Tarzan the Terrible
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Read by Don W. Jenkins
In the previous novel, during the early days of World War I, Tarzan discovered that his wife Jane was not killed in a fire set by German troops, but was in fact alive. In this novel two months have gone by and Tarzan is continuing to search for Jane. He has tracked her to a hidden valley called Pal-ul-don, which means "Land of Men." In Pal-ul-don Tarzan finds a real Jurassic Park filled with dinosaurs, notably the savageTriceratops-like Gryfs, which unlike their prehistoric counterparts are carnivorous. The lost valley is also home to two different races of tailed human-looking creatures, the Ho-don (hairless and white skinned) and the Waz-don (hairy and black-skinned). Tarzan befriends Ta-den, a Ho-don warrior, and Om-at, the Waz-don chief of the tribe of Kor-ul-ja. In this new world he becomes a captive but so impresses his captors with his accomplishments and skills that they name him Tarzan-Jad-Guru (Tarzan the Terrible), which is the name of the novel (Introduction by Wikipedia) (9 hr 9 min)
Chapters
01 - The Pithecanthropus | 25:48 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
02 - "To the Death" | 26:16 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
03 - Pan-at-lee | 24:56 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
04 - Tarzan-jad-guru | 20:59 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
05 - In the Kor-ul-gryf | 26:52 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
06 - The Tor-o-don | 28:22 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
07 - Jungle Craft | 21:01 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
08 - A-lur | 24:01 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
09 - Blood-Stained Altars | 19:37 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
10 - The Forbidden Garden | 22:28 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
11 - The Sentence of Death | 20:56 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
12 - The Giant Stranger | 20:27 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
13 - The Masquerader | 19:48 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
14 - The Temple of the Gryf | 24:29 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
15 - "The King Is Dead!" | 21:56 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
16 - The Secret Way | 16:36 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
17 - By Jad-bal-lul | 22:56 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
18 - The Lion Pit of Tu-lur | 21:49 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
19 - Diana of the Jungle | 21:08 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
20 - Silently in the Night | 24:40 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
21 - The Maniac | 26:25 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
22 - A Journey on a Gryf | 19:06 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
23 - Taken Alive | 20:24 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
24 - The Messenger of Death | 19:45 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
25 - Home | 8:40 | Read by Don W. Jenkins |
Reviews
Not my favourite Tarzan story, but ok.
GBMtv *Iain G*
It is quite evident that ERB was interested in eugenics and a fan of Darwin and his woefully ignorant worldview.. 2nd time I have downloaded and listened to this book and chapter 15 didn't work on either occasion
Brett Miller
least believable one yet. And it sounds like Don Knotts as Barney Fife reading it. Honestly, it's much more of a John Carter style story than a Tarzan one.
Great story
Dr. Dijkstra
The story kept me drawn in and stayed interesting. Reader is not my favorite style.
My least favorite of the Tarzan novels, reader was just ok.
Robert Cruthirds
This novel veers off track too far from the previous five installments. To some extent, it picks up where Tarzan is attempting to track down the German lieutenant who had kidnapped Jane in the last book. But I think half the middle part could have been left out, if Burroughs had not been so infatuated with inventing a twisting and at times confusing narrative filled with odd creatures and strange names. Also, we're introduced to native tribes who appear to consist of part human or subhuman creatures.
Not as good as the previous Tarzan books.
A LibriVox Listener
The numerous characters with similar sounding names rapdly interacting made it difficult to follow. Also, a bit rambling at times. It was well read.
interesting
Dennie59
Not a bad read. Interesting premise. If you slow the reading down a bit, he doesn't sound so much like Barney Fife.
Great adventure story
akohler
Classic Tarzan adventure, full of action, damsels in distress, and "primitive" chivalry. Well written and well read.
patchy in places
Eddybandit
last audio book of series ive found oh well might have to do some reading .