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Nkima Chat No 10 ERB.Pages Ausgabe Nr. 10 NKIMA CHAT №10 Recherchen | Entdeckungen | Meldungen Prolog Die Greystoke- »Okay, diesmal möchte ich über Chroniken Teil I alle mir bekannten Abenteuern Unser literarischer Tarzans im Print berichten. Ich Schöpfer Edgar (Ed) Rice nenne den Bericht mal ‘Die Greystoke-Chroniken’ und knöpfe Burroughs sorgte dafür, dass mir dabei in einem ersten Teil die sich mein geliebter Tarzan durch Romane von Ed vor. Später geht mehr als zwei Dutzend gewaltigen es dann in weiteren Nkima Chats Abenteuern kämpfen und hangeln um die autorisierten und die nicht konnte. Dabei ging es unserem Boss autorisierten Geschichten diverser Autoren. Zu diesen nicht um ein authentisches Afrika, seine zählen Joe Lansdale, Fritz Leiber, Romane und Erzählungen haben nichts mit der Philip Jose Farmer, Robin wirklichen Welt zu tun und die Probleme seiner Helden Maxwell, John Bloodstone, Barton sind keine Alltagsprobleme. Ed wollte in erster Linie Werper und andere.« spannende Unterhaltung liefern und natürlich tüchtig Einen zwiespältigen Geld verdienen. Beides ist ihm prächtig gelungen. Charakter Beginnen wir mit einer Übersicht von Eds Tarzan- »Im Laufe der vielen Abenteuern, Romanen jeweils mit US-amerikanischen Original-Titel in denen ich Tarzan begleiten und dem Jahr der ersten Veröffentlichung. durfte, ist viel über meinen BUCH Charakter geschrieben worden. 1912 TARZAN OF THE APES 1 Da ich ohne Zweifel einen unvergleichlichen Charakter 1913 THE RETURN OF TARZAN 2 besitze, spiele ich meine Rolle 1914 THE BEASTS OF TARZAN 3 ganz fabelhaft. In den Herzen der 1915 THE SON OF TARZAN 4 Fans habe ich mir dann auch 1916 JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN 5 einen festen Platz erobert. Freche 1916 TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR 6 Zungen behaupten allerdings, ich würde einen zwiespältigen 1919 TARZAN THE UNTAMED 7 Charakter besitzen und stolz, 1921 TARZAN THE TERRIBLE 8 prahlerisch und auch blutdürstig 1922 TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION 9 sein. Angeblich nur so lange, wie 1924 TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN 10 ich auf Tarzans brauner Schulter 1927 TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE 11 sitze.« 1928 TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE 12 © 2017 spitzenlicht.de Seite !1 von !6 Ausgabe Nr. 10 1929 TARZAN AT THE EARTH’S CORE 13 Hab’ keine Angst, 1930 TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE 14 Kleiner 1931 TARZAN TRIUMPHANT 15 »Es heißt weiter, dass ich in 1932 TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD 16 Tarzans Begleitung diesen immer 1932 TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN 17 bedrängen würde, jedes mir 1933 TARZAN AND THE LION MAN 18 bedrohlich erscheinende Tier, 1935 TARZAN’S QUEST 19 fremde Gomangani oder 1938 TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY 20 Tarmangani zu töten, denen wir begegnen. Es sei auch ein Glück 1939 TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT 21 für den Frieden im Dschungel, 1947 TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION 22 dass ich nicht als Gorilla geboren wurde. Jedoch wäre ich sehr loyal Weitere Meisterwerke, die in gar keinem Falle in dieser und häufig eine wertvolle Hilfe Aufzählung fehlen dürfen, die ich aber etwas näher und bereit, mich persönlichen Gefahren auszusetzen. Stellt euch erläutern sollte, sind die Bücher 23 bis 26: nur vor, ganz auf mich alleine gestellt, soll ich aber ein 1963 TARZAN AND THE TARZAN TWINS paranoider, kleiner ängstlicher (BUCH 23) Dieser Titel erschien 1963 bei Canaveral Affe sein und denken, dass alle Press. Die Buchausgabe vereinigt die beiden zuvor Bewohner des Dschungels mich als Beute ansehen.« getrennt erschienenen Editionen ‚THE TARZAN TWINS‘ von 1927 und ‚TARZAN AND THE ‚Tarzan and the Lost TARZAN TWINS WITH JAD-BAL-JA THE Empire‘ GOLDEN LION’ von 1936. Wenngleich ich, der heldenhafte Nkima, nicht in den beiden Abenteuern »Meinen ersten großen Auftritt mitspiele und der Goldene Löwe ein wahrer Kumpel habe ich im Jahr 1928 in dem von mir ist, dürfen die beiden Stories in der Aufstellung Abenteuer ‚Tarzan und das verschollene Reich‘. Gleich im aller Tarzan-Titel nicht fehlen! Und warum habe ich ersten Kapitel heißt es zu meinem nicht mitgewirkt? Ganz einfach! Die Geschichten Charakter: Nkima ist ein waren halt für ein jüngeres Publikum geschrieben. geborener Pessimist und erwartet immer nur das Schlimmste. In 1964 TARZAN AND THE MADMAN (BUCH 24) dem Maße, wie Fremde näher kommen, wächst auch seine Der vorgenannte Titel hat Ed im Jahre 1940 Aufregung und Angst. Ich würde geschrieben, also noch vor ‚Tarzan and the Foreign Tarzan zurufen ‘Lauf, lauf! Fremde Legion‘, die im Jahre 1944 entstand. Es hat mich daher Gomangani kommen und sie immer verwundert, dass ‚TAZAN AND THE werden den kleinen Nkima töten!’ MADMAN‘ nicht zu Lebzeiten Eds erschien bzw. Tarzan versuche mich mit den Worten zu beruhigen: ‘Hab’ keine unsere Gralshüter, die ERB Inc., diesen Titel nicht viel Angst, Kleiner. Tarzan und Muviro früher veröffentlichte. Also, wenn ihr nach Nkimas werden nicht zulassen, dass die Meinung fragt, eine wahrhaft irre Geschichte. Fremden Nkima etwas zuleide tun.’« © 2017 spitzenlicht.de Seite !2 von !6 Ausgabe Nr. 10 ‚Tarzan the Invincible‘ 1965 TARZAN AND THE CASTAWAYS (BUCH 25) Noch zu Eds Lebzeiten sind drei Stories erschienen, die »Im Jahr 1930 und in ‚Tarzan der später erst in einer Buch-Edition zusammengefasst Unbesiegbare‘ kommt mir wurden. Es handelt sich dabei um die im April 1940 erneut eine fantastische Rolle zu. erschienene Kurzgeschichte ‚TARZAN AND THE Die ganze Sache beginnt jedenfalls damit, dass ein ganz CHAMPION‘, dann die im Juni 1940 erschienene kleines Äffchen vor Schreck Kurzgeschichte ‚TARZAN AND THE JUNGLE winselnd und wimmernd durch MURDERS‘ und die ab August 1941 als dreiteilige Serie die Bäume flüchtet. Das soll ich erschienene Erzählung ‚THE QUEST OF TARZAN‘. sein? Hinter mir her wäre ein Die Buch-Edition mit allen drei Stories zusammen großer, grober Affe, der viel größer sei als ich. Es soll auch erschien im Jahre 1965 bei Canaveral Press unter dem ein Glück für den Frieden der Titel ‚TARZAN AND THE CASTAWAYS‘. Mit dem Welt sein, dass der Verfolger neuen Titel für das gesamte Werk erzielte man übrigens keineswegs so schnell war, wie eine bessere Abgrenzung zu der bereits im Jahre 1935 man es bei seiner Wut hätte erschienenen Erzählung ‚TARZAN’S QUEST‘. annehmen können. Daher vermochte ich ihm zu entkommen. Aber noch lange 1995 TARZAN THE LOST ADVENTURE (BUCH 26) nachdem der große Affe die Ed verfasste im Jahr 1946 noch ein Manuskript zu einer Verfolgung aufgegeben hatte, weiteren Geschichte, die den Dschungel-Helden in der wäre der kleine Nkima durch die Hauptrolle zeigt. Die Erben fanden das unbetitelte Baumwipfel weiter gejagt. Dabei soll ich in höchsten Tönen Manuskript fast ein Jahrzehnt nach seinem Tod unter geschrieen haben. Angst und anderen Papieren in einem Safe. Wieder Jahre später Flucht würden einen großen Teil haben die bekannten Autoren und Kritiker Richard in meinem Leben ausmachen, Lupoff und Erwin Porges die unvollendete Story in ihren das ich im Dschungel vor mir Buch-Rezensionen zu Eds Lebenswerk besprochen. hätte.« Mehrere Autoren, darunter Philip Jose Farmer, hatten im Laufe der Zeit ihr Interesse an einer Vollendung des ‚Tarzan Triumphant‘ Buches bekundet. Nachdem dann Dark Horse Comics die »Im Abenteuer des Jahres 1931 Rechte an der Veröffentlichung erworben hatte, ‚Tarzan triumphiert‘, werde ich beauftrage der Verlag den Autoren Joe R. Lansdale die leider nur kurz erwähnt. Das Story zu vollenden. Anfang des Jahres 1995 erschien dann Schicksal führe, indem es sich die Story mit dem Titel ‚TARZAN THE LOST des schwarzen Häuptlings Kabariga bediene, Tarzan von ADVENTURE‘ zunächst als eine vierteilige, den Affen aus seinem schwarzweiß-illustrierte Heft-Ausgabe, eine Reminiszenz Heimatland nach Norden. Nicht an die Ära der Pulp-Magazine. Anfang Dezember des viele seines Volkes wüssten, gleichen Jahres erschien die erste auf 1.000 Exemplare wohin er gegangen war und limitierte Buchausgabe in grünem Ledereinband, signiert warum, nicht einmal ich der kleine Nkima, der enge Freund von Danton Burroughs, dem Enkel von Edgar Rice und Vertraute des Burroughs. Der Schutzumschlag war illustriert von Affenmenschen.« Dean Williams. © 2017 spitzenlicht.de Seite !3 von !6 Ausgabe Nr. 10 Wenn euch Nkimas Meinung interessiert: ‚TARZANS ‚Tarzan and the City LETZTES ABENTEUER‘ ist vielleicht nicht das beste of Gold‘ Tarzan-Abenteuer, aber auch weit entfernt vom »Im großen Abenteuer des schlechtesten. Das liegt natürlich daran, dass mein Jahres 1932 ‚Tarzan in der Charakter in der Story ganz stark und zutreffend Goldenen Stadt‘ geht es auch beschrieben wird! nicht ohne den kleinen Nkima. Da heißt es: ‘Später kamen viele Somit kann ich behaupten: Lansdale hat seinen Job Freunde aus dem Stamm der großen Affen hinzu. Er lernte ziemlich gut gemacht und verstand es, das Manuskript, Tantor, den Elefanten, kennen, welches grob die Hälfte der Länge eines von Burroughs dann kam Jad-bal-ja, der Standardromanen umfasste, in ein ansehnliches Tarzan- goldene Löwe, und dann der Abenteuer zu verwandeln. Interessanterweise lässt kleine Nkima hinzu. Armer Lansdale das Ende der Geschichte doch etwas offen. kleiner Nkima! Der Abschied war ihm so schwer gefallen, als Das Abenteuer hört nämlich damit auf, dass Tarzan von Tarzan sich auf diese Reise der Oberwelt abgeschnitten ist und sich in einem begab und den kleinen Affen Höhlensystem tief unter der Erde befindet, aus dem es daheim lassen musste. Es ging kein zurück gibt. Aber warum sollte er zurück? Er aber nicht anders, trotz allen konnte sich nur einen Grund vorstellen und dachte einen Geschreis und allen Zeterns. Sein Herr wollte ihn nicht dem Augenblick lang an Jane - und wohl auch an mich. Aber kühlen Wetter am Ende der solche Gedanken waren in seiner Situation
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