October 18, 2025 and fourteen years ago on this day in 2011, a review of the unauthorized “Jungle Rock Blues”, aka “Tarzan Presley,” by Nigel Cox, in the New Zealand Herald. The book was originally published as “Tarzan Presley,” but Edgar Rice Burroughs Incorporated objected to the title. Consequently, it was rewritten, retitled, and published as “Jungle Rock Blues.”
While I found the concept interesting, I thought the book was virtually unreadable. A series of reviews are available at: https://www.erbzine.com/mag56/5647.html
The 100-word drabble for today, It’s Your Money,” is an excerpt from a review written by ERBAPA contributor and Edgar Rice Burroughs historian, John Martin, in a review available at the aforementioned address. Like John, I bought the book when it was more expensive that it is now. John, if my edits for length changed any of your intentions, my apologies.
I decided not to read the story word-for-word. We’ve a limited lifespan. I’ve other things to do with my time. I scanned pages and got the sense of what was said and slowed down to read whole paragraphs here and there. Sometimes I would be intrigued enough to read a page or two in a row.
If you’re a completist, you may want this book. If you are a glutton for punishment, you may actually want to read it. On the other hand, you could take the money you’d spend on this book and buy something actually written by ERB.
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