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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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