Edgar Rice Burroughs Master of Adventure by Richard A Lupoff

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Description from the back cover: The Inside Story of Tarzan, Pellucidar, Barsoom, and the Many Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Richard Lupoff's book is a complete account of the stories that Tarzan's creator wrote. In its fascinating pages you will find the outlines of all Burroughs' great novels, how they were written, and what inspired them. This book...has been called "required reading for Burroughs fans" (Analog), "invaluable" (Cleveland Press) and includes 12 full-page illustrations by Frank Frazetta and others.

So, just how was Tarzan created? Eager to know the inside story about the legendary John Carter and the amazing cities and peoples of Barsoom? Perhaps your taste is more suited to David Innes and the fantastic lost world at the Earth's core? Or maybe wrong-way Napier and the bizarre civilizations of cloud-enshrouded Venus are more to your liking? These pages contain all that you will ever want to know about the wondrous worlds and unforgettable characters penned by the master storyteller Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Richard A. Lupoff, the respected critic and writer who helped spark a Burroughs revival in the 1960s, reveals fascinating details about the stories written by the creator of Tarzan. Featured here are outlines of all of Burroughs's major novels, with descriptions of how they were each written and their respective sources of inspiration.

Richard A. Lupoff is a critic and an author of speculative fiction.

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