Alan Hanson Comments ERB-APA #12: A Reply

In ERB-APA #10 you gave your perspective of Tarzan's world. I may have not understood you correctly, but the way I took it you are saying Tarzan's world is in a world other than our own. Another dimension? An "isocosm" is how William Rennagel put it Erbania #39. Please correct me on this if I am wrong.

ERB-APA #10

Back in ERB-APA #8, I pointed out that this was very much a possibility, but that I would approach the subject based on the fact that Tarzan lived in our world, as I feel most people prefer. The way I view the Burroughs universe is how I view any other piece of fiction, rather it is a book, movie, or TV show. Sure it is fiction, but fundamentally it still takes place in the real world. Therefore, just for fun mind you, I chronologize the fictional Tarzan series just like they were nonfiction. Yes. Everything Burroughs wrote happened in this world.

ERB-APA #8

Also, in ERB-APA #10, you make the statement, "there is no real way to reconcile the dates of Tarzan Of The Apes with Korak's service in W, W, I." I can not agree with you here, and as my articles continue in future issues of the ERB-APA I hope they change your mind. Naturally, you may not agree with my premise, but I am going to show you chronologically how it is possible.

Tarzan Of The Apes

By the way. Does your research conclude that you have to reject automobiles in Tarzan Of The Apes, or are you taking someone else's research for granted? The reason I ask is that my research does not draw that conclusion. I have been playing with your provided chronology dates, but so far I have been unable to form a chronology with Tarzan being twenty years old when the lunar eclipse occurs in Jungle Tales Of Tarzan. Please give us a more detailed account in a future paper.

John Buscema

In ERB-APA #11 you made the statement, "I don't believe that ERB was careful not to give an exact date. It is just that he was writing fiction and giving an exact date was not important." Which Edgar Rice Burroughs are you talking about? As you know I believe that there is more than one, Tarzine #39. There are three to be exact.

ERB-APA #11

If you are talking about Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author, I agree, but that is not what my article is about. I still contend that Edgar Rice Burroughs, the narrator, is protecting the privacy of the Clayton family and that the 1888 Greystoke sailing date, and modernization descriptions, are intended efforts on his part to do just that.

May 1872

About The Author

James Michael Moody is a lifelong fan and collector of Edger Rice Burroughs. Moody has contributed over two hundred articles to various ERB-related fanzines, over a span of forty-five years. He also manages an unauthorized Tarzan blog titled, Greystoke Chronologist: James Michael Moody. There the researcher chronologies the Tarzan books starting in May 1872 (known as the pushback theory).instead of the more excepted date May 1888.

James Michael Moody is also the author of the action-packed Sci-Fi fantasy adventure Unium series. Pioneers On Unium, published December 31, 2019, and Exiled On Unium, published August 25, 2022. Swordsman On Unium is going through the publishing process.