Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Cold Brick Walls
Tarzan and The Jewels of OparEdgar Rice Burroughs It was large enough to permit the passage of his body, and assured as he was that Lady Greystoke had passed out through the aperture in an attempt to escape the village, he lost no time in availing himself of the same avenue; but neither did he Continue reading
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Troglodyte
The People That Time ForgotEdgar Rice Burroughs “They will kill me if they find me in the coslupak; so will the Kro-lu if they come upon me before I have won my Kro-lu weapons and jerkin. You would kill me if you could, and that is the reason I know that you speak lies when Continue reading
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Beyond the Realm of What
With this post I catch us up after letting the whole weekend slide. 2024 will not be the year of my reading everyday on my Kindle, it will not be the year of daily Out of Context blogs. At least this project is meant to continue into the next many years. At the Earth’s CoreEdgar Continue reading
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Near the Village, the Quiet Village
Jungle Tales of TarzanEdgar Rice Burroughs “There,” and he pointed toward the passage which they had followed to the chamber, “I will leave the hyenas. If you try to escape, they will eat you.” He cast aside the stick and called to the beasts. They came, snarling and slinking, their tails between their legs. Bukawai Continue reading
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Eat the Apple. Let it Burn.
Tarzan the UntamedEdgar Rice Burroughs It was quite dark by this time, the village being lighted by the fitful glare of many fires, and now she saw a number of warriors approach and enter the hut Zu-tag had been watching. A moment later they reappeared, dragging between them two captives, one of whom the girl Continue reading
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While Oklahoma Exploded
Tarzan the TerribleEdgar Rice Burroughs It was the most glorious and successful raid that the Kor-ul-ja had made upon the Kor-ul-lul in the memory of man, and it marked Om-at as the greatest of chiefs, but that fierce warrior knew that advantage had lain upon his side largely because of the presence of his strange Continue reading
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A Thousand Feet Below
This is our 200th Out of Context book of the year! The Lost ContinentEdgar Rice Burroughs With the coming of dawn the number of lions about us seemed to have greatly diminished–at least they made less noise–and as Buckingham and his party disappeared into the woods, leaving me alone to my terrible fate, I could Continue reading
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Who Greased the Grapevine!
The Return of TarzanEdgar Rice Burroughs He deeply regretted that he had been hasty, but he had loved her for so long a time, and so devotedly, that he thought that every one must know it. “From the first time I saw you, Hazel,” he said, “I have loved you. I am willing to wait, Continue reading
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The Queens We Use
The Chessmen of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs “One of your beauty will find plenty ready to fight for her. Possibly it shall not be necessary to look farther than the jeddak of Manator. You please me, woman. What say you to such an honor?” Through narrowed lids the Princess of Helium scrutinized the Jeddak of Manator, Continue reading
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On a Routine Expedition
The Land that Time ForgotEdgar Rice Burroughs And so Olson’s remark helped to clear the atmosphere for the Allies at least, and then our attention was once more directed toward the river, for around us there had sprung up a perfect bedlam of screams and hisses and a seething caldron of hideous reptiles, devoid of Continue reading
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