Bunduki

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title: "Bunduki" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1975-american-novels", "tarzan-characters", "characters-in-fantasy-literature", "corgi-books", "wold-newton-family"] description: "1975 novel by J. T. Edson" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunduki" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1975 novel by J. T. Edson ::

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Field	Value
name	Bunduki
image	Bundukicorgi1a.jpg
caption	Cover of first edition
author	J. T. Edson
country	United Kingdom
language	English
series	Bunduki series
genre	Adventure
publisher	Corgi Books
release_date	April 1975
media_type	Print (paperback)
pages	208
isbn	0-552-09768-3
followed_by	see article
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| name = Bunduki | image = Bundukicorgi1a.jpg | caption = Cover of first edition | author = J. T. Edson | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = Bunduki series | genre = Adventure | publisher = Corgi Books | release_date = April 1975 | media_type = Print (paperback) | pages = 208 | isbn = 0-552-09768-3 | oclc = | followed_by = see article

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 (see below).

Novels and short stories

All of Edson's Bunduki stories were published in England by Corgi Books: 1. 1. 1. 1.

1. Amazons of Zillikian (November 2023)

Short story prequels (set on Earth)

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 (i.e. located at the L3 Lagrange point which is opposite the Sun in the same orbit as Earth). The planet is very similar to Earth in climate and wildlife, albeit without the industrialization of humans that Earth has.

References

References

1. Dunn, Laurence. (April 30, 1999). "J. T. Edson and Bunduki". ERBapa.
2. "BUNDUKI by J.T. EDSON".

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