Michael Martinez wrote:
>
> >Is that correct? While ERB's Tarzan of the Apes first appeared in serial
> >form, was it not written as a complete manuscript - in longhand to boot -
> >and submitted that way? Some of REH's longer stuff much later submitted to
> >WT was split into 2, 3 or 5 parts in the case of HOTD. REH did not write
> >them to be serials, the editor FW did the splitting. I doubt much was
> >written with serial publication in mind except things like the Black Mask
> >discussed somewhere recently where you have the same authors writing about
> >the same hero month after month.
>
> The four-part style is quite evident in some of the ERB books, and is not
> really present in others. It may be that he switched to the four-part
> style rather than away from it, now that I give the matter some more
> thought. The Carson Napier books are like that, and at least two of the
> John Carter of Mars books (Lhana of Gathol and the Jupiter story, there
> being only one or two parts to the latter story).
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I was talking about the way Burroughs kept parallel story lines and developments
stirred up. In high numbered Tarzan potboilers and The John Carters that have
Carter and his inexplicably breasted Martian princess separated, this sweeping
parallel action gets pretty obvious, and the unit of organization seems to be the
chapter. The only way I know to answer your question though is to ask Van Hise.
Larry
