Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Edgar Rice Burroughs (around 1920)
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Edgar Rice Burroughs (born September 1, 1875 in Chicago , Illinois , † March 19, 1950 in Encino , California ) was an American writer .

Burroughs became known as the narrator of various fictional adventure stories of trivial literature , which can mainly be assigned to the early fantasy and science fiction genre. The most famous hero characters introduced by him and subsequently established by others in numerous films and comics are Tarzan and John Carter .

Life

The son of the factory owner and Civil War veteran Major George Tyler Burroughs (1833-1913) and the teacher Mary Evaline Zieger (1840-1920) spent most of his youth on his brothers' ranch in Idaho after attending several private schools .

After graduating from Michigan Military Academy in 1895, Burroughs entered the U.S. 7th Cavalry . When an army doctor diagnosed him with a heart defect and he was therefore unable to become an officer, Burroughs left the army early in 1897 and worked on his brother's ranch again until 1899. He then went back to Chicago and worked in his father's company.

On January 1, 1900, Burroughs married his childhood sweetheart Emma Centennia Hulbert. The couple had three children: Joan Burroughs Pierce (1908–1972), Hulbert Burroughs (1909–1991) and John Coleman Burroughs (1913–1979). Since the daily routine at his father's factory was not Burroughs' business, the couple left Chicago in 1904 to live in Idaho again. With his brothers, who had since given up their ranch, he tried unsuccessfully as gold diggers. A short time later he was working as a railroad cop in Salt Lake City . Burroughs also gave up this job and moved back to Chicago with his wife, where he accepted a number of jobs, including as a sales representative. In 1911 he invested the last of his money in a trading agency for pencil sharpeners and failed.

Burroughs, who was suffering from depression at the time and, according to some of his biographers, was thinking of suicide, came up with the idea of ​​writing a story for a magazine in which he had previously advertised his pencil sharpeners. His first short story Dejah Thoris, Princess of Mars , written under the pseudonym Normal Bean for the "All-Story" magazine by Thomas Metcalf , was published between February and July 1912 as a sequel.

Burroughs received $ 400 for his first short story, but was dissatisfied with the result after the story appeared. Metcalf had changed his pen name to Norman Bean , and the title of his story was changed to Under the Moon of Mars . In response to Burrough's complaint about the changes, Metcalf relented and offered to print Burrough's next story under his real name. Another Burroughs complaint concerned the addition of For all Rights to his fee check. After a long correspondence, he managed to get the $ 400 only valid for the first edition .

However, Burrough's second story, The Outlaw of Torn , was rejected by All-Story . The great success came with Burroughs third attempt, Tarzan of the Apes .

The story of Tarzan was also published by All-Story in 1912 . Burroughs kept writing new Tarzan stories and was able to buy a huge piece of land near Los Angeles less than ten years after the publication of Tarzan of the Apes . Even after Burrough's death in 1950, other Tarzan stories continued to appear. The land near Los Angeles is now the parish of Tarzana .

In the early 1930s , however, his literary success was increasingly overshadowed by private problems. He divorced in 1934 and married Florence Dearholt a year later. But this marriage was divorced as early as 1942. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor , Burroughs went to Hawaii as a war reporter in 1941 . After the war he returned to California , where, after many health problems, he died of a heart attack in 1950 .

Burroughs wrote about 70 books, 59 of which were published during his lifetime. In 2003 he was posthumously inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

plant

In Burrough's work, science fiction is mixed with fantasy. He established stories against a planetary background in science fiction. Burroughs was aware that his literature did not reach the critics. Nor did he hide the fact that he was writing to make money.

The heroes of his novels and stories have no everyday problems. Weak in the character drawings, Burroughs' stories are overflowing with ideas and action. The heroes of his novels have various features in common, for example the secret of their origins. Either the heroes never had a childhood or cannot remember it, or they are orphans like Tarzan and The Cave Girl . Another feature of Burroughs' stories is what Brian W. Aldiss calls it, pronounced sexual dimorphism . The dominant gender is ugly.

Although Burroughs' novels and stories are teeming with beautiful, naked women, sexual relationships are not implied or mentioned. Burrough's world appears to be prepubescent. However, virginity is always in danger (see Aldiss). It seems almost compulsive that in the Burroughs stories, which were written between 1911 and 1915, there are no fewer than 76 threats of rape, all of which can of course be averted. The threats to female innocence include various Martians, sultans, cavemen, Japanese headhunters, and monkeys.

Everett F. Bleiler writes of Burroughs that his lyrics are "fantasies of eroticism and power".

Barsoom

Burroughs' first story appeared in 1917 as a book under the title A Princess from Mars (Eng. The Princess from Mars ). The sequels The Gods of Mars (dt. Goddess of Mars) and The Warlord of Mars (dt. The warlord of Mars) appeared in 1918 and 1919. Over the years, more and more Mars adventures appeared, up to the novels, the posthumous were published.

Burroughs' Mars has little to do with real Mars. The description of the geography of the planet is also only roughly given. John Carter , the hero of the Mars novels, arrives on Mars by mystical transmission, which is called Barsoom by its inhabitants . Ruined cities and drying seas dominate the picture, remnants of ancient civilizations are everywhere. Yet the planet is full of living things. There are different races of intelligent Martians who differ in their skin color. The individual tribes are enemies with one another. There are green, white, yellow and red Martians, some of them huge and four-armed. The women on Barsoom lay eggs and are mostly beautiful. John Carter falls in love with Dejah Thoris, a red Martian.

The work was filmed in 2009 as Princess of Mars by director Mark Atkins from The Asylum and in 2012 under the title John Carter - Between Two Worlds by director Andrew Stanton of Walt Disney's Pixar Studios.

Tarzan

Book cover of Tarzan Of The Apes - Tarzan bei den Affen

Tarzan of the Apes , Burrough's second story, is not part of science fiction, Tarzan is a pure adventure novel. Tarzan , actually Lord Greystoke, is the ruler of the jungle, raised by monkeys and speaking their language. Tarzan has become a model for numerous imitators and has been filmed countless times, first in 1918 as Tarzan with the Apes . Actors in Tarzan included Buster Crabbe , Johnny Weissmüller and Lex Barker . Burroughs continued to write sequels, a total of more than twenty novels, about the hero of the jungle, some of which appeared posthumously.

Pellucidar

The Pellucidar novels are Burroughs' third successful series. In 1914, At the Earth's Core appeared in sequels . The novels are based on the idea that under the earth's crust there is a cavity that is inhabited by various living things and is illuminated by a miniature sun. The hero of the novels is David Innes , who uses a mechanical mole to gain access to Pellucidar . Innes, like Tarzan and John Carter, experiences fantastic adventures with cruel and savage tribes. The first novel in the series At the Earth's Core appeared in 1922, the sequel Pellucidar in 1923. A total of six novels in the series appeared during Burroughs' lifetime, including one in which Tarzan appears in Pellucidar ( Tarzan at the Earth's Core , 1930). The seventh novel Savage Pellucidar appeared in 1963. The story was freely filmed in 1976 under the title The Sixth Continent .

Venus

Carson Napier is the hero of Burroughs' series of novels set on Venus. First published as a sequel in Argosy in 1932, Burroughs could not resist the temptation and had three more novels follow this series.

Further

Another series takes place inside the moon. The first novel appeared in sequels as The Moon Maid in 1923 . The Land that Time Forgot , published as a book in 1924, consists of three short stories linked together. On the fictional island of Caprona , evolution takes place individually. Caprona, like all of Burroughs' worlds, is full of secrets, wild animals and tribes. It is significant that here too the women lay eggs, as in Barsoom.

In addition to science fiction and fantasy stories set on different planets, on forgotten islands and continents, and even inside the hollow earth, Burroughs also wrote historical novels , westerns and socially realistic works. The two books about the Apache chief Shoz Dijiji , in which he tries to show the Apaches realistically for the first time in American literature, occupy a special place in his work .

Burroughs' works in German-speaking countries

Burroughs' books also had a large following in Germany, where 8 Tarzan volumes were published in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1950s, Pegasus Verlag brought it up to 16 Tarzan volumes (8 of which were first published in German) . In the early 1970s, the author's other books were also published in Germany, including four books from the Venus series and four Mars novels. The last ambitious attempt in the 1990s failed for health reasons of the publisher. In Crane Born Verlag published 15 Tarzan books, four of them as German first publications, and two Mars novels . Only in 2000 was another work by the author published in German, the Caprona cycle .

In the Anglo-Saxon-speaking world, Burroughs' work is an absolute classic of the fantastic. His model was copied during his lifetime. Otis Kline wrote Martian and Venus adventures. Leigh Brackett's series around Eric John Stark, which is set on Mars and, in episodes, on Venus, bears strong traits of Burroughs' work. Burroughs remained relatively unknown in Germany, which may be due, among other things, to the fact that his main creative period fell during the National Socialist era.

Awards

bibliography

Series and cycles

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Barsoom / John Carter from Mars

Novels
  • 1 Under the Moons of Mars (6 parts in: The All-Story, February 1912  ff .; also: A Princess of Mars , 1917; also: Carter of the Red Planet , 1929; also: The Princess of Mars , 2006)
  • 2 The Gods of Mars (5 parts in: The All-Story, January 1913  ff .; also: Gods of Mars , 1975)
    • English: The gods of Mars. Translated by Leni Sobez. Williams John Carter # 2, 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0007-5 . Also called: The gods of Mars. Translated by Franziska Willnow. Kranichborn, 1996, ISBN 3-930040-42-5 .
  • 3 The Warlord of Mars (4 parts in: The All-Story, December 1913  ff .; also: Warlord of Mars , 1973; also: Warlords of Mars , 2011)
    • English: The warlord of Mars. Translated by Leni Sobez. Williams John Carter # 3, 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0019-9 .
  • 4 Thuvia, Maid of Mars (3 parts in: All-Story Weekly, April 8, 1916  ff .; also: Thuvia - Maid of Mars , 1982)
    • English: Thuvia, the girl from Mars. Translated by Leni Sobez. Williams John Carter # 4, 1973, ISBN 3-8071-0034-2 . Also called: Thuvia: The Girl from Mars. Kranichborn, 1996, ISBN 3-930040-44-1 .
  • 5 Chessmen of Mars (7 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 18, 1922  ff .; also: The Chessmen of Mars )
  • 6 The Master Mind of Mars (1927; also: The Mastermind of Mars , 1963)
  • 7 A Fighting Man of Mars (6 parts in: The Blue Book Magazine, April 1930  ff.)
  • 8 Swords of Mars (6 parts in: The Blue Book Magazine, November 1934  ff.)
  • 9 Synthetic Men of Mars (1938; also: The Synthetic Men of Mars , 1939)
  • 10 Llana of Gathol (1948)
  • 11 John Carter of Mars: The Collection (1941)
Short stories and miscellaneous
  • Glossary (1920, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Thuvia, Maid of Mars ; also: A Glossary of Names and Terms Used in the Martian Books , 1962; also: A Glossary of Names and Terms Used in ERB's Martian Books , 2012; also: A Glossary of Names and Terms Used in the Martin Books , 1963)
  • John Carter of Mars (1940; with John Coleman Burroughs)
  • Black Pirates of Barsoom (in: Amazing Stories, June 1941 )
  • The City of Mummies (in: Amazing Stories, March 1941 )
  • Invisible Men of Mars (in: Amazing Stories, October 1941 )
  • John Carter and the Giant of Mars (in: Amazing Stories, January 1941 ; also: John Carter and the Giants of Mars , 2007)
  • Yellow Men of Mars (in: Amazing Stories, August 1941 )
  • Skeleton Men of Jupiter (in: Amazing Stories, February 1943 )
  • Three Martian Novels (collective edition from 4–6; 1962; also: Return to Mars , 2004; also: The Mars Trilogy 2 , 2012)
  • A Princess of Mars and A Fighting Man of Mars (Collective Edition of 1 and 7; 1964)
Collective editions
  • Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs (collective edition from 1–4; 1981)
  • Under the Moons of Mars: The Tales of Barsoom (collective edition from 1–3; 2003; also: The Martian Tales Trilogy , 2004; also: A Princess of Mars / The Gods of Mars / The Warlord of Mars , 2009; also: Mars Trilogy , 2012; also: John Carter of Mars Omnibus 1 , 2012; also: The Mars Trilogy , 2012; also: The Original John Carter Trilogy , 2013; also: The John Carter Trilogy , 2013; also: John Carter of Mars Volume 1 , 0000; also: John Carter of Mars: Vol. 1: A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, The Warlord of Mars , 2012)
  • Bulk Burroughs: Adventures on Mars (collective edition from 1–5; 2004; also: John Carter of Mars: The Collection , 2010; also: The Mars Chronicles , 2011; also: John Carter on Mars Collection , 2011; also: John Carter of Mars: The First Five Novels , 2013; also: Under the Moons of Mars: The Tales of Barsoom , 2012)
  • Men of Mars (collective edition from 7-9; 2006)
  • More Martian Tales (collective edition of 4 and 5; 2006; also: John Carter of Mars: Vol. 2 , 2012; also: The Children of Mars , 2013)
  • Tales of Mars (collective edition of 10 and 11; 2007)
  • Barsoom Series Complete Collection: 11 Books (13 Novels) of John Carter Fully Illustrated (2012)
  • John Carter: The Movie Novelization; Also Includes A Princess of Mars (collective edition of 2 novels; 2012; with Stuart Moore (Ed.))
  • Under the Moons of Mars and Carter of the Red Planet (2012)

John Carter of Mars (Leonaur):

  • John Carter of Mars Volume 1 (Collective Edition of 1 and 2; 2006)
  • John Carter of Mars Volume 2 (Collective Edition of 3 and 4; 2006)
  • John Carter of Mars Volume 3 (collective edition of 5 and 6; 2007)
  • John Carter of Mars Volume 4 (Collective Edition of 7 and 8; 2007)
  • John Carter of Mars Volume 5 (collective edition of 9 and 10; 2007)
  • John Carter of Mars Volume 6 (2 Stories, 2007)

The Collected John Carter of Mars (Disney Editions):

  • The Collected John Carter of Mars Volume 1 ( Collected Edition from 1–3, 2012)
  • The Collected John Carter of Mars Volume 2 (collective edition from 4–7; 2012)
  • The Collected John Carter of Mars Volume 3 (collective edition 8–11; 2012)

Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Collective Editions:

  • 1 The Gods of Mars and The Warlord of Mars (collective edition of 2 and 3; 1971)
  • 2 Thuvia, Maid of Mars and The Chessmen of Mars (collective edition of 4 and 5; 1973)
  • 3 The Master Mind of Mars and A Fighting Man of Mars (collective edition of 6 and 7; 1974)
  • 4 Swords of Mars and Synthetic Men of Mars (collective edition of 8 and 9; 1975)
  • 5 Llana of Gathol and John Carter of Mars (collective edition of 10 and 11; 1977)

Tarzan

Novels
  • 1 Tarzan of the Apes (in: The All-Story, October 1912 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan with the monkeys. Experiences of someone stolen by great apes. Translated by Tony Kellen. Dieck & Co., Stuttgart 1924, DNB 573907366 .
      • Tarzan with the monkeys. Translated by Tony Kellen. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1950, DNB 450717577 .
      • Tarzan with the monkeys. Translated by Fritz Moeglich . Heyne General Series # 344, 1965.
      • Tarzan 1 - The Raid. Translated by Heinrich F. Gottwald. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve (Westf.) 1970, DNB 456242430 .
      • Tarzan 1 - Lord of the Jungle. Translated by Berthold Schmitt. Williams Tarzan # 1, Alsdorf 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0000-8 .
      • Tarzan: The Original Novel. Deutsche Taschenbuch-Verlag (dtv # 20312), Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-20312-9 .
      • Tarzan with the monkeys. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-930040-09-3 .
      • Tarzan with the monkeys. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Verlag Walde + Graf, Zurich 2012, DNB 1045767174 .
  • 2 The Return of Tarzan (in: New Story Magazine, June - December 1913 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan's return to the jungle. Translated by Tony Kellen. Dieck & Co., Stuttgart 1924, DNB 573907323 .
      • Tarzan's return. Translated by Tony Kellen. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1950, DNB 450716562 .
      • Tarzan - return to the jungle. Translated by Fritz Moeglich . Heyne General Series # 355, 1965.
      • Tarzan 2 - The wilderness is stronger. Translated by Heinrich F. Gottwald. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve (Westf.) 1970, ISBN 3-536-00891-7 .
      • Tarzan 2 - Tarzan's return to the jungle. Translated by Leni Sobez. Williams Tarzan # 2, Alsdorf 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0010-5 .
      • Tarzan's return. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow & Franziska Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-930040-10-7 .
  • 3 The Beasts of Tarzan (in: All-Story Cavalier Weekly, May 16, 1914 - June 6, 1914 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan's animals. Translated by Tony Saxe. Dieck & Co., Stuttgart 1924, DNB 573907293 .
      • Tarzan's animals. Translated by Toni Kellen. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1951, DNB 450716635 .
      • Tarzan and his animals. Translated by Fritz Moeglich. Heyne General Series # 376, 1965.
      • Tarzan 3 - Tarzan's beasts. Translated by Leni Sobez. Williams Tarzan # 3, Alsdorf 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0005-9 .
      • Tarzan's animals. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-930040-11-5 .
  • 4 The Son of Tarzan (in: All-Story Weekly, December 4, 1915 - January 8, 1916 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan's son. Translated by Walther Saxe. Dieck & Co., Stuttgart 1924, DNB 57390734X .
      • Tarzan's son. Translated by Tony Kellen. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1951, DNB 450716589 .
      • Tarzan and his son. Translated by Fritz Moeglich. Heyne General Series # 386, 1965.
      • Tarzan 4 - Tarzan's son. Translated by Leni Sobez. Williams Tarzan # 4, Alsdorf 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0006-7 .
  • 5 Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (in: All-Story Weekly, November 18, 1916 - December 16, 1916 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan's treasure from Opar. Translated by Eduard Pfeiffer. Dieck & Co., Stuttgart 1926, DNB 573907331 .
      • Tarzan's treasure from Opar. Translated by Tony Kellen. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1952, DNB 450717615 .
      • Tarzan - The treasure of Opar. Translated by Fritz Moeglich. Heyne books # 402, Munich 1965, DNB 450717623 .
      • Tarzan 5 - Tarzan and the jewels of Opar. Translated by Leni Sobez. Williams Tarzan # 5, Alsdorf 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0018-0 .
      • Tarzans and the treasure of Opar. Translated by Franziska Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930040-13-1 .
  • 6 Jungle Tales of Tarzan (in: Blue Book Magazine, September 1916 - August 1917 ; also: Tarzan's Jungle Tales )
    • German:
      • Tarzan's jungle stories. Translated by Eduard Pfeiffer. Dieck & Co., Stuttgart 1925, DNB 573907315 .
      • Tarzan's jungle stories. Translated by Tony Kellen. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1952, DNB 450716546 .
      • Tarzan's jungle stories. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1996, ISBN 3-930040-25-5 .
  • 7 Tarzan the Untamed (Part 1 in: The Red Book Magazine, March - August 1919 ; Part 2 ( Tarzan and the Valley of Luna ) in: All-Story Weekly, March 20, - April 17, 1920 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan's revenge. Translated by Helmut H. Lundberg. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1954, DNB 450717704 .
      • Tarzan the Untamed. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1996, ISBN 3-930040-26-3 .
  • 8 Tarzan the Terrible (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 12, - March 26, 1921 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan in danger. Translated by Anne Steul. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1954, DNB 450717690 .
      • Tarzan the Terrible. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930040-21-2 .
  • 9 Tarzan and the Golden Lion (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, December 9, 1922 - January 20, 1923 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the golden lion. Translated by Eduard Pfeiffer. Dieck & Co., Stuttgart 1926, DNB 573907374 .
      • Tarzan and the golden lion. Translated by Eduard Pfeiffer. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1952, DNB 450717666 .
      • Tarzan 6 - Tarzan and the golden lion. Translated by Leni Sobez. Williams, Alsdorf 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0027-X .
      • Tarzan and the golden lion. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930040-20-4 .
  • 10 Tarzan and the Ant Men (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 2, - March 15, 1924 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the ant people. Translated by Eduard Pfeiffer. Dieck & Co., Stuttgart 1928, DNB 573907358 .
      • Tarzan and the ant people. Translated by Eduard Pfeiffer. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1952, DNB 450717569 .
      • Tarzan and the ant people. Translated by Franziska Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930040-19-0 .
  • 11 Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (in: The Blue Book Magazine, December 1927 - January 1928 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan, lord of the jungle. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930040-22-0 .
  • 12 Tarzan and the Lost Empire (in: The Blue Book Magazine, October 1928 - February 1929 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the Lost Empire. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930040-23-9 .
  • 13 Tarzan at the Earth's Core (in: The Blue Book Magazine, September 1929 - March 1930 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan at the center of the earth. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1996, ISBN 3-930040-27-1 .
  • 14 Tarzan, Guard of the Jungle (in: The Blue Book Magazine, October 1930 - April 1931 ; also: Tarzan the Invincible )
    • German:
      • Tarzan the Invincible. Translated by Helmut H. Lundberg. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1955, DNB 450717631 .
      • Tarzan the Invincible. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930040-24-7 .
  • 15 The Triumph of Tarzan (in: The Blue Book Magazine, October 1931 - March 1932 ; also: Tarzan Triumphant )
    • German:
      • Tarzan triumphs. Translated by Ruprecht Willnow. Kranichborn Verlag, Leipzig 1996, ISBN 3-930040-28-X .
  • 16 Tarzan and the City of Gold (in: Argosy Magazine, March 12, - April 16, 1932 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan in the golden city. Translated by Helmut H. Lundberg. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1955, DNB 450717607 .
      • Tarzan and the city of gold. Translated by Carola Lee-Altrichter. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2014, ISBN 3-930040-29-8 .
  • 17 Tarzan and the Lion Man (in: Liberty, November 11, 1933 - January 6, 1934 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the Lion Man. Translated by Helmut H. Lundberg. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1955, DNB 450717674 .
      • Tarzan and the Lion Man. Translated by Carola Lee-Altrichter. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2014, ISBN 3-930040-30-1 .
  • 18 Tarzan and the Leopard Men (in: The Blue Book Magazine, August 1932 - January 1933 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the Leopard People. Translated by Helmut H. Lundberg. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1955, DNB 450717658 .
      • Tarzan and the Leopard People. Translated by Carola Lee-Altrichter. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2014, ISBN 3-930040-31-X .
  • 19 Tarzan's Quest (in: The Blue Book Magazine, October 1935 - March 1936 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan in the world of wonder. Translated by Helmut H. Lundberg. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1954, DNB 450716554 .
      • Tarzan's search. Translated by Carola Lee-Altrichter. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2015, ISBN 3-930040-32-8 .
  • 20 The Red Star of Tarzan (in: Argosy Weekly, March 19, - April 23, 1938 ; also: Tarzan and the Forbidden City )
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the Forbidden City. Translated by Bernhard Schaffer. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2011, ISBN 3-930040-33-6 .
  • 21 Tarzan the Magnificent (Part 1 Tarzan and the Magic Men in: Argosy Weekly, September 19, - October 3, 1936 ; Part 2 Tarzan and the Elephant Men in: Blue Book Magazine, November 1937 - January 1938 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan in the land of horrors. Translated by Helmut H. Lundberg. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1954, DNB 450717682 .
      • Tarzan the Magnificent. Translated by Carola Lee-Altrichter. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2015, ISBN 3-930040-34-4 .
  • 22 Tarzan and "The Foreign Legion" (1947; also: Tarzan and the Foreign Legion )
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the Foreign Legion. Translated by Bernhard Schaffer. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2012, ISBN 3-930040-35-2 .
  • 23 Tarzan and the Madman (1964)
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the madman . Translated by Stephan Pörtner. Publishing house Walde + Graf, Zurich 2012, DNB 1017661456 .
      • Tarzan and the madman. Translated by Stephan Pörtner. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2014, ISBN 3-930040-36-0 .
  • 24 The Quest of Tarzan (in: Argosy Weekly, August 23, - September 6, 1941 ; also: Tarzan and the Castaways )
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the castaways. Translated by Marion Hertle. Verlag Walde + Graf, Zurich 2012, DNB 1045766968 .
      • Tarzan and the castaways. Translated by Martin W. Melnik. Kranichborn Mayrhofer 2014, ISBN 3-930040-37-9 .
  • Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins (Part 1 ( The Tarzan Twins ) at Volland 1927 ; Part 2 ( Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-Bal-Ja, the Golden Lion ) at Whitman Publishing 1936 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan: The Tarzan twins. Translated by Carola Lee-Altrichter. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2016.
  • Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995; with Joe R. Lansdale )
    • German:
      • Tarzan: The Final Adventure. Translated by Bernhard Schaffer. Kranichborn Mayrhofer, 2013.
Short stories
  • The Tarzan Twins ( Volland, October 1927 )
    • German:
      • Lost in the jungle. (in: Tarzan: The Tarzan Twins ) Translated by Carola Lee-Altrichter. Kranichborn Mayrhofer 2016.
  • Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-bal-ja, the Golden Lion ( Whitman Publishing, March 1936 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan 4 - The kidnapping. Translated by Heinrich F. Gottwald. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve (Westf.) 1971, ISBN 3-536-00955-7 .
      • In the hands of the sun worshipers. (in: Tarzan: The Tarzan Twins ) Translated by Carola Lee-Altrichter. Kranichborn Mayrhofer 2016.
  • Tarzan and the Champion (in: Blue Book, April 1940 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan and the champion. (in: Tarzan and the shipwrecked ) Translated by Bernhard Schaffer. Kranichborn Mayrhofer 2014, ISBN 3-930040-37-9 .
  • Tarzan and the Jungle Murders. (in: Thrilling Adventures, June 1940 )
    • German:
      • Tarzan on a murder hunt. (in: Tarzan and the shipwrecked ) Translated by Bernhard Schaffer. Kranichborn Mayrhofer 2014, ISBN 3-930040-37-9 .
  • Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She (in: Cirsova: Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense, # 1 Spring 2019 ; with Michael Tierney)

The New Stories of Tarzan (short story series. Book edition 1919 as Jungle Tales of Tarzan ):

  • 1 Tarzan's First Love (in: The Blue Book Magazine, September 1916 )
  • 2 The Capture of Tarzan (in: The Blue Book Magazine, October 1916 )
  • 3 The Fight for the Balu (in: The Blue Book Magazine, November 1916 )
  • 4 The God of Tarzan (in: The Blue Book Magazine, December 1916 )
  • 5 Tarzan and the Black Boy (in: The Blue Book Magazine, January 1917 )
  • 6 The Witch-Doctor Seeks Vengeance (in: The Blue Book Magazine, February 1917 )
  • 7 The End of Bukawai (in: The Blue Book Magazine, March 1917 )
  • 8 The Lion (in: The Blue Book Magazine, April 1917 )
  • 9 The Nightmare (in: The Blue Book Magazine, May 1917 )
  • 10 The Battle for Teeka (in: The Blue Book Magazine, June 1917 )
  • 11 A Jungle Joke (in: The Blue Book Magazine, July 1917 )
  • 12 Tarzan Rescues the Moon (in: The Blue Book Magazine, August 1917 )

Series and cycles

Pellucidar
  • 1 At the Earth's Core (4 parts in: All-Story Weekly, April 4, 1914  ff .; also: Lost Inside the Earth , 1929)
  • 2 Pellucidar (5 parts in: All-Story Cavalier Weekly, May 1, 1915  ff.)
    • German: Pellucidar. Kranichborn, 1997. Also as: Return to Pellucidar. Translated by Helmut W. Pesch. Apex, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7467-6744-4 .
  • 3 Tanar of Pellucidar (6 parts in: The Blue Book Magazine, March 1929  ff.)
    • German: Tanar von Pellucidar. Kranichborn, 1997.
  • 5 Seven Worlds to Conquer (6 parts in: Argosy, January 9, 1937  ff .; also: Back to the Stone Age )
    • German: Back to the Stone Age. Kranichborn, 1997.
  • 6 Land of Terror (1944)
    • German: Land of Terror. Kranichborn, 1997.
  • 7 Savage Pellucidar (1941)
    • German: Wildes Pellucidar. Kranichborn, 1997.

Short stories:

  • Men of the Bronze Age (in: Amazing Stories, March 1942 )
  • The Return to Pellucidar (in: Amazing Stories, February 1942 ; also: Return to Pellucidar , 1969)
  • Tiger Girl (in: Amazing Stories, April 1942 )
  • Savage Pellucidar (1963, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Savage Pellucidar )
  • Three Science Fiction Novels (collective edition from 1–3; 1963)
The Eternal Lover (short stories)
  • 1 The Eternal Lover (in: All-Story Weekly, March 7, 1914 )
  • 2 Sweetheart Primeval (4 parts in: All-Story Cavalier Weekly, January 23, 1915  ff.)
  • The Eternal Lover (1925, novel; also: The Eternal Savage , 1963)
Barney Custer (short stories)
  • The Mad King (in: All-Story Weekly, March 21, 1914 )
  • Barney Custer of Beatrice (3 parts in: All-Story Weekly, August 7, 1915  ff.)
  • The Mad King (1926, novel)
Mucker
  • 1 The Mucker (4 parts in: All-Story Cavalier Weekly, October 24, 1914  ff.)
  • 2 The Return of the Mucker (5 parts in: All-Story Weekly, June 17, 1916  ff .; also: Return of the Mucker , 1974; also: The Man Without a Soul , 1922)
  • The Mucker (collective edition of 1 and 2; 1921)
  • The Mucker Series: The Mucker, The Return of the Mucker, The Oakdale Affair (2011)
Caspak / Caprona
  • 1 The Land That Time Forgot (in: The Blue Book Magazine, August 1918 )
    • German: The forgotten land. Translated by Christoph Weber. In: Caprona: In the realm of the dinosaurs. Kranichborn, 1997.
  • 2 The People That Time Forgot (in: The Blue Book Magazine, October 1918 )
    • German: In the forgotten land. Translated by Christoph Weber. In: Caprona: In the realm of the dinosaurs. Kranichborn, 1997.
  • 3 Out of Time's Abyss (in: The Blue Book Magazine, December 1918 )
    • German: Escape from the forgotten land. Translated by Christoph Weber. In: Caprona: In the realm of the dinosaurs. Kranichborn, 1997.
  • The Land That Time Forgot (collective edition from 1–3; 1924; also: The Land That Time Forgot / The People That Time Forgot / Out of Time's Abyss , 2014)
    • English: Caprona: In the realm of the dinosaurs. Kranichborn, 1997. Also as: Caprona: In the realm of the dinosaurs. Translated by Christoph Weber. Blitz Fantastic Novels # 19, 2000, ISBN 3-89840-000-X .
The Moon Sequence / Moon Trilogy
  • 1 The Moon Maid (5 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, May 5, 1923  ff .; also: Conquest of the Moon , 1928)
  • 2 The Moon Men (4 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 21, 1925  ff.)
  • 3 The Red Hawk (3 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, September 5, 1925  ff.)
  • The Moon Men (1925)
  • The Moon Maid (collective edition from 1–3; 1926; also: The Moon Men , 1962)
The War Chief / Shoz Dijiji
  • 1 The War Chief (5 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, April 16, 1927  ff.)
  • 2 The Apache Devil (6 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, May 19, 1928  ff .; also: Apache Devil , 1933)
Amtor or Venus cycle
  • 1 Pirates of Venus (6 parts in: Argosy, September 17, 1932  ff.)
    • English: Pirates of Venus. Translated by Thomas Schlück . Heyne SF&F # 3188, 1970.
  • 2 Lost on Venus (7 parts in: Argosy, March 4, 1933  ff.)
    • English: Lost on Venus. Translated by Thomas Schlück. Heyne SF&F # 3192, 1970.
  • 3 Carson of Venus (1937)
    • English: War on Venus. Translated by Thomas Schlück. Heyne SF&F # 3222, 1971.
  • 4 Escape on Venus (1946; also: Escape On Venus )
    • English: Odyssey on Venus. Translated by Thomas Schlück. Heyne SF&F # 3241, 1971.
  • 5 The Wizard of Venus (1970; also: The Wizard of Venus and Pirate Blood , 1979)
    • English: The Magician of Venus. Kranichborn Fantasy, 2015.
  • Pirate Blood (1970, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Wizard of Venus )
    • German: Piratenblut. In: Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Wizard of Venus. Kranichborn Fantasy, 2015.

Short stories:

  • Goddess of Fire (in: Fantastic Adventures, July 1941 )
  • The Living Dead (in: Fantastic Adventures, November 1941 )
  • Slaves of the Fish Men (in: Fantastic Adventures, March 1941 )
  • War on Venus (in: Fantastic Adventures, March 1942 )
  • The Wizard of Venus (1964, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Tales of Three Planets )
    • English: The Magician of Venus. In: Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Wizard of Venus. Kranichborn Fantasy, 2015.
Beyond the Farthest Star (short stories)
  • 1 Beyond the Farthest Star (in: The Blue Book Magazine, January 1942 ; also: Adventure on Poloda , 1973)
  • 2 Tangor Returns (1964, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Tales of Three Planets )
  • Beyond the Farthest Star (1964, collection)
Murder
A Collection of Short Murder Mystery Puzzles (Short Stories)
  • The Bank Murder (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • The Dark Lake Murder (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • Foreword (Murder: A Collection of Short Murder Mystery Puzzles) (2001, Essay in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • The Gang Murder (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • The Lightship Murder (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • Murder at Midnight (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • The Terrace Drive Murder (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • Who Murdered Mr. Thomas? (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )

Novels

  • The Cave Girl (3 parts in: The All-Story, July 1913  ff .; also: The Cave Man , 1917)
  • The Outlaw of Torn (5 parts in: New Story Magazine, January 1914  ff.)
  • Beyond Thirty (1915)
  • The Girl from Farris’s (4 parts in: All-Story Weekly, September 23, 1916  ff.)
  • The Oakdale Affair (1917)
  • HRH the Rider (3 parts in: All-Story Weekly, December 14, 1918  ff .; also: The Rider , 1937)
  • The Efficiency Expert (4 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, October 8, 1921  ff.)
  • The Girl from Hollywood (6 parts in: Munsey's Magazine, June 1922  ff.)
  • The Bandit of Hell's Bend (6 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, September 13, 1924  ff.)
  • Marcia of the Doorstep (1924)
  • The Monster Men (1929)
  • The Land of Hidden Men (5 parts in: The Blue Book Magazine, May 1931  ff .; also: Jungle Girl , 1932)
  • The Lad and the Lion (1938)
  • The Terrible Tenderfoot (3 parts in: Thrilling Adventures, March 1940  ff .; also: The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County )
  • The Man Eater (1955)
  • I Am a Barbarian (1967)
  • You Lucky Girl !: A Love Story in Three Acts (1999)
  • Clandestine Classics: A Princess of Mars (2013; with Bebe Balocca)

Collections

  • Tales of Three Planets (1964)
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs Science Fiction Classics (collective edition of 5 novels; 1982)
  • Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder (2001)
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs: Thrillogy (2012, collective edition)
  • The Hollow Earth: At the Earth's Core and Pellucidar (2012, collective edition)
  • Tarzan of the Apes & Other Tales: Centenary Edition (2012, collective edition)
  • The Edgar Rice Burroughs Western MEGAPACK (2015)

Short stories

1913
  • A Man Without a Soul (in: The All-Story, November 1913 )
1916
  • Beyond Thirty (in: All Around Magazine, February 1916 ; also: The Lost Continent , 1963; also: Beyond Thirty-The Lost Continent , 2000)
1917
  • The Lad and the Lion (3 parts in: All-Story Weekly, June 30, 1917  ff.)
1937
  • The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw (in: Argosy, February 20, 1937 )
1939
  • The Scientists Revolt (in: Fantastic Adventures, July 1939 ; with Raymond A. Palmer )
1955
  • The Man-Eater (1955; also: The Man Eater , 1974)
1964
  • The Oakdale Affair (lost ending) (1964, in: Henry Hardy Heins (Ed.): A Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs )
1974
  • Beware! (in: Burroughs Bulletin, July 1974 )
1981
  • Foreword (Tarzan at the Earth's Core) (1981, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Tarzan at the Earth's Core )
1998
  • Minidoka, 937th Earl of One Mile Series M (1998)
2001
  • The Avenger (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • Calling All Cars (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • The Dupuyster Case (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • Elmer (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • For the Fool's Mother (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • Jonathan's Patience (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • The Little Door (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • Misogynists Preferred (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • The Red Necktie (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • The Strange Adventure of Mr. Dinnwiddie (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
  • Uncle Bill (2001, in: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder )
2002
  • From Under the Moons of Mars (2002, in: James Gunn (Ed.): The Road to Science Fiction: Volume 2: From Wells to Heinlein )

Non-fiction

  • Brother Men (2005; with Herbert T. Weston)

literature

  • Clark A. Brady: The Burroughs cyclopaedia: characters, places, fauna, flora, technologies, languages, ideas and terminologies found in the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. McFarland, Jefferson, NC 1996, ISBN 0-89950-896-0 .
  • Robert W. Fenton: Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan. A biography. McFarland, Jefferson, NC 2003, ISBN 0-7864-1393-X .
  • Henry Hardy Heins: A Golden anniversary bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Donald M. Grant, West Kingston 1964, OCLC 771428559 .
  • Erling B. Holtsmark: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Twayne's United States authors series 499. Twayne, Boston 1986, ISBN 0-8057-7459-9
  • Richard A. Lupoff : Master of adventure: The worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln 2005, ISBN 0-8032-8030-0 .
  • Richard A. Lupoff: Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs and the martian vision. Mirage Press, Baltimore 1976, ISBN 0-88358-116-7 .
  • Irwin Porges: Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Man Who Created Tarzan. 2 vols. Balantine books, New York 1976, ISBN 0-345-25131-8 .
  • John Taliaferro: Tarzan forever: the life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan. Scribner, New York 1999, ISBN 0-684-83359-X .
  • Robert B. Zeuschner: Edgar Rice Burroughs: the exhaustive scholar's and collector's descriptive bibliography of American periodical, hardcover, paperback, and reprint editions. McFarland, London 1996, ISBN 0-7864-0183-4 .
reference books

Web links

Commons : Edgar Rice Burroughs  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Science fiction awards database - Edgar Rice Burroughs . Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Brian W. Aldiss, The Billion Years Dream , pp. 275, 276.
  3. ↑ Richard D. Mullen the Elder. Ä., Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Fate Worth Than Death , Riverside Quarterly Vol. 4 No. 5, contains the complete list.
  4. ↑ Everett F. Bleiler (ed.), Science Fiction Writers Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982, ISBN 0-684-16740-9 .
  5. ↑ http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=163
personal data
SURNAME Burroughs, Edgar Rice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burroughs, ER (alternative spelling); Burroughs, Ed (alternative spelling); B., O. (pseudonym); Bean, Normal (pseudonym); Bean, Norman (pseudonym); McCulloch, John Tyler (pen name); X-patch (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1950
Place of death Encino , California