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''The Dark Heart of Time: a Tarzan novel'' is a 1999 work by Philip José Farmer authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. The book was first announced under the title ''Tarzan's Greatest Secret'' in 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Edgar Rice Burroughs )〕 Set in October 1918—during Tarzan's search for Jane—the novel takes place between ''Tarzan the Untamed'' and ''Tarzan the Terrible''. The novel's antagonist is James D. Stonecraft, an American oil magnate who believes that Tarzan knows the secret of immortality. Stonecraft hires hunters to track and capture Tarzan for the secret, leading to a conflicts at the "City Built by God" and the "Crystal Tree of Time". Through all of the adventure Tarzan is focused on escaping his pursuers so that he may return to his search for his wife. ==More Tarzan by Farmer== Best known for his Riverworld series, before ''The Dark Heart of Time'', Philip José Farmer wrote a number of books based to some extent on Tarzan. * ''Time's Last Gift'' (1972) being a time travel story, the novel is both an unauthorized sequel to the entire Tarzan series, and a prequel to the authorized Khokarsa series.〔 * ''Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke'' (1972/2006) * ''The Adventures of the Peerless Peer'' (1974) an unauthorized work in which Tarzan meets Sherlock Holmes.〔 * Khokarsa series, novels authorized by ERB, Inc. set in Tarzan's Africa 10,000 years ago. * * ''Hadon of Ancient Opar'' (1974) * * ''Flight to Opar'' (1976) * The Nine series, an alternative interpretation of the Tarzan mythos, with him and half-brother Doc Savage battling a world-wide conspiracy headed by a group known as The Nine.〔Philip José Farmer bibliography#Lord Grandrith .26 Doc Caliban〕 * * ''A Feast Unknown'' (1969) ISBN 0-87216-586-8 * * ''Lord of the Trees'' / ''The Mad Goblin'' (dos-a-dos Ace Double, 1970) ISBN 0-441-49252-5 * * ''The Empire of the Nine'' (Sphere, 1988) Omnibus reprint of the Ace Double with ''The Mad Goblin'' retitled as ''Keepers of the Secrets''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Dark Heart of Time」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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