{"id":695,"date":"2008-09-01T05:47:47","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T10:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fantasist.net\/scroll\/?p=695"},"modified":"2008-09-01T05:47:47","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T10:47:47","slug":"happy-birthday-mr-burroughs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fantasist.net\/scroll\/index.php\/2008\/09\/01\/happy-birthday-mr-burroughs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Mr. Burroughs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Edgar Rice Burroughs&#8217; birthday!<br \/>\nERB, as he is often known by fans, was born in Chicago in 1875. He is probably most famous as the creator of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, which is a series of stories about an English nobleman who was abandoned in the African jungle during infancy and brought up by apes. His first Tarzan story appeared in 1912, and Burroughs followed it with the novel <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=034531977X%2526tag=fantasistnet%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/034531977X%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\">Tarzan of the Apes<\/a> in1914.  He is also the author of <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0743498534%2526tag=fantasistnet%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0743498534%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\">A Princess of Mars<\/a>, which is the first book in a series about a US Cavalry officer transported &#8220;mystically&#8221; to Mars, as well as, <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0803262043%2526tag=fantasistnet%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0803262043%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\">Pellucidar<\/a>, about a savage world hidden beneath our own, <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0803261837%2526tag=fantasistnet%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0803261837%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\">The Pirates of Venus<\/a>, about space pirates on Venus.  Not to mention his lesser known works, including <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=fantasistnet%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=1595402209%2526tag=fantasistnet%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/1595402209%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\">The Mad King<\/a> and many others.<br \/>\nFor many of us, ERB was our first introduction to science-fiction and fantasy. He was a real writer, by which I mean he churned out novels and stories at a furious rate for one reason onlyL to support his family. He is, in many ways, one of my heroes.<br \/>\nSo, Happy Birthday, Mr. Burroughs, wherever you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Edgar Rice Burroughs&#8217; birthday! ERB, as he is often known by fans, was born in Chicago in 1875. 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