Interesting review of Burroughs. I didn't realize his English elite heritage, nor did I recognize the evolution or racism in his Tarzan books, although I only read a couple. Basically for me it was just a good story and a good movie. As a boy I tried swinging through the trees a few times but didn't get very far. I tried to read his Venus but got bored and never finished it. I seem to remember reading that he was diagnosed as insane at some point.
Not too far into the jungle behind our house in Sumatra was a hillside with two or three vines nearby each other that swung out over a shallow valley. My older brothers would let me swing on one of them, but none would have served as means of transportation. Tarzan was a hero and heroic figure, and I read maybe ten of Burroughs's Tarzan series. Once I encountered Christ, and especially through Francis Schaeffer's influence, I came to recognize the worldview Burroughs purveyed. (If I can put together a post on the author of The Bridge on the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes (Brulé or something), I'd like to publish that.)
The books portray the same theme, as I see it. I plan to include Lord of the Flies in the discussion--same basic theme. (Not pertinent to the worldview, but classmates of my brothers played minor parts in that movie in the early Sixties.)
Interesting review of Burroughs. I didn't realize his English elite heritage, nor did I recognize the evolution or racism in his Tarzan books, although I only read a couple. Basically for me it was just a good story and a good movie. As a boy I tried swinging through the trees a few times but didn't get very far. I tried to read his Venus but got bored and never finished it. I seem to remember reading that he was diagnosed as insane at some point.
Not too far into the jungle behind our house in Sumatra was a hillside with two or three vines nearby each other that swung out over a shallow valley. My older brothers would let me swing on one of them, but none would have served as means of transportation. Tarzan was a hero and heroic figure, and I read maybe ten of Burroughs's Tarzan series. Once I encountered Christ, and especially through Francis Schaeffer's influence, I came to recognize the worldview Burroughs purveyed. (If I can put together a post on the author of The Bridge on the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes (Brulé or something), I'd like to publish that.)
Had to look it up. It was Pierre Boulle. I was amazed that he wrote both books - they seem so different. Go ahead and give us a review.
The books portray the same theme, as I see it. I plan to include Lord of the Flies in the discussion--same basic theme. (Not pertinent to the worldview, but classmates of my brothers played minor parts in that movie in the early Sixties.)