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|  John W Kennedy to William Vetter  |
|  Re: Tarzan and ERB.  |
|  13 Oct 14 19:36:05  |
 From: jwkenne@attglobal.net On 2014-10-13 22:40:46 +0000, William Vetter said: > I read Tarzan of the Apes last week for a reason involved with one of > my projects. > > One thing I noticed was that he never swung from a vine in this book. > > I think that he wrote about 20 Tarzan books, and I don't think I'm > going to read the rest. > > My question is whether he ever swings from a vine in any of the others, > or was that entirely an invention of movies. Judging from the books available in Gutenburg, when vines appear, they are generally barriers or decoration. Tarzan uses some vines to climb over a wall in one book, but that seems to be it. -- John W Kennedy "...when you're trying to build a house of cards, the last thing you should do is blow hard and wave your hands like a madman." -- Rupert Goodwins --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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