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Lord Tyger
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Jim
Nov 14, 2018 rated it really liked it
Half the fun of this book is figuring out what is going on. Ras is raised in a unique way. Why? His world is bounded by cliff walls & he is unique within it. There are a couple of villages, but they think he is a ghost. His parents claim to be apes, but then they claim a lot of things that don't make much sense & he has only his senses & the odd education they give him to judge.

I read this with a group & had to laugh at the comments about his morals. It's pretty obvious that he's not a bad perso
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Jim
Dec 19, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1paper, 2fiction, scifi
Farmer is great. He made Tarzan real. Excellent. It's been far too long since I read this & having recently re-read Tarzan of the Apes & The Return of Tarzan Tarzan Series #2 , it's time to read Philip José Farmer's take on it again.

If you were crazy & could find a big, closed off valley to raise your own
Tarzan in, what would he be like? Well, here's your chance to find out.
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Oct 25, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Jul 13, 2024 marked it as to-read
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