{"product_id":"2940012802118","title":"The Lost Continent; Edgar Rice Burroughs Sci Fi\/Fantasy Collection (including THE OUTLAW OF TORN, THE MONSTER MEN (A MAN WITHOUT A SOUL), BEYOND THIRTY (THE LOST CONTINENT), THE RESURRECTION OF JIMBER-JAW \u0026 BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR (TANGOR RETURNS))","description":"Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote these five novels between 1911 and 1940. “Torn” is one of his first. Formatted specifically for the NOOK with an interactive table of contents, this volume contains the following unabridged, original stories:\u003cbr\u003eTHE OUTLAW OF TORN \u003cbr\u003eThe story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictitious outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the power struggle between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort. Norman is the supposed son of the Frenchman de Vac, once the king's fencing master, who has a grudge against his former employer and raises the boy to be a simple, brutal killing machine with a hatred of all things English. His intentions are partially subverted by a priest who befriends Norman and teaches him his letters and chivalry towards women.\u003cbr\u003eTHE MONSTER MEN (A MAN WITHOUT A SOUL)\u003cbr\u003eReleased as “A Man without a Soul” first in Allstory Magazine. Kind of an “Island of Doctor Moreau” meets “Tarzan” sort of thing. This scientist discovers how to create men (horribly disfigured and really dumb). But, he keeps trying. Gotta’ like his spirit. The thirteenth turns out a lot better and falls in love with the scientist’s gorgeous daughter. \u003cbr\u003eBEYOND THIRTY (THE LOST CONTINENT)\u003cbr\u003eReleased in 1916 All Around Magazine as BEYOND THIRTY referring to the degree of longitude that inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere are forbidden to pass. The novel, set in the year 2137, was heavily influenced by the events of World War I. In the future world depicted in the novel, Europe has descended into barbarism while an isolationist Western Hemisphere remains sheltered from the destruction. The title was changed to THE LOST CONTINENT in 1963.\u003cbr\u003eTHE RESURRECTION OF JIMBER-JAW\u003cbr\u003eThe story is about two guys, an aviator and a cryogenicist, who are flying over Siberia. They are forced to land after a mechanical failure. They survive the landing, and happen to find the body of a caveman, frozen into a newly uncovered glacier wall. Jokingly, the aviator suggests that the cryogenicist attempt to revive the man, which he proceeds to do, using transfusions and injections of drugs. The caveman proves to be intelligent, and immensely strong. His name is Kolani and he soon learns enough English to communicate. Once the three return to America, he is given the stage name of Jim Stone, after he proves to be a professional wrestling sensation who throws all contenders over the ropes, and into the crowd. Stone\/Kolani falls in love with a popular movie actress but there is a real cultural divide between them.\u003cbr\u003eBEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR\u003cbr\u003ePoloda was a planet literally BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR our telescopes could view! Yet on Poloda, appeared an American of our own time, to take part in thrilling adventure after another in the battles of that war torn world. Tangor was the name the people of the planet Poloda gave him. What his American name was he preferred not to reveal, for his family on Earth thought him dead, shot down heroically battling the Nazi warplanes over Europe. But he was not dead. Instead, like John Carter, he found himself on the surface of Poloda. A world inhabited by men and women, great civilizations, and strange beasts. In this world, Tangor met his greatest challenge, for there, too, war was so vast, so entrenched, that it had become a way of life. Originally released in Blue Book magazine in two parts “Adventure on Poloda” and “Tangor Returns”. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ryetown Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163731706096,"sku":"2940012802118","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012802118_p0.jpg?v=1763572944","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012802118","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}