ERB's Best Novels
Even though I am more fond of ERB's "Mars" novels, since "A Fighting Man of Mars" is the first one of his books I read, I've always thought his trilogy, "The Land Time Forgot," "The People Time Forgot," and "Out of Time's Abyss," was his best work.
ERB really wasn't much of an artist, and most definitely was a workman-like writer, but dang, he could tell a hell of a story. That's why he was as popular in his day as Stephen King is now, and ERB wasn't nearly as verbose as King. He also appeared to the young, much like J.K. Rowlings and her "Harry Potter" books these days.
This particular trilogy, I've found, actually appeals to adults. Forget the "science" in it -- ERB sure did. But it sure is a heck of a lot of fun.
Posted by Bob Wallace, who still wonders how humans and Martians could have kids when Martian women laid eggs.
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