Bunduki


Bunduki is a 1975 novel byEnglish writer J. T. Edson, the first work in the Bunduki series that followed. The series involves characters related to Tarzan and was initially authorized by the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs. In the opening of the novel the main protagonists are transported from Earth to Zillikian.

Novels and short stories

All of Edson's Bunduki stories were published in England by Corgi Books:
  5. Amazons of Zillikian
Short story prequels
  1. "The Mchawi's Powers" –
  2. "Death to Simba Nyeuse" –
  3. "Accident – or Murder?" –
  4. "A Good Time Was Had by All" –

Publication

The first three novels were published with permission from both Edgar Rice Burroughs, [Inc.] and Philip José Farmer for the biographical connections between Edson's Bunduki & Dawn, Burroughs' Tarzan characters, and Farmer's Wold Newton family.
Sometime after 1976, ERB Inc. withdrew Edson's permission to use the Tarzan name in future volumes and as a result, the fourth novel and the short stories do not mention Tarzan or Jane by name.
In November 2023, Piccadilly Publishing published Amazons of Zillikian, an incomplete novel written by J. T. Edson.

Zillikian

Zillikian is a counter-Earth planet. The planet is very similar to Earth in climate and wildlife, albeit without the industrialization of humans that Earth has.