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getting old in mke

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7. _The Mad King_ by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Reply to DUgosh (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 01:54 PM

Oct 2012

Something other than Barsoom, Pellucidar, or Tarzan from ERB. Not sure why I picked it up--maybe for nostalgia. American tourist is a dead ringer for the mad king of a mythical German principality. Pure pulp adventure.

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