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Article #596560Re: E.R. Burroughs
From: Quadibloc
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:32
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:32
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On Friday, July 22, 2016 at 12:51:09 PM UTC-6, Bob Eager wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:22:33 -0400, Bud Frede wrote: > > After reading a number of references to ER Burroughs in Robert > > Heinlein's books and talking to other people that enjoyed them, I wanted > > to like the Barsoom books. > > I didn't particularly care for the several that I read, although they > > were better than the Tarzan books I tried. I kept thinking, "When is it > > going to get good, like I've heard people say it is?" > I had exactly the same experience as you. You are not alone. Well, if you're looking for something to take seriously - something that has meat to it, something that deals with ideas - you will be disappointed in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom novels. All they are is melodramatic adventures that give the reader a rollicking good time - like, say, the James Bond novels of Ian Fleming. And not everyone enjoys those either; if you _are_ looking for what someone called "cotton candy for the mind", you will still also want to choose a particular genre that is gratifying to you. Since the Burroughs oeuvre consists of deathless literature that is still not great literature, not... finding it useful... is nothing to be ashamed of. John Savard
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