Tarzan the Terrible

Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by: Ben Dooley

Driven by the single-minded purpose of tracking the missing Jane and her German abductor, Tarzan braves the forbidding wastes of the great barrier swamps to enter the primeval land of Pal-ul-don—an unforgiving world of tailed humanoids pitted in unrelenting war, where the fierce reptilian gryf stalks its prey.
As Jane battles to free herself from captivity in A-lur, the City of Light, and flees deeper into the deadly environs of the strange land, she must learn to hone her own jungle skills and emerge as a heroine in her own right...or succumb to the merciless perils of savage Pal-ul-don. Meanwhile, a fierce stranger follows Tarzan into the interior, bearing a rifle and bandoliers, bent on a mysterious quest.

Ben Dooley is a perfect reader for ERB

Ben Dooley is a perfect reader of ERB works. I hope he continues with the Tarzan books he hasn’t gotten to yet and then moves on to the other series and stand alone books. I will get them all.

Tarzan the Terrible is among my least favorite of the Tarzan, or any of the ERB books, for that matter.

With that written, it has its moments, and it does have some of the ERB magic. And the Dooley performance makes all the difference in the world. I returned the other recording of this book back when it was the only one available on Audible. The two things I remember about the performance is Tarzan sounded like a Texan and when the creatures called to each other it sounded like a farmer calling pigs. The Dooley performance makes the story okay, the best it can be. But I recommend this book only if you are interested in all of ERB’s works and if you plan to cleanse your mental palette with other ERB books afterwards.

I expect to return to listen to this book in the future, which says something.