Tarzan Alive

Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke (Bison Books, ISBN 0803269218, softcover, 312pp) is a fictional biography written by author Philip José Farmer in 1972. It focuses on Edgar Rice Burroughs' literary hero,Tarzan. The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... // Today, films and television programs surrounding the lives of famous people are a major part of the entertainment industry. ... Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ... James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ...

The book is written with the assumption that Tarzan was a real person. Original author Edgar Rice Burroughs is portrayed as writing fictionalized memoirs of the real Tarzan's life. Farmer examines the psychological make up of John Clayton and his peers, based on close readings of the various novels. The novel includes a forward by Win Scott Eckert and an introduction by Mike Resnick. The body of the biography itself links the characters from the Tarzan mythos to dozens of other fictional literary characters as members of the Wold Newton family. The Wold Newton family is a literary concept derived from a form of crossover fiction developed by the science fiction writer Philip José Farmer. ...

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• Tarzan Alive
• An Expansion of Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe