Tarzan and the City of Gold eBook Edgar Rice Burroughs
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In the fabled land of Onthar lie the twin cities of Cathne and Athne - one a city of gold, the other a city of ivory. For generations the Cathneans and Athneans have warred with one another, using armies of trained lions and elephants. When Tarzan rescues Valthor, an Athnean, the Ape Man is taken captive by Nemone, the mad Queen of Cathne - as a pawn to be used in the savage "games" conducted for her amusement.
Tarzan and the City of Gold eBook Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Tarzan and the City of Gold eBook Edgar Rice Burroughs Reviews
Roy Krenkel Jr. art cover on this classic Ace edition from 1960. A lost pilot, a professor, a gangster and a goddess of the Midianites are brought together in the original Burroughs adventure.
If you were reading through a 22 book series you might expect it to lose some steam over time. On the one hand Burroughs increasingly reuses ideas. This is the fifth occasion I’ve seen where Tarzan comes across a lost civilization. This time it’s the twin cities of Cathne (the city of gold) and Athne (the city of ivory). This isn’t even the first time Burroughs has used twin cities at war as he also employed this in Tarzan and the Lost Empire. In this book Burroughs doesn’t even give an explanation as to how a city literally covered in gold could remain hidden as Tarzan simply walks to it as it has no natural barrier like other lost cities Tarzan has encountered. Tarzan also speaks their language which is actually an improvement since having Tarzan learn foreign language almost instantaneously was a bit hard to swallow. However, despite the reuse of ideas this is one of my favorite Tarzan books because it feels like Burroughs was becoming increasingly comfortable with his character and the story is lighter and less encumbered.
It’s funny that three of my least favorite Tarzan books are the second, third and fourth ones. Burroughs seemed intent on tying the ape man down first with a wife and home and then with a son. It just dragged the stories down but in Tarzan and the City of Gold we don’t see hide nor hair of Jane or Korak. In fact when the queen of Athne tries to seduce Tarzan he declines because he loves the jungle but Tarzan makes no mention that he already has a mate and implies that he possibly could love her. This book is the closest I’ve seen Tarzan coming to a romance novel with Tarzan at one point passionately kissing the mad Queen. I considered the possibility that this book is out of chronological order with the series and this wouldn’t be the first time this has happened. However Tarzan’s Lion friend Jad-bal-ja makes an appearance near the end of the story and Tarzan didn’t aqcuire Jad-bal-ja until after Korak was a young man so it does appear that Burroughs simply jettisoned Tarzan’s family.
In this book we are treated to some of the philosophy of Tarzan which I wish Burroughs could have delved more into. Tarzan makes it clear that he doesn’t discriminate based on race, he dislikes ALL of humanity. Maybe dislike is too strong but in Tarzan’s mind contentment is the highest aspiration of man but because of humanities greed we can never achieve contentment. Tarzan philosophy on fear is that it serves no purpose and so he feels no fear even as he faces down death. Early in the book Tarzan is nearly drowned in a torrential flood but remains calm and conserves his energy until the opportunity arises for him to pull himself free. In another instance Tarzan stands relaxed before a charging Lion, not because he is confident he can win, quite the opposite, but he literally has no concept of fear having grown up in the wild jungles. These kinds of things may seem trivial but this is what makes Tarzan Tarzan. Tarzan’s fearlessness nearly gets him killed as when he refuses to bow to queen Nemone but his strength and bluntness eventually wins her over.
Possibly my favorite part of the book is early on when Tarzan is put in a cell with a thickheaded prisoner named Phobeg, the “strongest man in Athne”. The interaction between the two is just fantastic and it really shows what an intelligent and cool customer Tarzan is. The idea that Tarzan says thing like, “Me Tarzan, you Jane” is completely divorced from the books. Tarzan intellectually toys with the bewildered Phobeg who mistakes Tarzan’s coolness for cowardice. That is until the two meet in the arena. Tarzan, however believes in the philosophy of pay it forward and although he has little to no respect for Phobeg as a person killing him is against his credo and in the end he makes a loyal ally. Tarzan’s pay it forward is actually true altruism as he never expects anything in return and yet almost always ends up with valuable friends. He helps others simply because it’s the right thing to do and generally reaps an unrequested reward.
Despite being over three quarters of the way through the series this is one of my favorite Tarzan books and trust me when I tell you there are books I absolutely do not like. At this point it felt like Burroughs was just refining the same story over and over again but he really nailed it on this one. Queen Nemone was a much more interesting, multi layered character than we generally see in the Tarzan books and I found the story far more riveting. The ending is EASILY the best I’ve read in the entire series. There are a lot of Tarzan books I would suggest skipping but this definitely isn’t one of them.
I first read this book in a kid's edition sold at a neighborhood drugstore rack, and I had not read it since until just now. Over the last few years I've been steadily working my way through the series, trying to finally achieve a boyhood goal of reading the complete series. So now I'm just a few books shy of that goal!
Tarzan and the City of Gold revisits an oft used Burroughs' theme of Tarzan finding lost civilizations, and then correcting their politics. Often they involve two warring factions, as does this one.
The previous couple of Tarzan books were a bit disappointing to me, but this one revitalized the character and his adventures. Tarzan rescues a captive from bandits, and finds that he is a citizen of one of two warring cities. In attempting to help the fellow get home, they are separated, and Tarzan by happenstance winds up in the rival city, where he is captured and sentenced to a fight to the death.
Through his character and feats of combat, Tarzan gains status, eventually winning the love (or lust) of the mad queen. Of course he must aid the allies he makes locally, and face death more than once before all is well.
I think the "kid's version" I read must have been abridged. I certainly don't remember trophies of human heads or attempted rape in the story I read decades ago. LOL
I like Burroughs, as his stories are exciting and heroic. But I generally can't bring myself to add the last star, as he relies far too much on coincidence to resolve plot elements, and his prose is often fairly purple. Still, this doesn't keep me from opening the next novel, be it Tarzan, John Carter, or others of Burroughs' heroic protagonists.
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Another excellent Tarzan entry. Book arrived in pretty good shape and was most enjoyable
If you are a fan of Edgar Rice Burrough's, you should consider reading the entire Tarzan series. Lot's of fun and adventure!
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