The Return of Jongor

Jongor #2

by Robert Moore Williams

JONGOR, SUPERHUMAN WARRIOR, IS LURED INTO DEADLY DANGER...

With the help of Jongor, superhuman warrior of Lost Land, Ann Hunter has found her missing brother, Alan. Now Ann and Alan want to bring their mighty new friend, Jongor. back to civilization.

But Jongor has received an urgent message from Nesca, beautiful queen of the Arklans. These strange and ancient creatures are in desperate trouble and need Jongor's help.

Not realizing that Nesca's message is a trap set for him by his most dangerous enemies—the beast-men called Muros—Jongor sets off for the home of the Arklans, leading Ann and Alan into the hands of death ...

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1946

About the author

The prolific author Robert Moore Williams published more than 150 novels and short stories under his given name as well as a variety of pseudonyms including John S. Browning, H.H. Harmon, Robert Moore, Russell Storm and E.K. Jarvis.

Williams was born in Farmington, Missouri and earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He had a full-time writing career from 1937 through 1972 and cut his teeth on such publications as Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, Astounding, Thrilling Wonder and Startling.

In 1955 Williams cranked out The Chaos Fighters, the first of 30 novels he would write over the next 15 years. These novels include the Jongor and ,Zanthar series. His most unusual book, however, is one that is labeled as fiction, but is actually an autobiography: Love is Forever - We Are for Tonight (Curtis 06101, 1970). In this short, 141-page work Williams presents a description of his childhood and then discusses his experimentation with hallucinogenic gasses, Dianetics and 1950s-era communes.

Williams married Margaret Jelley in 1938 and they had one child. The couple divorced in 1958. According to the Social Security Death Index, Williams died in May of 1977 in Dateland, Arizona.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jongor was the hero of three novels by Williams. This second one was published in Raymond A. Palmer's Fantastic Adventures magazine's April 1944 issue. It had a cover by J. Allan St. John, and when Popular Library published it in paperback in 1970 Frank Frazzetta was the cover artist. What else could you need? Jongor was very much a pastiche of Burroughs' Tarzan, but had some fun and interesting twists. It seems that the remnants of the lost civilization of Mu are located in Australia's Lost Land, where the dinosaurs roam, and where pretty Ann Hunter's brother Alan had gone missing. After he's rescued in the first book, they plan to return Jongor to civilization, but Jongor first has to respond to an urgent plea for help from Nesca, the beautiful queen of the Arklans. But it's a trap set by the evil Muros beast-men! Never trust a centaur. You know what happens next... As Jongor would say, "Give 'em Hell, Yale!"

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice fun read. basically a combo of ERB's Tarzan and Pellicudar stories. Recommended

[Jim Kuenzli · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story was originally published in the pulp magazine Fantastic Adventures in 1944. Jongor and his friends return for another fun adventure in Lost Land. The highlight of the book is an ancient city filled with a Centaur like race. Jongor is friends with the queen, and makes a desperate attempt to save her. They also get to battle with the Murtos again. I had to take a star off due to the author’s ridiculous battle cry taught to Jongor by his American friend. In several action scenes, Jongor shouts “Give ‘em Hell, Yale!” Dumbest thing ever. 2.8.

[David Critchfield · Rating 1 out of 5]

Jongor is a Tarzan-like jungle man, orphaned at the age of 12, who grew to manhood in a huge valley hidden between high mountains, which in turn are surrounded by deserts, somewhere in Australia. This is Lost Land. Here be monsters as well as two races whose ancestors lived in ancient Mu before it sunk into the Pacific Ocean. The Muros, now little more than beast-men, are degenerate descendants of one of those once great races. The other, the Arklans, are centaurs.

Jongor can control the actions of dinosaurs telepathically through the use of a mysterious jewel in his armband. This reminds me of the movie Tarzan calling in the elephants. I like Tarzan’s victory cry of the bull-ape much better than Jongor’s cry of “Give ‘em hell, Yale!” The dialog of the characters seems juvenile.

At 127 pages, the book is a quick read, but don’t bother. There is little to recommend here; its best feature is the Frazetta cover illustration.

[Dvdlynch · Rating 1 out of 5]

Come for the Frazetta cover. Stay for bland, repetitive prose and the thinnest of plots?

[Lawrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book by the pool while we were vacationing back in the early 70's and since I didn't have anything else to read at the time, I read it. And I really liked it! This was probably the first sci-fi/fantasy type book that I ever read.