Jongor Fights Back

Jongor #3

by Robert Moore Williams, Frank Frazetta (Illustrator)

The third in the Jongar series, a kind of Tarzan of the Lost Land novel.

Genres: Fantasy

Paperback

First published January 1, 1950

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

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice fun read. if you are a Tarzan or Lost land story fan then you will enjoy this trilogy. Recommended

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jongor was the hero of three novels by Williams. This final one was published in Fantastic Adventures magazine's December 1951 issue, the editorship of which had been taken over by Howard Browne upon the departure of Raymond A. Palmer. It had a cover by Robert Gibson Jones, 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 Alan and Ann are captured by the evil Murto beast-men, and Jongor... well, he spends most of the novel wandering around with amnesia, a popular pulp conceit. I didn't think this one was quite as good as the first two books, but it's fine, typical, adventure pulp fare. You know what happens next... After the rescue, Alan has to steer the dinosaur they ride out of the swamp, because Jongor and Ann only have eyes for each other. And we can presume that they all lived happily ever after.

[Jim Kuenzli · Rating 1 out of 5]

There is nothing redeeming about this book. This is the third and last Jongor book and I can see why. Jongor spends more than half the book captured or wandering around with amnesia. Nothing new in Lost Land is presented, other than some weird giant in medieval type armor. Of course this made little sense and was the most ridiculous thing in the book. The first book was by far the best. I would skip the second, and especially this juvenile mess.

[Patrizio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Le stelle sono per il racconto presente a fine volume L'autopsia di Michael Shea

[Aly · Rating 1 out of 5]

Si tratta di una parodia di un romanzo. Contiene elementi e rimandi ad altre opere più famose mescolando il tutto in un mix di scarsa qualità. I personaggi sono bidimensionali, mancano di spessore. L'ambientazione è solo raccontata, risulta priva di dettagli interessanti.
La storia avrebbe il potenziale per poter diventare qualcosa di interessante ma purtroppo è un andirivieni di situazioni pericolose risolte in modo poco brillante dai protagonisti.
Una nota negativa sulla protagonista femminile che totalmente priva di dignità e spessore esiste solo in funzione di Jongor, versione sci-fi di tarzan che cavalca dinosauri.

[Charles · Rating 2 out of 5]

The third in a trilogy. I haven't read the first two, Jongar of Lost Land, and The Return of Jongar. Jongar is a kind of Tarzan character in a savage prehistoric jungle. Readable but that's about all I can say.

[Jonathan Stevens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical Jongor. The Hunters continue to try to exit Lost Land.