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Mahars of Pellucidar

Mahars of Pellucidar

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  • Create Date：2022-11-27 11:21:36
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：John Eric Holmes
  • ISBN：1685923496
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Reviews

Timothy Boyd ，

Nice addition to the Pellucidar series。 Good entertaining read。 Recommended

Tim Pyne ，

A lucky find at a thrift store， this and a few Edgar Rice Burroughs books。 Decent enough and enough swashbuckling and exploring of savage Pellucidar to me to me reading :）

Tim Deforest ，

Gee whiz， this was a fun book！A scientist named Christopher West （who also happens to be a 6-foot， 6-inch former Marine） is teleported to Pellucidar。 Soon， he's in love with a beautiful cave girl， but the two of them are soon captured by the Mahars--the intelligent， telepathic pterodactyls that rule the world at the Earth's Core。 Armed with a fireman's axe （it makes sense in context）， he's soon given the name Red Axe by the denizans of Pellucidar。 The author replicates Edgar Rice Burroughs' worl Gee whiz， this was a fun book！A scientist named Christopher West （who also happens to be a 6-foot， 6-inch former Marine） is teleported to Pellucidar。 Soon， he's in love with a beautiful cave girl， but the two of them are soon captured by the Mahars--the intelligent， telepathic pterodactyls that rule the world at the Earth's Core。 Armed with a fireman's axe （it makes sense in context）， he's soon given the name Red Axe by the denizans of Pellucidar。 The author replicates Edgar Rice Burroughs' world exactly， though Christopher doesn't encounter David Innes or Innes' empire。 Pellucidar is a big place， so its easy to simply presume that he's ended up in a location far from that empire， where the Mahars have not been driven off。 What's interesting is that neither the protagonist nor the other scientists he was working with on the surface have heard of Pellucidar or had any hint of its existence。 I wonder if that means that in this universe， everyone thought Burroughs was writing fiction and didn't consider Pellucidar a real place。 Presumably， none of the scientists had ever read his novels。That's the sort of thing I like to think about， but it really doesn't matter。 The story itself is an almost non-stop adventure， with interesting supporting characters as well as a strong protagonist。 The cave woman Varna is has a strong and vivid personality。 Most remarkable， in terms of the characters， is that the author has created a sympathetic Mahar who befriends Christopher。 The author does not change the inhuman and ruthless nature of the Mahar， but gives one of them a character arc making his friendship with a human believable。 The action scenes are great， especially the climax， which involves several successive encounters with a persistant T-Rex while battling an arch enemy and also being chased by a horde of Sagoths （the ape men who serve the Mahars）。 It is a true edge-of-your-seat set piece。 。。。more

Anthony Emmel ，

Dr。 Holmes really caught the essence and feel of ERB and pulp fiction writing。 Really enjoyable read。

Brian Grouhel ，

An excellent continuation of the Pellucidar series！

Darius Whiteplume ，

It took me a while to get into Burrough's Pelucidar books， but when I did I went nuts for them。 I did feel that the lack of the Mahars in later books was a mistake。 This book adds a lot to the Mahars， though it seems to ignore the previous ERB material; so if you are only looking for David Innes chasing Dian the Beautiful around the Hollow Earth， this is not for you; but if you want some new adventures that take a slightly different tack from Burroughs， it is very enjoyable。 It took me a while to get into Burrough's Pelucidar books， but when I did I went nuts for them。 I did feel that the lack of the Mahars in later books was a mistake。 This book adds a lot to the Mahars， though it seems to ignore the previous ERB material; so if you are only looking for David Innes chasing Dian the Beautiful around the Hollow Earth， this is not for you; but if you want some new adventures that take a slightly different tack from Burroughs， it is very enjoyable。 。。。more

Ken McWilliams ，

Good， cheesey， fun。

Derek ，

The fast-paced pulp adventure is not improved by Holmes indulging his professional background and having the protagonist undergo Skinner box and other psychological/neurological testing by the Mahars。 Tinkering with the Mahars at all was something of a doomed experiment: they are given just enough flesh to become understandable and familiar， but not enough to make them interesting。 As is， they are neither an alien culture to grapple with， nor a menacing mystery。 The whole thing started to fall a The fast-paced pulp adventure is not improved by Holmes indulging his professional background and having the protagonist undergo Skinner box and other psychological/neurological testing by the Mahars。 Tinkering with the Mahars at all was something of a doomed experiment: they are given just enough flesh to become understandable and familiar， but not enough to make them interesting。 As is， they are neither an alien culture to grapple with， nor a menacing mystery。 The whole thing started to fall apart once Chris West started having conversations with them。The rest is jungle adventure， which gets old real fast。 。。。more

Frank ，

Good followup to Burroughs Pellucidar series。

Troy ，

My one phrase rundown: It's ERB written some other than ERB。I'm an unabashed fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs， Pellucidar included。 I didn't enjoy this as much as I'd hoped， even though I admit that all the ERB tropes and situations were front and center。 My nostalgia just wasn't enough to get me through。 I guess if I had a choice between Holmes' tromp through the Center of the Earth and ERB's original， I'd go with the latter。 My one phrase rundown: It's ERB written some other than ERB。I'm an unabashed fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs， Pellucidar included。 I didn't enjoy this as much as I'd hoped， even though I admit that all the ERB tropes and situations were front and center。 My nostalgia just wasn't enough to get me through。 I guess if I had a choice between Holmes' tromp through the Center of the Earth and ERB's original， I'd go with the latter。 。。。more

Kevin Findley ，

It wasn't quite like reading a lost ERB novel， but I still enjoyed it greatly。 All of the tropes and style of Burroughs was there， including the girl getting kidnapped at the most inconvenient moment。 Still， it was a nice flashback to childhood for me。 Even if you're an ERB purist， pick up this book anyway。 You'll enjoy it despite yourself。 It wasn't quite like reading a lost ERB novel， but I still enjoyed it greatly。 All of the tropes and style of Burroughs was there， including the girl getting kidnapped at the most inconvenient moment。 Still， it was a nice flashback to childhood for me。 Even if you're an ERB purist， pick up this book anyway。 You'll enjoy it despite yourself。 。。。more

Chris ，

I can say J。 E。 Holmes story telling is significantly different from his predecessors， （Howard， Carter， Vance， Tubb， etc。） but the tale didn't feel buried in the pile of Post Pulp Fiction。 I can say J。 E。 Holmes story telling is significantly different from his predecessors， （Howard， Carter， Vance， Tubb， etc。） but the tale didn't feel buried in the pile of Post Pulp Fiction。 。。。more

Ross Armstrong ，

This was authorized by the Burroughs estate and is a more modern take on the Pellucidar tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs。 Christopher West has developed a transportation beam that takes him to the Earth's core where he encounters the deadly Mahars。 It is set in another part of Pellucidar so he never encounters Burroughs characters like David Innes and I think that works very well。 It is almost like this is a modern retelling of the Pellucidar tales。 Homels had written a sequel but the Burroughs est This was authorized by the Burroughs estate and is a more modern take on the Pellucidar tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs。 Christopher West has developed a transportation beam that takes him to the Earth's core where he encounters the deadly Mahars。 It is set in another part of Pellucidar so he never encounters Burroughs characters like David Innes and I think that works very well。 It is almost like this is a modern retelling of the Pellucidar tales。 Homels had written a sequel but the Burroughs estate never allowed it to be published。 。。。more

Charles ，

The author here is John Eric Holmes， writing in ERB's universe。 In other words， it's a pastiche。 But it was authorized by the Burroughs estate。 They apparently didn't authorize a sequel to it that Holmes also wrote。 This book is actually not bad。 I enjoyed revisiting Pellucidar， ERB's land inside the earth。 I'd read the Burroughs books years before， of course， so maybe it was partly nostalgia。 But I thought it worked OK。 The author here is John Eric Holmes， writing in ERB's universe。 In other words， it's a pastiche。 But it was authorized by the Burroughs estate。 They apparently didn't authorize a sequel to it that Holmes also wrote。 This book is actually not bad。 I enjoyed revisiting Pellucidar， ERB's land inside the earth。 I'd read the Burroughs books years before， of course， so maybe it was partly nostalgia。 But I thought it worked OK。 。。。more