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Yes, Jules Verne was an influence on Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Library and Collection: Edgar Rice Burroughs was a fan of Verne and kept several of his books on his personal bookshelf, including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, Doctor Ox and Other Stories, English at the North Pole, and The Castaways of the Flag.
- Pellucidar Series: Burroughs explicitly acknowledged Verne's influence—particularly Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth—when writing his own Pellucidar series (1922–1937), which also explores a subterranean inner-world adventure.
- Broad Literary Lineage: While Verne leaned more into 19th-century "scientific romance" and mechanical invention, and Burroughs pivoted toward pure sword-and-planet adventure (such as the John Carter of Mars series), Verne remained a foundational pillar of the adventure fiction that Burroughs read and built upon.
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