Win Scott Eckert
Auteur de Myths for the Modern Age: Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Universe
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Crédit image: Eckert at Pulpfest 2019 By Drobertpowell - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81416444
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Œuvres de Win Scott Eckert
Fang and Sting 1 exemplaire
Being an Account of the Delay at Green River, Wyoming of Phileas Fogg, World Traveler, Or, The Masked Man Meets an… 1 exemplaire
The Vanishing Devil [Doc Ardan; Fu Manchu] 1 exemplaire
The Green Hornet: Still at Large 1 exemplaire
The Adventure of the Fallen Stone: Being the First Part of the Account of The Dynamics of a Meteor 1 exemplaire
The Green Ghost: Declassified 1 exemplaire
Korak at the Earth's Core (Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe - The Dead Moon Super-Arc, Book One) 1 exemplaire
Korak at the Earth's Core (Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe - The Dead Moon Super-Arc Book One) 1 exemplaire
Nadine’s Invitation 1 exemplaire
Shadows Over Kunlun 1 exemplaire
The Eye of Oran [Doc Ardan; Fu Manchu] 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 20th century
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 22
- Aussi par
- 7
- Membres
- 221
- Popularité
- #101,335
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 19
- Favoris
- 3
(Swords of Eternity 2)
By Win Scott Eckert
Tarzan; Battle for Pellucidar published by Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. is the second book of the New ERB Universe and part of a four story arc called the Swords of Eternity. All in all not a bad reintroduction of Tarzan to the modern reader.
The setting of the story is World War II with Nazi’s having discovered the world of Pellucidar which resides in the hollow earth. Viewers of Godzilla vs. Kone got to see a visualization of this concept since that section of the movie relied heavily on Burroughs' vision of a hollow earth. Part of the esoteric beliefs of the Nazi hierarchy espicailly Himmler also believed in a possibility of a hollow earth and ordered expeditions to discover the openings.
Pellucidar is a prehistoric land created by ERB in 1913 and published in 1914 as At the Earth’s Core, long before Himmler considered the notion. Although many of Burrough’s books had subtle crossovers, the thirteenth book in the Tarzan series was a direct crossover- Taran at the Earth’s Core.
Which brings us to Tarzan: Battle for Pellucidar and to Tarzan returning to the land of always day. Eckert does a good job referencing earlier material while not making the reader reliant on knowledge of the earlier books. Walking a fine line between alienating long time fans and confusing new readers, Eckert does a good job of giving enough information for each character including Tarzan. Also the audience doesn’t have to be familiar with the first book in the story arc, Carson of Venus: The Edge of All Worlds to enjoy the story. A reader of the first book is rewarded by plot lines that tie directly into the overall story arc and provide deeper insight.
The story is fast paced with characterization being superficial. The main action focuses on Tarzan, his granddaughter Suzanne and Victory Von Harben. The latter two being introduced in the story arc. There are some comics telling the story of Victory Harben so I should say this is their prose introduction. The author captures the feel of an ERB book while nodding to modern sensibilities.
Criticism of the books has been that Win Scott Eckert relies too heavily on the Wode Newton Concepts created by Philip Jose Farmer. While that is true to an extent, a casual reader would not even notice that some of those ideas are present.
My verdict is that it is a good action story hitting upon the elements of a good ERB book. While some critics will argue the merits of canon or not canon, they seem to miss the point that it is a good jumping on point for a new reader. If the new reader is intrigued by the worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and Pellucidar, Eckert gives enough reference for the reader to explore more this great author’s work
Victory Harben: Clash on Caspak
By Mike Wolfer
This short story in the back of the book is a direct part of the super arc- Swords of Eternity. The story continues the tale of Victory Harben and Jason Gridley’s travels through unknown and uncontrollable means through the ERB Universe. In this tale Victory and the reader are introduced to the land of Caspak, introduced originally in Edgar Rice Burroughs The Land that Time Forgot. Wolfer’s main task here is to acquaint the reader with Caspak and it’s similarities to Pellucidar while furthering the mystery of Victory’s travels. Wolfer does a good job although a new reader will be a little lost not having read the first Swords of Eternity book and the seasoned reader is purposefully left with questions to keep them reading.… (plus d'informations)