Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarzan Alive | 1972 | Philip José Farmer | Buy |
| 2 | Doc Savage | 1973 | Philip José Farmer | Buy |
| 3 | Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time | 1999 | Philip José Farmer | Buy |
Philip Jose Farmer’s Tarzan works reflect his lifelong fascination with Edgar Rice Burroughs’ creation. Tarzan Alive (1972) is a mock-biography that treats Tarzan as a real historical figure, tracing his life through the Burroughs novels and connecting him to the Wold Newton family tree. The companion volume Doc Savage (1973) does the same for that character.
Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time (1999) is an authorized novel set in the Tarzan universe, written late in Farmer’s career. It represents a full-circle moment for an author who had spent decades writing about and around Burroughs’ most famous character.