Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for his prolific output in the adventure and science fiction genres. He is the creator of iconic characters such as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
Books
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1. Tarzan of the Apes
This novel follows the story of a young boy raised by apes in the African jungle after his aristocratic parents are marooned and later perish. He grows up learning the laws of the jungle and the ways of the wild, eventually becoming the leader of his ape tribe. His life takes a turn when he encounters other humans, particularly a young woman, which leads him to grapple with his dual nature as both man and beast. The book explores themes of identity, civilization versus nature, and the concept of the "noble savage."
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2. A Princess Of Mars
In this science fiction novel, a Confederate soldier named John Carter mysteriously finds himself transported to Mars, known as Barsoom by its inhabitants. On this alien planet, Carter discovers a dying civilization and becomes embroiled in a complex web of political intrigue, epic battles, and forbidden love. With his newfound strength and agility due to the planet's lower gravity, Carter becomes a formidable warrior and fights to protect the princess he loves and the people of Barsoom from imminent destruction.
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3. The Warlord of Mars
The Warlord of Mars continues the story of a man from Earth who finds himself on Mars, or Barsoom as it's known to the locals. In this installment, he pursues his beloved princess across the planet, battling various Martian creatures and dealing with the complex politics of the Martian races. His journey takes him to the polar ice caps and even into the planet's core, as he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet.
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4. The Gods Of Mars
"The Gods of Mars" is an exciting adventure novel that continues the thrilling journey of John Carter on the planet Mars. After being transported to this alien world, Carter finds himself in the midst of a war between different Martian races. He embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue his beloved Dejah Thoris, encountering treacherous villains, strange creatures, and ancient civilizations along the way. This action-packed sequel is filled with suspense, romance, and epic battles, as Carter's heroic spirit is tested in his relentless pursuit to reunite with his princess and uncover the secrets of Mars.
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5. The Outlaw Of Torn
A rollicking medieval adventure that follows a man raised among brigands who rises to become a feared outlaw leader, then becomes entangled in high-stakes political intrigue, shifting loyalties, romance, and revenge as feudal conflicts and struggles for power in 13th-century England threaten to destroy him and those he loves.
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6. The Land That Time Forgot
A Romance of the Age of Dinosaurs
In this thrilling adventure novel, a group of survivors from a torpedoed British ship during World War I find themselves on a mysterious, uncharted island in the South Atlantic. The island, known as Caprona, is a prehistoric world where dinosaurs, primitive humans, and other ancient creatures coexist. As the group struggles to survive and find a way back to civilization, they encounter various dangers and marvels, leading to internal conflicts and alliances. The story explores themes of survival, evolution, and the clash between modernity and the primal forces of nature.
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7. The Chessmen Of Mars
In this science fiction adventure, the story follows Tara, the daughter of John Carter, as she embarks on a journey across the planet Mars, known as Barsoom. After a storm causes her to crash her flying machine, she finds herself in the clutches of the Kaldanes, a bizarre race of head-like creatures. With the help of Ghek, a Kaldane who becomes her ally, and the brave warrior Prince Gahan of Gathol, Tara navigates through various dangers, including a deadly game resembling chess, to reclaim her freedom and return home. The narrative explores themes of bravery, loyalty, and the complexities of Martian society, set against the backdrop of Burroughs' vividly imagined Martian landscape.
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8. Thuvia, Maid Of Mars
In this science fiction adventure set on Mars, the story follows Thuvia, a Martian princess, and Carthoris, the son of John Carter, as they navigate political intrigue and conflict between rival Martian factions. Thuvia is kidnapped as part of a plot to incite war, and Carthoris embarks on a daring mission to rescue her, facing numerous challenges and uncovering hidden truths along the way. The narrative explores themes of honor, loyalty, and love, set against the backdrop of a vividly imagined Martian landscape filled with strange creatures and advanced technology.
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9. Beyond Thirty
The Lost Continent
Set in a dystopian future where the Western Hemisphere has isolated itself from the rest of the world, the story follows Lieutenant Jefferson Turck of the Pan-American Navy. After a mishap leaves him stranded beyond the forbidden 30th meridian, he discovers a Europe that has regressed into a primitive state due to centuries of war and isolation. As Turck navigates this new world, he encounters various tribes and societies, ultimately challenging his perceptions of civilization and humanity. The narrative explores themes of cultural evolution, isolationism, and the resilience of the human spirit.
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10. The Land That Time Forgot Collection
The Caspak Trilogy
Set during World War I, this thrilling adventure follows a group of survivors from a torpedoed British ship who find themselves on a mysterious, uncharted island in the South Pacific. The island, known as Caspak, is a prehistoric world where time seems to have stood still, inhabited by dinosaurs, primitive humans, and other ancient creatures. As the survivors navigate this perilous land, they encounter various tribes and face numerous challenges, all while trying to uncover the secrets of Caspak and find a way back to civilization. The narrative is a gripping blend of action, exploration, and the struggle for survival in a land untouched by modernity.
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11. The Beasts Of Tarzan
In this thrilling adventure, the protagonist finds himself marooned on a remote African island, separated from his family by a cunning adversary. As he navigates the treacherous jungle, he forms an unlikely alliance with a group of wild animals, including a fierce panther and a loyal ape. Together, they embark on a daring quest to rescue his kidnapped wife and son, confronting dangerous foes and overcoming perilous obstacles. This tale of courage, loyalty, and the primal bond between man and beast unfolds in a vivid landscape where survival hinges on wit and instinct.
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12. Tarzan Triumphant
In this pulpy jungle adventure, a powerful jungle lord confronts a band of dangerous foreign fugitives who threaten his African realm and the people who depend on it. With fierce loyalty from his native allies and his own extraordinary strength and cunning, he tracks enemies through hidden valleys, clashes with hostile tribes, and fights to rescue captives and restore peace, all while navigating treachery, revenge, and the wild hazards of the untamed land.
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13. Pirates Of Venus
An intrepid Earthman builds a craft to reach Venus and finds himself stranded on the lush, strange world of Amtor, where rival city-states, exotic creatures, and ruthless sea-raiders make every step perilous. Captured and enslaved by pirates, he must use courage, cunning, and unexpected alliances—along the way forging a romantic bond with a native woman—to survive daring escapes and skirmishes while trying to carve out a place for himself and find a way home.
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14. John Carter Of Mars
A grizzled Civil War veteran is mysteriously transported to a dying red planet, where the lower gravity gives him uncanny strength and leaping ability; captured by a fierce tribe of towering green warriors, he becomes entangled in the planet’s rival city-states, rescues and falls in love with a besieged princess, and uses courage, cunning, and martial prowess to survive savage beasts, political intrigue, and brutal battles as he fights to protect her and find his place in an alien world.
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16. The Collected John Carter Of Mars
A Confederate veteran is mysteriously transported to the dying, desert world of Barsoom, where reduced gravity gives him superhuman strength; he becomes a legendary warrior, sparking daring rescues, fierce battles with alien races, courtly intrigue among warring city-states, a passionate romance with a princess, and epic quests that blend swashbuckling action, ancient technologies, and exotic worldbuilding.
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17. Carson Of Venus
Carson Napier, stranded on the strange world of Amtor (Venus), finds himself drawn into the planet’s political intrigues and perilous wilds as he confronts pirates and tyrants, rescues captives, faces bizarre creatures and technologies, and fights to protect allies while pursuing daring escapes and a tentative romance amid the exotic dangers of an alien civilization.
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18. Lost On Venus
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25. The Eternal Savage
The Eternal Lover is a fantasy-adventure novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. The story was begun in November 1913 under the working title Nu of the Niocene. It was first run serially in two parts by All-Story Weekly. The first part, released March 7, 1914 was titled "The Eternal Lover" and the second part, released in four installments from January 23, 1915 to February 13, 1915 was titled "Sweetheart Primeval". The book version was first published by A. C. McClurg on October 3, 1925. In 1963, Ace Paperback published a version under the title The Eternal Savage. An E-Text edition has been published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and is available online.
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26. I Am A Barbarian
A fictional first-person memoir of the infamous Roman emperor, tracing his youth and unlikely rise amid intrigue, his attempts to impose his vision on a corrupt court, and the betrayals and political violence that warp ambition into cruelty and lead to his violent fall, offered as a defense and humanizing portrait of a ruler long remembered as mad.
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27. Land Of Terror
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28. The Cave Girl
The Cave Girl is a lost world novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. Originally published in two separate stories, The Cave Girl begun in February 1913 and published by "All-Story" in July, August, and September 1913; and The Cave Man begun in 1914 and published by "All-Story Weekly" throughout March and April 1917. The book version was first published by A. C. McClurg on 1925-03-21. In August 1949, Dell Paperback published a version with a map captioned "Wild Island Home of Nadara the Cave Girl Where Violence and Bloodshed Rule."
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29. The Moon Maid
In a far-future adventure, Earth confronts an alien civilization from the Moon whose superior technology and hidden history of contact with humanity spark war, intrigue, and social upheaval; at the story's center is a human hero whose romance with a mysterious lunar maiden draws him into dangerous conflicts and difficult choices as loyalties, survival, and the fate of both worlds hang in the balance.
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30. The Wizard Of Venus
A resourceful Earthman stranded on Venus becomes entangled in the intrigues surrounding a mysterious figure whose uncanny powers and advanced devices reshape the balance between rival city-states; to protect friends and free oppressed peoples he must navigate treacherous politics, strange customs, and bizarre creatures, using courage and ingenuity to uncover the true nature of the so-called wizard and thwart the danger he poses.
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31. The Moon Men
The Moon Maid is a fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was written in three parts, Part 1 was begun in June 1922 under the title The Moon Maid, Part 2 was begun in 1919 under the title Under the Red Flag, later retitled The Moon Men, Part 3 was titled The Red Hawk. As evident from the name Under the Red Flag, it appears to have been originally set in contemporary Soviet Russia, with the Bolsheviks as villains; as this was not popular with the publishers, Burroughs transferred it to a science-fictional setting, with the evil Communist-like "Kalkars" taking over the Moon (in the first part) and then the Earth (in the second part, with the help of a renegade Earthman) and being finally overthrown in the third part. The book version was first published by A. C. McClurg on February 6, 1926, under the title The Moon Maid, though it was shortened from the serial. The three parts have been published in varying combinations and under varying titles since 1926.
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32. Escape On Venus
An Earthman stranded on a strange, hostile Venus becomes embroiled in political intrigue and dangerous adventures as he moves between exotic city-states, battles pirates and despotic rulers, forges uneasy alliances with unfamiliar peoples, and mounts a daring bid to free his friends and regain his freedom amid alien technologies, bizarre creatures, and shifting loyalties.
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35. The Monster Men
A pulse-quick adventure about mad science and its consequences: a brilliant but unscrupulous inventor assembles crude, powerful humanoid creations from cadavers in an attempt to produce controllable fighting men, drawing a young officer and the woman he loves into a dangerous conflict; when the artificial men prove volatile and violent, loyalties are tested and daring rescues, moral reckonings about scientific hubris, and pulpy action-driven romance follow.
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36. The Mucker
A coarse, violent youth forged in the city’s gutter lives as a petty criminal until an infatuation with a respectable young woman draws him into dangerous situations beyond his old haunts; following her into lawless borderlands, sea voyages and clashes with bandits and rebels, he endures brutality, betrayal and sacrifice that force him to confront loyalty, courage and conscience. Through hardship and fierce, often clumsy devotion he gradually sheds his cynical cruelty and discovers a rough personal code and the possibility of redemption, blending gritty urban realism with pulpy adventure and a central moral transformation.
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37. The Return Of The Mucker
A hard-edged street fighter, once an outlaw and thought dead, is pulled back into a world of violent adventure as he prowls the borderlands and wild country, facing bandits, corrupt men and relentless pursuers while fiercely protecting a vulnerable woman; through daring escapes, brutal confrontations and stubborn loyalty he is forced to confront his past and slowly find a measure of redemption and a new sense of honor.
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38. The Oakdale Affair
The Oakdale Affair is a short contemporary mystery novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was written in 1917 under the working title of "Bridge and the Oskaloosa Kid", and is a partial sequel to The Mucker (1914/1916). It was adapted into a silent film in 1919 starring Evelyn Greeley. Bridge, the protagonist, was a secondary character in the earlier work. It was first published in Blue Book Magazine in March 1918. Its first book publication paired it with an unrelated tale, "The Rider", in The Oakdale Affair and The Rider, issued by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in February 1937 and subsequently reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap in 1937, 1938 and 1940. The story's first independent book publication was in a paperback edition from Ace Books in July 1974. Subsequent hardcover editions were issued by Buccaneer (1977) and Ameron; a subsequent paperback edition was issued by Charter (1979). Most editions omit the original ending, consisting of the last 174 lines of the magazine version, though the Buccaneer and Charter editions restore it.
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40. Swords Of Mars
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41. Llana Of Gathol
A lively collection of linked adventures set on Barsoom, recounted by the veteran earthman and centered on his spirited granddaughter Llana; the stories propel them through strange cities, daring rescues, encounters with bizarre creatures, treacherous warlords and ancient mysteries, blending swashbuckling action, romance and wry humor as Carter strives to protect her and restore order across the red planet.
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42. The Master Mind Of Mars
An Earthman transported to Mars becomes embroiled in the planet’s deadly politics and strange sciences, drawn into a plot involving an enigmatic tyrant who manipulates minds and people through advanced Martian technology; pressed into daring rescues, uneasy alliances, and violent confrontations, he uncovers hidden facets of Barsoomian society, pursues a dangerous romance, and fights to thwart the mastermind’s schemes while struggling to survive in an alien world.
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