Böcker av Edgar Rice Burroughs

'The Chessmen of Mars' is a science fantasy by Edgar Rice Burroughs, was printed as a novel in 1922. The main characters of this novel are Carter's daughter Tara and Gahan of Gathol, prince of another kingdom. Tara is engaged and is angered when Gahan announces his love for her because she is not attracted to him. She departs in her flier, only to get seized in a big storm which sends her flying off into unexplored lands. She's apprehended by the awful Kaladanes, who plan to fallen her up for an approaching feast. She wins over one of the Kaladanes, Ghek and in the meantime, Gahan rushes to save the woman he's fallen for. Gahan arrives the city of Manator. Tara and Ghek are also seized. In the end, they are forced to engage in a duel to the death in a great game that is similar to chess.

'At the Earth's Core' is a novel of 1914 by Edgar Rice Burroughs. In 'At the Earth's Core', David Innes and Parry Abner move in a metal prospector into the Earth's crust and development into a world they never imagined with Sun drooping in the heavens. Besides the cave people and dinosaurs one of the most interesting idea is that time is man's creation and without the Sun rising and settling one loses track of time. This world is occupied by prehistoric animals as well as primitive humans, intelligent gorillas and pterosaurs.

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.