''Tarzan at the Earth's Core'' is a

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by American writer

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan (who appeared in ...

, serialized in September 1929 to March 1930, the thirteenth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Creat ...

and the fourth in his series set in the interior world of

Pellucidar Pellucidar is the fictional internal surface of a Hollow Earth invented by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. In a crossover event, Tarzan, who was also created by Burroughs, visits Pellucidar. The ...

Plot summary

In response to a radio plea from Abner Perry, a scientist who, with his friend David Innes, has discovered the interior world of

at the Earth's core, Jason Gridley launches an expedition to rescue Innes from the Korsars (corsairs), the scourge of the internal seas. He enlists Tarzan, and a fabulous airship is constructed to penetrate Pellucidar via the natural polar opening connecting the outer and inner worlds. The airship is crewed primarily by Germans, with Tarzan's Waziri warriors under their chief Muviro also along for the expedition. In Pellucidar Tarzan and Gridley are each separated from the main force of the expedition and must struggle for survival against the prehistoric creatures and peoples of the inner world. Gridley wins the love of the native cave-woman Jana, the Red Flower of Zoram. Eventually everyone is reunited, and the party succeeds in rescuing Innes. As Tarzan and the others prepare to return home, Gridley decides to stay to search for Frederich Wilhelm Eric von Mendeldorf und von Horst, one last member of the expedition who remains lost (The missing von Horst's adventures are told in a sequel, '' Back to the Stone Age'', which does not involve either Gridley or Tarzan).

Comic adaptations

The book has been adapted into

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form by

Gold Key Comics Gold Key Comics was an imprint of American company Western Publishing, created for comic books distributed to newsstands. Also known as Whitman Comics, Gold Key operated from 1962 to 1984. History Gold Key Comics was created in 1962, when its ...

in ''Tarzan'' nos. 179-181, dated November 1969-January 1970, with a script by Gaylord DuBois and art by Doug Wildey. And the Novel was the inspiration for the setting of an episode, of the Saturday Morning,

Filmation Filmation Associates was an American production company founded by Lou Scheimer, Hal Sutherland and Norm Prescott in 1962, before closing by Group W Productions on February 3, 1989. Located in Reseda, California, Filmation produced animated ...

animation series '' Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle'', first season (1976), episode 12, ''Tarzan at the Earth's Core''.

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External links

ERBzine.com Illustrated Bibliography entry for Edgar Rice Burroughs' ''Tarzan at the Earth's Core''
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Formatted epub version of the book on edgar-rice-burroughs-ebooks Blog
{{Tarzan 1930 American novels 1930 fantasy novels American fantasy novels Crossover novels Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs Pellucidar novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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