Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1963 , author Gore Vidal wrote a piece on the Tarzan series that , while pointing out several of the deficiencies that the Tarzan books have as works of literature , praises Edgar Rice Burroughs for creating a compelling `` daydream figure '' .
Simplified: Tarzan is a fictional character . He is in many books by Edgar Rice Burroughs .