Tarzan at the Earth's Core / Tarzan the Invincible

Tarzan #13-14

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE
A startling radio transmission summoned Tarzan to the savage land of Pellucidar, hidden deep inside the Earth. His challenge? Rescue a kidnapped emperor. But first he was forced to emerge victorious over titanic pterodactyls, fierce snake men, and other demonic creatures who hungered to destroy him.

TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE
When Tarzan tried to stop some greedy tyrants in Opar, an ancient outpost of Atlantis, he was captured by a merciless band of warrior priests who yearned to sacrifice him on the bloody altars of the Flaming God. It took Tarzan's most magnificent display of nerve, courage, and raw animal power to free himself and vanquish the enemy.

432 pages, Mass Market 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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