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The three novellas of The Land That Time Forgot have three different main characters. In "The Land That Time Forgot," the main character is Bowen J. Tyler, Jr., son of a California ship-builder. In "The People That Time Forgot," the main character is Thomas Billings, who as a former cowboy who became the secretary to Tyler's father, seems to resemble Burroughs himself. In "Out of Time's Abyss," the main character is the tersely spoken sailor Lieutenant Bradley. Typical of Burroughs's characterizations, none of these men is fleshed out much beyond the details necessary for explaining...
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