The Volcano Ogre: Zarkon [Hardcover]

Lin Carter (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 177 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (June 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385088078
• ISBN-13: 978-0385088077
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,199,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars More top flight Lin Carter!, January 18, 2000

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This review is from: The Volcano Ogre: Zarkon (Hardcover)

I am sure that when most people read these astounding adventures of Prince Zarkon, that they see the ghost of Robeson's Doc Savage moving through the pages. (Though to me Zarkon seems a more original, believable character than Doc Savage.) But when I read Volcano Ogre (note to Amazon.com - I believe the word in the title is "Ogre" not "Orge"!) I think back to those great Scooby Doo cartoons I used to watch as a kid. Scooby and the gang were always battling some villan who was masquerading as a mysterious monster. Volcano Ogre has the same feel, though of course Lin Carter's novel has a lot more depth than a 1 hour cartoon. Doc Menlo is like the brainy Valerie, only more so; and Scorchy can be likened to Shaggy. Of course, no cartoon character compares to the towering literary figure which is Prince Zarkon. I guess you've got to read this book - and I highly recommend it - to appreciate what Lin Carter has crafted here.