It is a shame that authors like Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard and Doc Smith despite their importance are rarely talked about by casual readers as it would be nice to have proper documentaries done on their lives. Also, the thing about those books is that they were written in a different time from our own and we should learn from that as to not repeat the mistakes of the past, and we should never censor or destroy the past just because it may offend someone because in doing so we deny the fact that it ever happened and we also deny the chance for people to learn from it.
I've read that series several times (all of his books, really). But I think I've mentioned him only once on my channel when I did a video on some of his poetry. That's a shame. Burroughs should be better remembered! Thanks for reminding me of some great adventures in reading.
Tarzan was also widely syndicated as a Newspaper Comic Strip and had several different Comic Book publishers through the years. Noted artists Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) and Burne Hogarth illustrated the early works-helping to create the Tarzan “Superman”-like image!
My 3rd grade teacher was a great storyteller and she would tell us the story of Tarzan and would end at the most exciting stop and you couldn't wait to come back to school to hear the rest. I didn't know it was a book. I believe I read it as a teenager but now I have to re-read it.
Hey there! I just got me an old copy of Tarzan (which includes the first two books), more by coincidence than anything else. Now, for uni I have to present a book and I've chosen this one. Honestly, the presentation for book studies is more about the visual site (my copy is illustrated in a comic-like style and I love it), but of course, I also have to check some background information and your video was very helpful and entertaining! I never thought of Tarzan as a real "series" (I was born in 2000, so yeah, the beginning of this character was way before my time). I also read that there are 31 books, including co-writings (if you could call it that) and volumes by other authors. Getting an overview isn't as easy as I thought it would be, haha :) Either way, I will surely keep reading and following along Tarzan's adventures! Love and greetings from Germany :)
I have also read all the Tarzan books. I love them! I am so glad to see someone else appreciate them like I do! He was a man of his Era for sure. The way he wrote black people, women in general, and other social issues can be kind of tough to swallow. But I think its important to know the era he came from. The story's however are exciting pulp novels that really got you excited. I think my favorite is Jewels of Opar... oh well. Great reviews!
Held up? The first Tarzan book was written in 1912. You still know the name Tarzan. Its held up for over 100 years. Yes there are sanitized versions... which are versions of the story that are palatable to 21st centuries moralities. The basic story is still there though. If not for Burroughs I really doubt the idea would have never been popularized so in a sense all versions are his version. Either way, however you look at it, the cleaned up versions aside, the books in original form are a time capsule of the viewpoint of a pulp adventure from the eyes of a man in the very early 1900's. With all his unpalatable sensibilities, but just as important with the sense of wonderment of a world that was still at that time, very much unexplored.
Great overview of the Tarzan series, Mike! I had a childhood memory knocked loose when I saw the cover of that Ballantine edition of the original Tarzan. I had a copy of that book that I now remember reading when my dad took me to work with him once, long long ago. Not sure what happened to it though. Oh, and congratulations on breaking 300 subscribers!
What a great Tarzan cover with the dinosaur on it. Love it! The book Tarzan versus the film Tarzan is like the book Conan versus the film Conan. It's so weird that filmmakers try to simplify things and make these great heroic characters less intellectual and less creative.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 I'm sorry for hijacking this thread and rambling. Insomnia and i think I was punch drunk at this point. Cheers! Right?? CTB was so good. John Milius had a good grasp of the character and although for CTB he did combine stories, omitted large portions of Conans life, added other elements, I think he kept the essential Conan elements in place. He fought for a R rating knowing a film about a an adventurer barbarian, who rescued young virgins, fought armies, fought bars, drank and sworded (I think I just created a verb?) his way through a world populated warlords, treasure, witches, dark magic, pagan gods, more swording, more breathy full bosomed virgins was going to be more Beastmaster or dare say the banal second Conan film. Writing a book and film making are similar but there are numerous examples of accomplished authors trying adapt even their books into film and they turned out horrible (I'm looking at you Stephen King). When I see films now that are properties with deep literary history or even based specifically on a book or story, I try not to compare them, if they get the core of the character right. It can't be easy looking at trying visual portray chapters internal dialog without the voice over or the data dump of exposition. Denis Villeneuve on Dune..right?? That is. A great example a difficult book to try and summarize casualy over lunch. Let alone put it on film. Lynch had a troubled time. And a as huge comic fan, when the MCU first started and they changed a large portion of Starks orgin; I was kicking rocks and going orangutan about this and that as my wife patiently listened. After the dust settled she said "they got to same place right and he's still motivated by the same things....think of these films as alternate universities. Like your "Guess what" comics". "What If" I said, "What if, what?" She said (repeat) "What If, the comic" "What If, the comic..whatever. you're a dork" Each medium has pros and cons writers in some what easier because they are privy to information they can relay to us. Filmmakers have to get all of that across 2ith light, mood, music, space and a completely different person performance. Pretty hard stuff IMO. I just hope these 90 minute films serve as a trailer for the book and more people read these wonderfull adventures. I am reminded of a quote attributed to Robert E. Howard and I will paraphrase, when asked about his crafting the Conan stories and if it was difficult. Howard said that it was as Conan was sitting on his shoulder relating various adventures he had. I think this is one of the reasons they are not chronological and for me, part of the fun, trying figure out his life chronologically. (Again I am so sorry for hijacking this thread, but I just wanted tell how I came to accept film versions of some of my favorite characters. We pulp or Weird Tales readers need to stick together...LOL. Have wonderful day!)
Great books that I enjoyed while growing up in the 70s. I will be passing them down to my grand kids and hope that they will enjoy them as much as me. The movies don't do the books justice!
Thank You! Honestly, I grew up in the 70's thinking Tarzan was almost a joke character. The movies, the tv shows, comic strips. Then, as a young adult, I discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs, and found an intelligent writer of fantasy and adventure. I am happy to hear you talking about this author . One Caveat: Ron Ely as Tarzan on the tv series, was an absolute dream to watch running and swinging through the jungle. That man was just plain beautiful! But I digress.
PS. In regards to the racism question, Edgar Rice Burroughs was a man of his times, just as any other writer. We need to accept these writers with flaws, and not seek to change the writings, or excuse opinions we disagree with. To do so would change history. I can only imagine, in 100 years or so, how people will be looking back on us and finding fault. I appreciate how you did not ignore the issue, and also how you did not make a blanket judgement.
@@elizabethmurphy3931 I love what you said about the racism issue. Its unrealistic to judge Burroughs for his portrayal of black people especially since he certainly wasnt consistently disparaging. Quite the opposite at times.
I read somewhere that Tarzan, Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are the three most filmed literary characters. As far as books go, for me Tarzan of The Apes is a better book than Dracula or any Sherlock Holmes story, short though they are. Cheers.
Got to add as well that yes, as someone who grew up in the 1970s,Tarzan was everywhere. The books were still in the shops (New English Library covers here), the films were still always on t.v, the Ron Ely t.v show was still on and there was that great Filmmation cartoon series which even featured Nkima the monkey instead of Cheetah. Cheers.
The cartoon is the only screen version that even remotely portrays Tarzan how I envision him. Even looks like how I picture him, if he just had slightly longer hair.
Despite some repetition I do really enjoy the Tarzan books, I've picked up the Tarzan "Super-pack" a collection containing the first ten novels for a friends birthday, they are a Tarzan fan but their main exposure is the Disney version.
I finished the 1st Tarzan book two days ago and I can't stop thinking about it. His writing is fantastic. I'm pleasantly surprised at the writing. I def plan to keep reading.
Excellent discussion of Tarzan. I've got most if not all the books you held up, too, many from my paternal grandfather's closet. He also had Carson of Venus and others, and scads of westerns. That day when I delved into the top shelf shadows of that hall closet was a Howard Carter moment for me and I read what I found avidly.
Really can't miss with a Neal Adam's cover. Combined with the wonderful stories, I devoured these and my fathers Ace paperbacks of Conan with Franzetta covers. I was born in 1973 and as 9-10 year old young boy, these (among others) and Millers iconic Daredevil, which have a distinct m memory of my mother buying me those issues for doing well in school. I got my $ .35 worth! You are so correct in just how poorly, simplistic Tarzan was portrayed in the films for such complex fish out of water trope but doublely so! Interesting fact have ever heard of the Los Angeles suburbs of Tarzana and thought "what an odd name"? Well, I did and it is ERB former 550 acre ranch that he subdivided and it became a lovely little town named after his most famous literary creation. The world maybe lucky ERB isn't remembered more for the John Carter series or there could be town called Marsastain or simply, yet somewhat cheekily, Barsoom. Thank you for sharing your thoughts manor's library. It was a pleasure. Have a wonderful day...
I watched this a couple of days ago and am super behind on video-watching and commenting. Great overview on all the Tarzan books! I had no idea there were so many. I kept thinking Tarzan sounded like the Laura Croft of his time! I appreciated you noting that these do have some racist perspectives as well as attempts to surmount those perspectives in later books. I loved the cover art for all the books, and it's so nice that these bring memories of connecting with your grandfather!
I do remember a stained book of all the tarzan stories in Bengali language,as it was my first ever story book after i learn to read when i was 3-4 year old,i can't find that book now,but i do remember the stories and names ❤❤ thanks for bringing the memories back
I'm ashamed 2 say , I've only read a couple Tarzan books, and Not sure they were even Edgar Rice Burroughs stories. Though I did read , and have a bunch of his comics. Hope that counts 😁. That cover is Super Cool. I will be reading some soon. Again Very Nice Video.
Jungle tales,#5, he saves the life of a witch doctor, who repays by brewing up an elixerof llong life. This is mentioned in foreign legion . John carter of mars is written by ERB to, which is a recent movie.
still waiting for an accurate Tarzan movie. Probly not gonna happen. lol Too bad. He IS a complex character and not the simple fool hollywood made him out to be
I think the Disney cartoon did him the greatest justice. Tarzan is pretty clever and articulate in the 1999 movie and the spin-off series “Legend of Tarzan”.
As a kid in the 1960s I read all/most of the Ballentine series. The original "Tarzan of the Apes" was the best. In "Return of Tarzan" Burroughs was struggling and all subsequent volumes varied in quality from sorta lame to very good. My favorite cover was the 1963 Ace paperback "Tarzan the Invincible" by Frazetta. It had a very primitive looking savage defiant Tarzan, a very sexy blonde La, skull mountain and threatening ape men. It beats all the rest -- especially to a 12 year old boy. Look it up and see if you agree.
First of all thank you so much for the mention at the end. That was cool and as you know I love some pulp and have been recently getting more into it. I have been slowly trying to collect the Doc Savage novels and also Edgar Rice Burroughs classic paperbacks. With the Tarzan series do you think I could jump around? It's hard to find certain ones of the paperbacks but I've been able to find you know the 13th and the 16th book in the series. I was kind of wondering if they are individual story lines and tied up within that novel or if it's one overarching plot for 23 books. Honestly though man I could watch videos like this all day on Booktube 👍
Well, l would say it’s best to read books 1-5, and then you can jump around after that. A lot of important stuff happens in those first five books. If you have trouble finding them let me know at: michaelkvaughan@yahoo.com I have spare copies of all ERB’s books and will be happy to send them your way.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 thank you yeah I've been on the search for them and I'm thinking eBay is my best bet. I've only been really looking locally. I will take your advice and read the first five chronologically then
It’s my first time watching your videos and I started with this one and it looks like you got some great content! So curious did you ever get to making more videos over the Tarzan books because I’ve seen that Disney might be making a live action a ways down the road and a lot of fans of the book want it to be based on them.
I talked about Tarzan of the Apes a couple weeks ago. In a week or two I’ll be talking about Return of Tarzan. I’m rereading all Burroughs’ books. I’m afraid I wouldn’t get my hopes up for an accurate movie Tarzan. They haven’t managed to do it in a 100 years! Thanks so much for watching!
I love Tarzan I'm not a big fan of the Johnny Weiss Martin movies either. I did like the animated one and there was a live action. One they did with Samuel Jackson as Tarzan's friend, which isn't too bad. Darkhorse comics did a lost egorized bro's story and it's about jamie Being a dead i've ever read that one
If you wonder how far these stories got: My mom told me that my grandmother had 12 Tarzan books by Edgar Rice Burroughs and this was back in the day in former Yugoslavia during the 70s/80s.
The Tarzan books are pretty popular in Japan and India as well. In Japan, the Tarzan books have spawned Expies like Baruuba and Kenya Boy (mainly famous outside of Japan for its own hokey anime film adaptation, itself pretty popular in parts of Scandinavia). In India, the Weissmuller films spawned unauthorised knockoffs like Adventures of Tarzan and Expies like Zimbo.
I'm excited to see if this touches on the racey history of the trope. (I probably need to specify this part, I don't think you need to stop enjoying things with "problematic tropes" and I don't think this video is bad if it doesn't touch on it).
What happened to all the love for Edgar Rice Burroughs? Time marches on? There are so many authors who were hugely popular in their day and now are forgotten. It’s a shame.
I read many Edgar Rice Burroughs in the early 70s, whatever I could find in the school library. I found a few paperbacks in the 80s, but the cats destroyed them, so I have to restart my collection.
🐈⬛ No! What a tragedy! Fortunately so many Burroughs paperbacks were printed that it’s pretty easy to find them. EBay has been pretty good for me in finding Burroughs books. Thanks for watching!
Has anyone tried the Tarzan Centenary edition? I know Michael reviewed the Conan and Hp lovecraft editions but not the Tarzan one. I just ordered a copy from eBay.
The Mars series is my favorite, but Tarzan is the more interesting character. You have no choice but to read both! I would probably start with the first three John Carter books. Those are the best.
It is a great shame to witness how politics and norms in our times practically eliminate old classics. They don't need to burn the books anymore; they just don't print them--letting time do its job. Tarzan was accepted as the superhero worldwide much before the American multiverse superheroes conquered our cinemas. The first three books are tagged together as classic whilst the many sequels are early (fantasy) pulp, really. It's not only Tarzan that has been crushed but many other great fictional characters and works that were read as pulp-fiction because those are now considered racist, sexist, xenophobic and whateverist. For example, you won't find any Karl May works in new English print, so no more Winnetou. Even more, almost gone are the hard boiled private eyes and surely the spies and female agents--funny how pulp has been cut down in our otherwise highly promiscuous society and considered cheap sleaze.
To answer your last part, Burroughs did have a racist viewpoints which were popular at the time but I have seen some parts in the books where he acknowledges other races as equal in a way. I wouldn’t know how he treated other people in his personal life so I can’t say if he was just a shitty person. I’d say he is a product of the times and hopefully by the end of his life or afterlife (if you believe that), he learned the error of his past beliefs including eugenics. I think it’s important for later generations to acknowledge both the good and bad of these famous figures to foster a healthy debate. Without a doubt ERB was a master of adventure but he was a product of his time.
1 sierpnia 2024 wlasnie czytam Tarzan and the Ant Men..miesiąc temu wydano X tom po raz pierwszy po 1939 w moim kraju jest wspaniale eydawnictwo co wyda calosc 24 tomy cyklu Tarzan ( Barsoom , Venus , Pellucidar i Mon )- juz wydali przeczytalem jednym tchem w cyklu Pellucidat jest terz Tarzan XIII ( malo Go tam ale jest )- dlatego jestem zachwycony bo do tej pory wydano u nas tylko 9 tomów a tefaz wydoenictwo wyda csłość 👍👋👋👋Regi from poland - wielbiciel twórczodci ERB ✌️
These books are such quick reads. Surely they would be a hit in middle-schools and high-schools.
It is a shame that authors like Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard and Doc Smith despite their importance are rarely talked about by casual readers as it would be nice to have proper documentaries done on their lives. Also, the thing about those books is that they were written in a different time from our own and we should learn from that as to not repeat the mistakes of the past, and we should never censor or destroy the past just because it may offend someone because in doing so we deny the fact that it ever happened and we also deny the chance for people to learn from it.
Of course I completely agree! I will be talking more Burroughs probably next week. It would be great to have actual documentaries about these writers.
Read them all 👍
I've read that series several times (all of his books, really). But I think I've mentioned him only once on my channel when I did a video on some of his poetry. That's a shame. Burroughs should be better remembered! Thanks for reminding me of some great adventures in reading.
Oh no another coon.
Tarzan was also widely syndicated as a Newspaper Comic Strip and had several different Comic Book publishers through the years. Noted artists Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) and Burne Hogarth illustrated the early works-helping to create the Tarzan “Superman”-like image!
My 3rd grade teacher was a great storyteller and she would tell us the story of Tarzan and would end at the most exciting stop and you couldn't wait to come back to school to hear the rest. I didn't know it was a book. I believe I read it as a teenager but now I have to re-read it.
Shed be fired if she did that now days
Hey there! I just got me an old copy of Tarzan (which includes the first two books), more by coincidence than anything else. Now, for uni I have to present a book and I've chosen this one. Honestly, the presentation for book studies is more about the visual site (my copy is illustrated in a comic-like style and I love it), but of course, I also have to check some background information and your video was very helpful and entertaining! I never thought of Tarzan as a real "series" (I was born in 2000, so yeah, the beginning of this character was way before my time). I also read that there are 31 books, including co-writings (if you could call it that) and volumes by other authors. Getting an overview isn't as easy as I thought it would be, haha :)
Either way, I will surely keep reading and following along Tarzan's adventures!
Love and greetings from Germany :)
I’m so glad I could be of some help! The second Tarzan novel is probably my favorite.
Wow, love those Neal Adams covers! Great collection MKV!
I have also read all the Tarzan books. I love them! I am so glad to see someone else appreciate them like I do! He was a man of his Era for sure. The way he wrote black people, women in general, and other social issues can be kind of tough to swallow. But I think its important to know the era he came from. The story's however are exciting pulp novels that really got you excited. I think my favorite is Jewels of Opar... oh well. Great reviews!
Held up? The first Tarzan book was written in 1912. You still know the name Tarzan. Its held up for over 100 years. Yes there are sanitized versions... which are versions of the story that are palatable to 21st centuries moralities. The basic story is still there though. If not for Burroughs I really doubt the idea would have never been popularized so in a sense all versions are his version. Either way, however you look at it, the cleaned up versions aside, the books in original form are a time capsule of the viewpoint of a pulp adventure from the eyes of a man in the very early 1900's. With all his unpalatable sensibilities, but just as important with the sense of wonderment of a world that was still at that time, very much unexplored.
Is there a list of Tarzan books written by Edgar R.B.? Kind of having hard time discerning what he wrote himself. I read 10 books so far...
Great overview of the Tarzan series, Mike! I had a childhood memory knocked loose when I saw the cover of that Ballantine edition of the original Tarzan. I had a copy of that book that I now remember reading when my dad took me to work with him once, long long ago. Not sure what happened to it though. Oh, and congratulations on breaking 300 subscribers!
Thanks! It’s a lot more than I thought I would get!
What a great Tarzan cover with the dinosaur on it. Love it! The book Tarzan versus the film Tarzan is like the book Conan versus the film Conan. It's so weird that filmmakers try to simplify things and make these great heroic characters less intellectual and less creative.
Agreed, but 2 be honest if they had made more of Arny playing Conan, back in the day , I would have watched them.
That is true! I do like that first Conan movie though.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 I'm sorry for hijacking this thread and rambling. Insomnia and i think I was punch drunk at this point. Cheers!
Right?? CTB was so good. John Milius had a good grasp of the character and although for CTB he did combine stories, omitted large portions of Conans life, added other elements, I think he kept the essential Conan elements in place. He fought for a R rating knowing a film about a an adventurer barbarian, who rescued young virgins, fought armies, fought bars, drank and sworded (I think I just created a verb?) his way through a world populated warlords, treasure, witches, dark magic, pagan gods, more swording, more breathy full bosomed virgins was going to be more Beastmaster or dare say the banal second Conan film.
Writing a book and film making are similar but there are numerous examples of accomplished authors trying adapt even their books into film and they turned out horrible (I'm looking at you Stephen King). When I see films now that are properties with deep literary history or even based specifically on a book or story, I try not to compare them, if they get the core of the character right. It can't be easy looking at trying visual portray chapters internal dialog without the voice over or the data dump of exposition. Denis Villeneuve on Dune..right?? That is. A great example a difficult book to try and summarize casualy over lunch. Let alone put it on film. Lynch had a troubled time.
And a as huge comic fan, when the MCU first started and they changed a large portion of Starks orgin; I was kicking rocks and going orangutan about this and that as my wife patiently listened. After the dust settled she said "they got to same place right and he's still motivated by the same things....think of these films as alternate universities. Like your "Guess what" comics".
"What If" I said,
"What if, what?" She said (repeat)
"What If, the comic"
"What If, the comic..whatever. you're a dork"
Each medium has pros and cons writers in some what easier because they are privy to information they can relay to us. Filmmakers have to get all of that across 2ith light, mood, music, space and a completely different person performance. Pretty hard stuff IMO. I just hope these 90 minute films serve as a trailer for the book and more people read these wonderfull adventures.
I am reminded of a quote attributed to Robert E. Howard and I will paraphrase, when asked about his crafting the Conan stories and if it was difficult. Howard said that it was as Conan was sitting on his shoulder relating various adventures he had. I think this is one of the reasons they are not chronological and for me, part of the fun, trying figure out his life chronologically.
(Again I am so sorry for hijacking this thread, but I just wanted tell how I came to accept film versions of some of my favorite characters. We pulp or Weird Tales readers need to stick together...LOL. Have wonderful day!)
@@densealloy This was awesome. Thanks for hijacking!
Lucky to have all 24 of the books, my grandad read and reread them, he loved them.
My Grandfather loved The Tarzan books as well! Thanks for watching!
Great books that I enjoyed while growing up in the 70s. I will be passing them down to my grand kids and hope that they will enjoy them as much as me. The movies don't do the books justice!
Thank You! Honestly, I grew up in the 70's thinking Tarzan was almost a joke character. The movies, the tv shows, comic strips. Then, as a young adult, I discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs, and found an intelligent writer of fantasy and adventure. I am happy to hear you talking about this author . One Caveat: Ron Ely as Tarzan on the tv series, was an absolute dream to watch running and swinging through the jungle. That man was just plain beautiful! But I digress.
PS. In regards to the racism question, Edgar Rice Burroughs was a man of his times, just as any other writer. We need to accept these writers with flaws, and not seek to change the writings, or excuse opinions we disagree with. To do so would change history. I can only imagine, in 100 years or so, how people will be looking back on us and finding fault. I appreciate how you did not ignore the issue, and also how you did not make a blanket judgement.
I need to watch Ron Ely as Tarzan apparently!
@@elizabethmurphy3931 I love what you said about the racism issue. Its unrealistic to judge Burroughs for his portrayal of black people especially since he certainly wasnt consistently disparaging. Quite the opposite at times.
I found his depiction of Tarzan in that series was closer to the books than any of the movies.
I read somewhere that Tarzan, Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are the three most filmed literary characters. As far as books go, for me Tarzan of The Apes is a better book than Dracula or any Sherlock Holmes story, short though they are.
Cheers.
Got to add as well that yes, as someone who grew up in the 1970s,Tarzan was everywhere. The books were still in the shops (New English Library covers here), the films were still always on t.v, the Ron Ely t.v show was still on and there was that great Filmmation cartoon series which even featured Nkima the monkey instead of Cheetah.
Cheers.
I remember that cartoon! I’ve read Tarzan many times!
The cartoon is the only screen version that even remotely portrays Tarzan how I envision him. Even looks like how I picture him, if he just had slightly longer hair.
Thank you so much! Tarzan & John Carter are the greatest characters in American literature.
Despite some repetition I do really enjoy the Tarzan books, I've picked up the Tarzan "Super-pack" a collection containing the first ten novels for a friends birthday, they are a Tarzan fan but their main exposure is the Disney version.
I finished the 1st Tarzan book two days ago and I can't stop thinking about it. His writing is fantastic. I'm pleasantly surprised at the writing. I def plan to keep reading.
Excellent discussion of Tarzan. I've got most if not all the books you held up, too, many from my paternal grandfather's closet. He also had Carson of Venus and others, and scads of westerns. That day when I delved into the top shelf shadows of that hall closet was a Howard Carter moment for me and I read what I found avidly.
Really can't miss with a Neal Adam's cover. Combined with the wonderful stories, I devoured these and my fathers Ace paperbacks of Conan with Franzetta covers. I was born in 1973 and as 9-10 year old young boy, these (among others) and Millers iconic Daredevil, which have a distinct m memory of my mother buying me those issues for doing well in school. I got my $ .35 worth!
You are so correct in just how poorly, simplistic Tarzan was portrayed in the films for such complex fish out of water trope but doublely so!
Interesting fact have ever heard of the Los Angeles suburbs of Tarzana and thought "what an odd name"? Well, I did and it is ERB former 550 acre ranch that he subdivided and it became a lovely little town named after his most famous literary creation.
The world maybe lucky ERB isn't remembered more for the John Carter series or there could be town called Marsastain or simply, yet somewhat cheekily, Barsoom.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts manor's library. It was a pleasure. Have a wonderful day...
Nice to find a fellow tarzan enthusiast
I watched this a couple of days ago and am super behind on video-watching and commenting. Great overview on all the Tarzan books! I had no idea there were so many. I kept thinking Tarzan sounded like the Laura Croft of his time! I appreciated you noting that these do have some racist perspectives as well as attempts to surmount those perspectives in later books. I loved the cover art for all the books, and it's so nice that these bring memories of connecting with your grandfather!
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah, the Tarzan books are really something special!
I do remember a stained book of all the tarzan stories in Bengali language,as it was my first ever story book after i learn to read when i was 3-4 year old,i can't find that book now,but i do remember the stories and names ❤❤ thanks for bringing the memories back
I also often find human ways strange.
Me too!
Ah, the sweet scent of nostalgia. I read many of the Tarzan books in fantastic N.E.L. paperback editions. Alas I only kept the first two.
I'm ashamed 2 say , I've only read a couple Tarzan books, and Not sure they were even Edgar Rice Burroughs stories. Though I did read , and have a bunch of his comics. Hope that counts 😁. That cover is Super Cool.
I will be reading some soon.
Again Very Nice Video.
Don’t be ashamed! Just Kindle up some Tarzan!
Still reading/rereading them!
Jungle tales,#5, he saves the life of a witch doctor, who repays by brewing up an elixerof llong life. This is mentioned in foreign legion . John carter of mars is written by ERB to, which is a recent movie.
Got ‘‘em all. Purchased in the 70’s when they were easy to find. Along with most of ERBs other works.
still waiting for an accurate Tarzan movie. Probly not gonna happen. lol Too bad. He IS a complex character and not the simple fool hollywood made him out to be
I think the Disney cartoon did him the greatest justice. Tarzan is pretty clever and articulate in the 1999 movie and the spin-off series “Legend of Tarzan”.
Great summary of the character and books!
As a kid in the 1960s I read all/most of the Ballentine series. The original "Tarzan of the Apes" was the best. In "Return of Tarzan" Burroughs was struggling and all subsequent volumes varied in quality from sorta lame to very good. My favorite cover was the 1963 Ace paperback "Tarzan the Invincible" by Frazetta. It had a very primitive looking savage defiant Tarzan, a very sexy blonde La, skull mountain and threatening ape men. It beats all the rest -- especially to a 12 year old boy. Look it up and see if you agree.
I don’t k know if you remember it, but there was a good animated Tarzan series in the late ‘70s I used to watch during the Saturday morning cartoons.
First of all thank you so much for the mention at the end. That was cool and as you know I love some pulp and have been recently getting more into it. I have been slowly trying to collect the Doc Savage novels and also Edgar Rice Burroughs classic paperbacks. With the Tarzan series do you think I could jump around? It's hard to find certain ones of the paperbacks but I've been able to find you know the 13th and the 16th book in the series. I was kind of wondering if they are individual story lines and tied up within that novel or if it's one overarching plot for 23 books. Honestly though man I could watch videos like this all day on Booktube 👍
Well, l would say it’s best to read books 1-5, and then you can jump around after that. A lot of important stuff happens in those first five books. If you have trouble finding them let me know at:
michaelkvaughan@yahoo.com
I have spare copies of all ERB’s books and will be happy to send them your way.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 thank you yeah I've been on the search for them and I'm thinking eBay is my best bet. I've only been really looking locally. I will take your advice and read the first five chronologically then
My eyes water and burn now days. But I to read any erb books I can find. Got #1 by chance, an ace edition. 1959.
Love these pulp overviews. Do you have nonfiction books about the pulp era that you’d recommend? If so, I’d love to see a video about that!
It’s my first time watching your videos and I started with this one and it looks like you got some great content! So curious did you ever get to making more videos over the Tarzan books because I’ve seen that Disney might be making a live action a ways down the road and a lot of fans of the book want it to be based on them.
I talked about Tarzan of the Apes a couple weeks ago. In a week or two I’ll be talking about Return of Tarzan. I’m rereading all Burroughs’ books. I’m afraid I wouldn’t get my hopes up for an accurate movie Tarzan. They haven’t managed to do it in a 100 years! Thanks so much for watching!
You should do a video of the Top 10 Tarzan books
Also yes, you either die a wilderness adventure story or live long enough to figth dinosaurs.
I love Tarzan I'm not a big fan of the Johnny Weiss Martin movies either. I did like the animated one and there was a live action. One they did with Samuel Jackson as Tarzan's friend, which isn't too bad. Darkhorse comics did a lost egorized bro's story and it's about jamie Being a dead i've ever read that one
If you wonder how far these stories got: My mom told me that my grandmother had 12 Tarzan books by Edgar Rice Burroughs and this was back in the day in former Yugoslavia during the 70s/80s.
The Tarzan books are pretty popular in Japan and India as well. In Japan, the Tarzan books have spawned Expies like Baruuba and Kenya Boy (mainly famous outside of Japan for its own hokey anime film adaptation, itself pretty popular in parts of Scandinavia). In India, the Weissmuller films spawned unauthorised knockoffs like Adventures of Tarzan and Expies like Zimbo.
A lot of interesting information.
Tarzan Series Kill Count:
Tarzan: 11
Nemone: 1
Jad-bal-ja: 1
Jack Clayton: 1
Germans: 2
Gunman: 1
Kerchak: 1
African Hunter: 1
Illness: 1
Total: 20
The different edditions makes me disturbed 🤣👍
Sorry!
I'm excited to see if this touches on the racey history of the trope.
(I probably need to specify this part, I don't think you need to stop enjoying things with "problematic tropes" and I don't think this video is bad if it doesn't touch on it).
I probably didn’t talk enough about that, but I will be doing a series of videos on the individual Tarzan novels starting Sunday.
What happened to all the love for Edgar Rice Burroughs? Time marches on? There are so many authors who were hugely popular in their day and now are forgotten. It’s a shame.
I read many Edgar Rice Burroughs in the early 70s, whatever I could find in the school library. I found a few paperbacks in the 80s, but the cats destroyed them, so I have to restart my collection.
🐈⬛ No! What a tragedy! Fortunately so many Burroughs paperbacks were printed that it’s pretty easy to find them. EBay has been pretty good for me in finding Burroughs books. Thanks for watching!
Has anyone tried the Tarzan Centenary edition? I know Michael reviewed the Conan and Hp lovecraft editions but not the Tarzan one. I just ordered a copy from eBay.
For those new to ERB (me!) which series is more enjoyable do you think - Tarzan or John Carter ?
The Mars series is my favorite, but Tarzan is the more interesting character. You have no choice but to read both! I would probably start with the first three John Carter books. Those are the best.
As mentioned here, Pellucidar is another great series, with a Tarzan crossover. Tarzan At The Earth's Core is one of the best books in the series.
In many of the later books Tarzan himself was more of a side character who would save the day for the intrepid hero and his new lady love.
That’s true.
It is a great shame to witness how politics and norms in our times practically eliminate old classics. They don't need to burn the books anymore; they just don't print them--letting time do its job. Tarzan was accepted as the superhero worldwide much before the American multiverse superheroes conquered our cinemas. The first three books are tagged together as classic whilst the many sequels are early (fantasy) pulp, really. It's not only Tarzan that has been crushed but many other great fictional characters and works that were read as pulp-fiction because those are now considered racist, sexist, xenophobic and whateverist. For example, you won't find any Karl May works in new English print, so no more Winnetou. Even more, almost gone are the hard boiled private eyes and surely the spies and female agents--funny how pulp has been cut down in our otherwise highly promiscuous society and considered cheap sleaze.
Thank you for saying the Tarzan of the movies is not the real Tarzan of the books! The movies water the character down.
To answer your last part, Burroughs did have a racist viewpoints which were popular at the time but I have seen some parts in the books where he acknowledges other races as equal in a way. I wouldn’t know how he treated other people in his personal life so I can’t say if he was just a shitty person. I’d say he is a product of the times and hopefully by the end of his life or afterlife (if you believe that), he learned the error of his past beliefs including eugenics. I think it’s important for later generations to acknowledge both the good and bad of these famous figures to foster a healthy debate. Without a doubt ERB was a master of adventure but he was a product of his time.
Nice END to the series.
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1 sierpnia 2024 wlasnie czytam Tarzan and the Ant Men..miesiąc temu wydano X tom po raz pierwszy po 1939 w moim kraju jest wspaniale eydawnictwo co wyda calosc 24 tomy cyklu Tarzan ( Barsoom , Venus , Pellucidar i Mon )- juz wydali przeczytalem jednym tchem w cyklu Pellucidat jest terz Tarzan XIII ( malo Go tam ale jest )- dlatego jestem zachwycony bo do tej pory wydano u nas tylko 9 tomów a tefaz wydoenictwo wyda csłość 👍👋👋👋Regi from poland - wielbiciel twórczodci ERB ✌️