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... Tarzan be- came the hero not only of more than a score of books but also of a long series of movies and comic strips . The story is too well known to need a summary . Burroughs told contradictory stories of where he got the basic idea ...
... Tarzan be- came the hero not only of more than a score of books but also of a long series of movies and comic strips . The story is too well known to need a summary . Burroughs told contradictory stories of where he got the basic idea ...
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... Tarzan novels , are based on the lost - race theme . Tarzan blunders into some lost city , inhabited by Atlanteans , or ancient Romans , or ape - men left over from the Pleistocene . He is captured and imprisoned , escapes , is ...
... Tarzan novels , are based on the lost - race theme . Tarzan blunders into some lost city , inhabited by Atlanteans , or ancient Romans , or ape - men left over from the Pleistocene . He is captured and imprisoned , escapes , is ...
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The Makers of Heroic Fantasy Lyon Sprague De Camp. Burroughs tired of Tarzan , as Conan Doyle got bored with Holmes . Burroughs said : " It is difficult and even impossible for me to take these Tarzan stories seriously , and I hope that ...
The Makers of Heroic Fantasy Lyon Sprague De Camp. Burroughs tired of Tarzan , as Conan Doyle got bored with Holmes . Burroughs said : " It is difficult and even impossible for me to take these Tarzan stories seriously , and I hope that ...
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THE SWORDS OF FAERIE | 3 |
WILLIAM MORRIS | 31 |
LORD DUNSANY | 48 |
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