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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 3886654" data-attributes="member: 2205">I should note, though, that ERB was on a bit of a nadir at the time period we're discussing.  After his death in the late 40s, his works went out of print for two decades or so, made a brief resurgence in the 60s and were fading again.In the 80s, when I was old enough to remember browsing the stacks, the reprints of Tarzan with the Neil Adams and Boris Vallejo covers were all over the place, though, as well as his Barsoom book reprints with the Michael Whelan covers.ERB seems to almost go through cyclic periods of renewed interest and general apathy.  For what it's worth, now that fantasy has come forward and gained a lot of mainstream success, I notice that ERB is---again---out of print.I suspect that part of ERB's success was there not being sufficient new alternatives to him.  I mean, he was almost as dated in the 60s as he is now, so why isn't he in print now?  And I don't mean that as an insult (after LotR, A Princess of Mars is my favorite fantasy book of all time) just that in today's market, the need for ERB reprints is just not there.  There's so much other fantasy out there to tempt readers in stead.EDIT:  I'd really love to have poster-sized prints of all those Adams covers.  Hot damn.</blockquote>