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mary_atch's review against another edition
2.0
A classic of its time, but pulpy. Interesting take on potential different evolutions and dinosaur movements.
pulpmonkey66's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this cross-over of Pellucidar with ERB's most famous hero, Tarzan. It starts out with amazing pulp tropes - amazing inventions, Tarzan, an airship, an artic opening to the hollow earth, African tribesmen, dinosaurs, etc. Just amazing in how rich this one book was with those pulp standards.
On the downside, the recurring theme of getting lost in Pellucidar was alive and well. Thinking their friends are dead? Check. Thinking the girl you suddenly realize you love hates you? Check. Losing all your clothes and quickly adapting to a loincloth? Check.
Still, a very fun read. And it is left at a bit of a cliffhanger.
On the downside, the recurring theme of getting lost in Pellucidar was alive and well. Thinking their friends are dead? Check. Thinking the girl you suddenly realize you love hates you? Check. Losing all your clothes and quickly adapting to a loincloth? Check.
Still, a very fun read. And it is left at a bit of a cliffhanger.
hotsake's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.5
This was a fun, pulpy adventure.
gimpyknee's review against another edition
3.0
I read these Tarzan books as a kid over 50 years ago. With this ongoing pandemic I'm making progress reading them a second time. This one is pretty silly, a little too much sci-fi for my tastes.
tstevens3's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
trike's review against another edition
3.0
All I remember about this book now, nearly 45 years later, was Tarzan, an orphan raised by gorillas, in an airship flying around a jungle in the center of the Earth having crazy adventures with a lost civilization. I can only hope there were also dinosaurs.
After you read something like this, no idea seems too outlandish.
After you read something like this, no idea seems too outlandish.
linddykal's review against another edition
3.0
I love the old school adventure stories, and how a world underground was plausible even in fiction.