Caspak Trilogy: The Land That Time Forgot - Large Print Edition (Series #1) (Paperback)

from RandyStafford

It's been said that the golden age of Burroughs is 12 or, sometimes, 14. Well, I tried to read Burroughs at both ages, and it didn't take. Way too many coincidences for me. Well, it's been more than 25 years since I've read Burroughs. Inspired by watching the latest movie version of this book and...

from AliceAnna

It was OK, but didn't really float my U-boat. I think the long, tedious lead-in before getting to the Land detracted from the story. Naturally, as with all of Burroughs works, the focus is heavy on adventure but light on character development; sometimes that formula works better than other times....

from la2bkk

Standard Burroughs fare. Easy reading, somewhat engaging but ultimately little more than dime store science fiction. Hero battles nasty Prussians, ferocious creatures from a long lost era and saves damsel in distress. For those interested in 19th century science fiction, my opinion is that time i...

from Stbalbach

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an America author who lived just outside of LA who wrote over 60 fantasy novels. His most famous works are the "Tarzan" series and the "John Carter of Mars" series. He was heavily influenced by Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines" and "The Land that Time Forgot" w...

from john257hopper

This is very much in the style of Conan Doyle's Lost World and Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, but is not up to the standard of either of those. The characters are flat and unmemorable and not much actually happens - indeed the main part of the story does not start until 40% of the wa...