Born from the fertile mind of a master story teller, Hollywood has never really captured
the imagination or the genius that created Tarzan (John Clayton,LordGreystoke), John Carter of Mars, Carson Napier of Venus, David Innes of Pellucidar, and the countless thousands of romantic heroes which dominated the Pulp magazines and novels for the first half of the twentieth century. Edgar Rice Burroughs novels conjure up visions of early
twentieth century Americana, the horrors of World War I and II, the steaming jungles of dark equatorial Africa, the lure and mystique of strange worlds, the incessant struggle of goodover evil, the triumph of the spirit of man. His heroes live long in my memories, growing up and curled up with a good Burroughs novel with little more than the beautiful art work of J.Allen St.John,FrankFrazetta, or Roy Krenkel decorating the outer jackets of a few paperback and hardback novels to drive the feverish imagination of one enthralled in the complex weaving and interaction of the major characters of his robust novels. Some of the images are captured below, a history of the printings and even an updated listing of the on-line printings of the works of EdgarRice Burroughs follows.
| Here's John Carterand Dejah Thoris as illustrated by Frank Frazetta, "Princess of Mars",Sci-Fi Book Club edition ©1970 |
| Tarzan | Mars | Pellucidar | Venus | Western | Other | Galleries |
| MarkTwain | JulesVerne | HG Wells | CharlesDickens | JF Cooper |
| Anne McCaffrey | LarryNiven | GregBear | GregoryBenford | Stephen King | John Norman/Gor | Conan |
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