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Title: Tarzan the Terrible (Found in the Attic, 22) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, J. Allen St. John ISBN: 1-57646-663-9 Publisher: Quiet Vision (Duplicate of QVIS9). Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Tarzan tracks Jane to the strange land of Pal-ul-don
Comment: The original novel "Tarzan of the Apes" is clearly the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs novel and the one you have to read if you read only one ERB pulp fiction adventure, but all things considered "Tarzan the Terrible" is a better example of what would be the typical Burroughs yarn. The eighth book in the Tarzan series, "Tarzan the Terrible" continues the adventure begun in "Tarzan the Untamed" when the Lord of the Jungle discovered the burnt corpse of his wife, Jane after German soldiers visit his African home. ERB never really did like Jane all that much (he though La of Opar would have been a better mate) and killed her off. However, he had no more success in keeping her dead than Arthur Conan Doyle did with killing off Sherlock Holmes, and Tarzan learns that Jane was not murdered by the Germans but kidnapped and sets off in pursuit. Originally published as a seven-part serial in "Argosy All-Story Weekly" in February-March, 1921, "Tarzan the Terrible" continues his private war against the German invaders.
Tarzan has spent two months tracking his mate to Pal-ul-don ("Land of Men"), a hidden valley in Zaire, when he finds a land of strange animals (dinosaurs) and a pair of strange humanoids with tails that he befriends. Ta-den, is a hairless, white skinned, Ho-don warrior, while O-mat is a hairy, black skinned, Waz-don, chief of the tribe of Kor-ul-ja. Of course, in this new world Tarzan becomes a captive but impresses his captors so well that they name him Tarzan-Jad-Guru ("Tarzan the Terrible") because of his skills and accomplishments. Meanwhile, a second visitor comes to Pal-ul-don, wearing only a loin cloth and carrying an Enfield rifle along with a long knife, bow and arrows (think about it). However, it is indeed in Pal-ul-don where Jane is now being held captive, a pawn in a religious power struggle that consumes the rest of the novel as Tarzan tries to rescue her and set things to right in the strange kingdom he has discovered.
"Tarzan the Terrible" has all of the elements you expect from your standard Edgar Rice Burroughs novel. The hero pursues his beloved and has to go through an extended series of fights and escapes to rescue her. Jane does exhibit a bit more spunk this time around (she captures, cleans, and eats a rabbit), so there is an effort to make her more worthy of her jungle mate than before. The religious and social customs of Pal-ul-don are worked out a bit more than we have seen previously in the Tarzan series, which would become more dependent on Tarzan discover more "lost cities" in the interior of darkest Africa with the descendants of Roman legionnaires, crusaders, or whatever. "Tarzan the Terrible" is almost as good as "Tarzan the Untamed," and in many ways represents the end of the glory days of Tarzan. You are only one-third of the way through the series at this point, but after this one the stories get a bit redundant and repetitive as ERB milks his romantic adventure formula for all its worth.
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Title: Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 157646248X Publisher: Quiet Vision Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0345315758 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 February, 1984 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0809599805 Publisher: Wildside Press Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Tarzan 2-in-1 (The Beasts of Tarzan/The Son of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0345408306 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Tarzan and the Golden Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0345241681 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 October, 1976 |
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