The Monster Men
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Genre readers who enjoy early science fiction and adventure novels
- Readers who want to know Burroughs's work outside the Tarzan series
- Learners with some English who want to read popular novels in the original
- Science-fiction fans interested in scientific ethics
- Readers who need light English reading to expand their reading volume
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting rigorous hard science fiction or modern scientific premises
- Readers sensitive to stereotyped characters and period prejudice
- Beginners with weak English who need explanatory notes
- Readers who prefer literary works with fine psychological detail
Reading tips
- Read the opening chapters first to grasp the experimental setup, then move quickly along the main line of pursuit.
- As you read, watch the relationship between the created and the creator, and jot down ethical questions as they arise.
- Mark passages that reflect period prejudice and reflect on them after finishing rather than interrupting your reading.
- Pair it with a short article on Burroughs's life or the background of early science fiction to help place the work.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950) was an American author best known for his science fiction and adventure novels. The library holds 33 of his works, including Tarzan of the Apes, The Gods of Mars, At the Earth's Core, The Land That Time Forgot, Pellucidar, and The Moon Maid. His writing is boldly imaginative and briskly paced, often combining unfamiliar settings—alien worlds, the Earth's interior, and the jungle—with tense adventure. His Tarzan figure has had a lasting influence, and his Mars and Pellucidar series are also important early works of science fiction adventure. Public information about the details of his life is limited, so this introduction focuses on his creative output.
