''Bunduki'' is a 1975 novel byEnglish writer
J. T. Edson, the first work in the ''Bunduki'' series that followed. The series involves characters related to
Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer.
Creat ...
and was initially authorized by the estate of
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan (who appeared in ...
. In the opening of the novel the main protagonists are transported from Earth to Zillikian (see below).
Novels and short stories
All of Edson's Bunduki stories were published in England by
Corgi Books:
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# ''Amazons of Zillikian'' (November 2023)
Short story prequels (set on Earth)
# "The ''Mchawi's'' Powers" –
# "Death to Simba Nyeuse" –
# "Accident – or Murder?" –
# "A Good Time Was Had by All" –
Publication
The first three novels were published with permission from both
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. is an American holding company founded in 1923 by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is based in Tarzana, California. The company holds the rights to the literary estate of Burroughs that are still protected by copyright ...
and
Philip José Farmer
Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy fiction, fantasy novels and short story, short stories.
Obituary.
Farmer is best known for two sequences of novels, t ...
for the biographical connections between Edson's Bunduki & Dawn, Burroughs' Tarzan characters, and Farmer's
Wold Newton family.
Sometime after 1976, ERB Inc. withdrew Edson's permission to use the Tarzan name in future volumes and as a result, the fourth novel and the short stories do not mention Tarzan or Jane by name.
In November 2023, Piccadilly Publishing published ''Amazons of Zillikian'', an incomplete novel written by J. T. Edson.
Zillikian
''Zillikian'' is a
counter-Earth
The Counter-Earth is a : Hypothetical bodies of the Solar System, hypothetical body of the Solar System that orbits on the other side of the Solar System from Earth. A Counter-Earth or ''Antichthon'' () was hypothesized by the pre-Socratic philoso ...
planet (i.e. located at the L3
Lagrange point
In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (; also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects under the gravitational influence of two massive orbiting bodies. Mathematically, this involves t ...
which is opposite the Sun in the same orbit as Earth). The planet is very similar to Earth in climate and wildlife, albeit without the industrialization of humans that Earth has.
See also
* ''
Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke''
*
Tarzan (book series)
References
External links
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{{Tarzan
1975 American novels
Tarzan characters
Characters in fantasy literature
Corgi books
Wold Newton family