HYPERBOREA / Edgar Rice Burroughs

**Posted by Druvas** 6/11/2014 3:33 pm

Maybe not so much an inspiration for "weird fantasy", but an inspiration none the less. I picked up these 1st prints at the local used book store today. They said they knew what they had but I don't think that's entirely accurate... :-) They had a handful of first edition Tarzan books as well, but I'm not into Tarzan all that much.

Gods of Mars: $50 (I found 2 available on Ebay, one in comparable condition for $389 though I doubt it will go for that)
Thuvia Maid of Mars: $15 ($389 and $175 on Ebay)
Pellucidar: $12 ($49 on Ebay)

**Posted by k2h2m3** 6/11/2014 11:09 pm

Nice find!

**Posted by Ghul** 6/12/2014 5:07 am

Yes, those must look fantastic on a bookshelf. My favorite ERB material is Carson Napier of Venus.

**Posted by Druvas** 6/12/2014 6:09 am

Thanks fellas.

I doubt I will ever read them since they are "antiques" of a sort. I need to get a compilation/reading copy of the whole series. I've never read any Burroughs and the John Carter/Princess of Mars sounds like a good place to start. :-)

**Posted by Handy Haversack** 6/12/2014 7:59 am

Nice find!

**Posted by Druvas** 6/12/2014 8:54 am

I told my wife about the sweet find and what they might be worth. She immediately said "well sell the effing things."

Women. ;-P

**Posted by joseph** 6/13/2014 10:59 am

Burroughs is a lot of fun. I read Tarzan many years ago and last year got into Barsoom, Pellucidar and Caspak. There are some decent reading of many of these on Librivox, all free.

**Posted by Ghul** 6/13/2014 11:27 am

I recall reading all the Tarzan books in 1984/1985 shortly after seeing Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan. I didn't get into the other Burroughs stories until I was about 18 or 19. Anyway, I thought Christopher Lambert did a fantastic job, but it's been decades. For all I know, if I saw it today, I might cringe.

**Posted by finarvyn** 7/11/2014 7:34 am

Ghul wrote:
I thought Christopher Lambert did a fantastic job, but it's been decades. For all I know, if I saw it today, I might cringe.

All I remember about that movie was when Tarzan learning to speak. A guy was showing him to shave. "Ray-zor."

And I think I heard somewhere that Andie McDowell's voice was so bad at that point in her career that they had to use someone else as a voice-over. Not sure where I got that.

**Posted by Yora** 8/15/2014 2:48 pm

I just read A Princess of Mars. And now I know where George Lucas got all his ideas for Star Wars.

Even freaking speederbikes, in a book from 1911!
And all the character names wouldn't look out of place in Star Wars either.

**Posted by finarvyn** 12/23/2014 10:09 am

Yora wrote:
I just read A Princess of Mars. And now I know where George Lucas got all his ideas for Star Wars.

Even freaking speederbikes, in a book from 1911!
And all the character names wouldn't look out of place in Star Wars either.

And keep in mind that Barsoom has a giant insect creature called a "sith."