written in 1944)
• Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins (1963, collects 1927 and 1936 children's books)
• Tarzan and the Madman (1964, written in 1940)
• Tarzan and the Castaways (1965, stories from 1940-1941)
• Tarzan: the Lost Adventure (1995, rewritten version of 1946 fragment) (completed by Joe R. Lansdale)

Pellucidar series
Main article: Pellucidar

• At the Earth's Core (1914)
• Pellucidar (1915)
• Tanar of Pellucidar (1929)
• Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929)
• Back to the Stone Age (1937)
• Land of Terror (1944, written in 1939)
• Savage Pellucidar (1963, stories from 1942)

Venus series
Main article: Venus series

• Pirates of Venus (1932)
• Lost on Venus (1933)
• Carson of Venus (1938)
• Escape on Venus (1946, stories from 1941-1942)
• The Wizard of Venus (1970, written in 1941)

Caspak series

• The Land That Time Forgot (1918)
• The People That Time Forgot (1918)
• Out of Time’s Abyss (1918)

Moon series

• The Moon Maid (1923, revised 1925; The Moon Men)
  • Part I: The Moon Maid
  • Part II: The Moon Men
  • Part III: The Red Hawk

These three texts have been published by various houses in one or two volumes. Adding to the confusion, some editions have the original (significantly longer) introduction to Part I from the first publication as a magazine serial, and others have the shorter version from the first book publication, which included all three parts under the title The Moon Maid.[36]

Mucker series

• The Mucker (1914)
• The Return of the Mucker (1916)
• The Oakdale Affair (1918)

Other science fiction

• The Monster Men (1913)
• The Lost Continent (1916; a.k.a. Beyond Thirty)
• The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw (1937)
• Beyond the Farthest Star (1942)

Jungle adventure novels

• The Cave Girl (1913, revised 1917)
• The Eternal Lover (1914, revised 1915; a.k.a. The Eternal Savage)
• The Man-Eater (1915)
• The Lad and the Lion (1917)
• Jungle Girl (1931; a.k.a. Land of the Hidden Men)

 

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