Böcker av Edgar Rice Burroughs

The concluding part of the Caspak trilogy, 'Out of Times Abyss' written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is most adventurous and mysterious creation. It is most enjoyable science fantasy novel, out of the three books, the sequence was first published in 1918. Mostly, it is a story of expedition of Bradley and his team in the land of dinosaurs. Bradley's encounters with the predator flying Weiroo people and escape, is the most terrific part of the story. Here, Bradley emerges as action hero and rescues a native woman. They fall in love and they defeat the villains. The strength of this story is the society he evolves with the weiroos. Their society, customs and cruelty are fully analysed as Bradley is arrested and must make his escape.

'Tarzan of the Apes' was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and this was printed in 1914 as a novel. John and Alice Rutherford Clayton are deserted on the west coast of Africa with their infant son John. John's mother dies and his father is killed by Kerchak, the king ape and John is taken in by Kala, his ape mother. She renames him Tarzan and takes care as her son. Later, the son discovers his father's knife and uses it to become King of Apes. As a man, he experiences humans again when an expedition of white men comes into the jungle. Tarzan also makes friends with D'Arnot, a naval officer, who teaches him to act like a normal man and also teaches him how to speak French and later English. This is the story of a man who is nurtured in the African jungle by a tribe of apes.

The story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictional outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the power struggle between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort. Norman is the supposed son of the Frenchman de Vac, once the king's fencing master, who has a grudge against his former employer and raises the boy to be a simple, brutal killing machine with a hatred of all things English. His intentions are partially subverted by a priest who befriends Norman and teaches him his letters and chivalry towards women.Norman leads the largest band of thieves in all of England at age 19. None can catch or best him. In his hatred for the king he even becomes involved in the civil war, which turns the tide in favour of de Montfort. In another guise, that of Roger de Conde, he becomes involved with de Montfort's daughter Bertrade, defending her against her and her father's enemies. She notes in him a curious resemblance to the king's son and heir Prince Edward.Finally brought to bay in a confrontation with both King Henry and de Montfort, Norman is brought down by the treachery of de Vac, who appears to kill him, though at the cost of his own life. As de Vac dies, he reveals that Norman is in fact Richard, long-lost son of King Henry and Queen Eleanor and brother to Prince Edward. The fencing master had kidnapped the prince as a child to serve as the vehicle of his vengeance against the king. Luckily, Norman/Richard turns out not to be truly dead, surviving to be reconciled to his true father and attain the hand of Bertrade.

The Tarzan Collection includes the first five Tarzan novels, including Tarzan of the Apes, The Return of Tarzan, The Beasts of Tarzan, The Son of Tarzan, and Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar.