tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32365859.post3460792664517489176..comments2023-03-31T06:32:32.523-05:00Comments on Fire and Sword!: TARZAN OF THE APESDave Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11210387108701067975noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32365859.post-9001023941785490422011-06-07T16:33:04.896-05:002011-06-07T16:33:04.896-05:00ERB sort of had to make it up as he went along. Wh...ERB sort of had to make it up as he went along. While there are precedents of a kind, Frankenstein for instance, ERB was really creating a new type of action-hero. Maybe it works better for being less polished, rough is sometimes the same as spontaneous & original.Dave Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210387108701067975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32365859.post-38462879390286512922011-06-07T08:28:43.423-05:002011-06-07T08:28:43.423-05:00There is a new paper edition out from Fall River P...There is a new paper edition out from Fall River Press now (new editions of Barsoom novels, too.)<br /><br />I remember really enjoying the first half of 'Tarzan' - despite the fictional apes it almost felt like a story that could be true. But once the absent-minded professor and the fainting black servant woman showed up, I was disappointed.<br /><br />ERB's plot contrivances drive me nuts. But, he does have enough imagination and action that sometimes I can get over it - sometimes.<br /><br />As for the reading - Stephen King pointed out that Frankenstein's monster does a similar thing. He watches/hears the girl teaching her siblings how to read - but he doesn't have his own books to use in the process!<br /><br />I guess it's tradition ;)Paul R. McNameehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498380385001618758noreply@blogger.com