A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, McClurg, 1917

In 1911, Edgar Rice Burroughs, now better known as the creator of the character Tarzan, began his writing career with A Princess of Mars, a rousing tale of pulp adventure on the planet Barsoom or Mars. Several sequels followed. Image File history File links Princess_of_Mars. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he produced works in many genres. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he produced works in many genres. ... James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as the pulps ) were inexpensive fiction magazines. ... For the Roman god, see Mars (mythology). ...

John Carter

The novels tell of earthman John Carter, an Earthman mysteriously transported to the planet Mars by a form of astral projection. There, on the world its natives call Barsoom, he encounters both formidable alien creatures resembling the beasts of ancient myth and various humanoids. Carter is the protagonist of the first three novels, as well as the seventh, tenth and eleventh, and a major secondary character in the fourth and ninth novels. Other books tell the stories of several of his descendants, other native Martians, and another Earthman transported to Barsoom by the same means as Carter. Astral projection (or astral travel) is a controversial interpretation of out-of-body experiences (OOBEs) achieved either consciously or via lucid dreaming, deep meditation, or use of psychotropics. ...

As mortals knew him

Carter stood 6′2″ tall and had close-cropped black hair and steel-gray eyes. His character and courtesy exemplified the ideals of the antebellum South. A Virginian who served as a captain in the American Civil War, he struck it rich by finding gold in Arizona after the end of hostilities. Antebellum is a Latin word meaning before the war. In United States history and historiography, the term Antebellum is often used (especially in U.S. South) to refer to the period of increasing sectionalism leading to the American Civil War, instead of the term pre–Civil War. ... The U.S. Southern states or The South, known during the American Civil War era as Dixie, is a distinctive region of the United States with its own unique historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 35th 110,862 km² 320 km 690 km 7. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln† Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,213,363 1,064,200 Casualties KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 74,500 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+  The American... Official language(s) None Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 6th 295,254 km² 500 km 645 km 0. ...

While hiding from Apaches in a cave, he found himself mysteriously transported to Mars, where he subsequently had many adventures. The less intense gravity of Mars compared to Earth gave him demigod-like strength. This article is about the Native American tribe, for other uses of the word see Apache (disambiguation). ... For the Roman god, see Mars (mythology). ... Gravity is a force of attraction that acts between bodies that have mass. ... Earth is the third planet from the Sun. ... A demigod, a half-god, is a modern distinction, often misapplied in Greek mythology. ... Look up strength in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Mysteriously transported back to Earth, he spent the last years of his life on Earth in a small cottage on the Hudson River in New York. He died there on March 4, 1886. 19th century Cottages in the small hamlet of Crafton, Buckinghamshire A cottage is a dwelling, typically in a non-urban location (although there are cottage-style dwellings in cities). ... View of the Hudson in the 1880s showing Jersey City The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river running mainly through New York State but partly forming the boundary between the states of New York and New Jersey. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...

The immortal being

Burroughs portrays John Carter as an immortal being. In the opening pages of A Princess of Mars, the author reveals to the reader that Carter can remember no childhood, having always been a man of about thirty years old. Many generations of families referred to him as "Uncle Jack," but he always lived to see all the members of the families grow old and die, while he remained young. After travelling to Mars, he seemed to find his true calling in life as a warrior-savior of the planet's inhabitants.

His "death" actually represents leaving his inanimate body behind on Earth while he travelled about Mars in an identical body. Carter revealed that he mastered the process of travelling to and from Earth and Mars and could travel between the two at will. Accordingly, his Earth body lies in a special tomb that can only be opened from the inside.

Barsoom

Environment

While Burroughs' Barsoom tales never aspired to being anything other than exciting escapism, his vision of Mars was loosely inspired by astronomical speculation of the time, especially that of Percival Lowell, that pictured the planet as a formerly Earthlike world now becoming less hospitable to life. Once a wet world with continents and oceans, Barsoom's seas gradually dried up, leaving it a dry planet of highlands interspersed with moss covered dead sea bottoms. Abandoned cities line the former coastlands. The last remnants of the former bodies of water are the Great Toonoolian Marshes and the antarctic Lost Sea of Korus. Modern Barsoomians redistribute scarce water supplies in a worldwide system of canals, controlled by quarreling city-state empires based on the concentrations of population at their junctures. The thinning Martian atmosphere is artificially replenished from an "atmosphere plant" on whose smooth functioning all life on the planet is dependent. Lunar astronomy: the large crater is Daedalus, photographed by the crew of Apollo 11 as they circled the Moon in 1969. ... Percival observing Mars from the Lowell Observatory. ... Earth is the third planet from the Sun. ... In the popular imagination lost cities are real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that have fallen into terminal decline and been lost to history. ... Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ... For a time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was believed that there were canals on Mars. ...

Burroughs derived his concept of the Martian canals from the theories of Lowell and his predecessor Giovanni Schiaparelli. The few coordinates provided for Burroughs' canals differ from theirs, as their own differ from each other; in fact, most of the linear channel-like features Schiaparelli and Lowell mapped have been proven illusory. Some of Barsoom's other major physical features do correspond to albedo features of Mars known at the time, flipped upside-down in reflection of the images of the planet as seen through telescopes. For instance, Burroughs' snow-covered Artolian Hills can be roughly equated to the bright feature Hellas (actually a huge impact crater), and the Great Toonoolian Marshes to the dark feature represented by the Valles Marineris. For a time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was believed that there were canals on Mars. ... Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14, 1835 – July 4, 1910) was an Italian astronomer. ... An albedo feature is a large area on the surface of a planet (or other solar system body) which shows a contrast in brightness or darkness (albedo) with adjacent areas. ... NASA image of Hellas Planitia Hellas Planitia, also known as the Hellas Impact Basin, is a roughly circular impact crater located in the southern hemisphere of the planet Mars. ... Tycho crater on Earths moon. ... Valles Marineris cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars Valles Marineris (Latin for Mariner Valley, named after the Mariner 9 Mars orbiter of 1971-72 which discovered it. ...

Peoples and culture

The dominant culture of Barsoom is that of the humanoid Red Martians who are organized into a system of major city-state empires such as Helium and Ptarth which control the planet-wide canals, as well as other, more isolated city-states in the hinterlands. Some of these are effectively lost cities, permitting Burroughs to utilize Barsoom as a stage for the same kind of lost race yarns he favored in earthly settings. The Red people are the interbred descendants of the ancient White Martians, Yellow Martians and Black Martians, remnants of which continue to persist in isolated areas of the planet, particularly its poles. All of these races resemble Homo sapiens in almost every respect except that they reproduce oviparously. The Lost World literary genre is a fantasy or science fiction genre that involves the discovery of a new world out of time, place, or both. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu† Homo sapiens sapiens Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin for wise man or thinking man) under the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... An average Whooping Crane egg is 102 mm long, and weighs 208 grams In some animals, an egg (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. ...

The humanoid Martians are harassed and preyed upon by the semi-nomadic Green Martians, a separate species with four arms and tusks who stand approximately four meters tall. The Green Martians are organized into loose hordes ranging over the dead sea bottoms, each horde taking its name from that of a dead city in its territory, such as Thark and Warhoon.

Barsoomians generally display warlike and honor-bound characteristics. The technology of the tales runs the gamut from dueling sabers to "radium pistols" and aircraft, with the discovery of powerful ancient devices or research into the development of new ones often forming plot devices. The natives also eschew clothing other than jewelry, providing a stimulating subject for illustrators of the stories.

Fauna

Animal life is more varied than on Earth; arthropods (including both spiders and insects), fish, reptiles (including both lizards and snakes), and birds are known, but most are rare and poorly described. It should not be assumed that these creatures are precisely equivalent to their terrestrial analogs; Barsoomian "spiders," for instance, while web-spinning arthropods, have twelve legs, which grow out of their backs. The intelligent, crustacean-like Kaldanes are presumably related. Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Families Suborder Mesothelae     Liphistiidae (primitive burrowing spiders) Suborder Mygalomorphae     Atypidae (atypical tarantula)     Antrodiaetidae (folding trapdoor spider)     Mecicobothriidae (dwarf tarantulas)     Hexathelidae (venomous funnel-web tarantula)     Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantula)     Cyrtaucheniidae (wafer trapdoor spider)     Ctenizidae (trapdoor spider)     Theraphosidae (tarantula) Suborder Araneomorphae     Hypochilidae (lampshade spider)     Filistatidae (crevice weaver)     Sicariidae (recluse spider)     Scytodidae (spitting... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: the most abundant species of fish in the world. ... Orders  Crocodilia - Crocodilians scary crocodiles. ... This page is about Lizards, the order of reptile. ... Families Acrochordidae Aniliidae Anomalepididae Anomochilidae Atractaspididae Boidae Bolyeriidae Colubridae Cylindrophiidae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Leptotyphlopidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Typhlopidae Uropeltidae Viperidae Xenopeltidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Classes & Subclasses Class Branchiopoda Subclass Phyllopoda Subclass Sarsostraca Class Remipedia Class Cephalocarida Class Maxillopoda Subclass Thecostraca Subclass Tantulocarida Subclass Branchiura Subclass Pentastomida Subclass Mystacocarida Subclass Copepoda Class Ostracoda Subclass Myodocopa Subclass Podocopa Class Malacostraca Subclass Phyllocarida Subclass Hoplocarida Subclass Eumalacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55...

Representatives of other terrestrial-type animals can be briefly enumerated. The Sith is a giant, venomous hornet-like insect endemic to the Kaolian Forest. Reptiles are described as repulsive and usually poisonous, and include the Darseen, a chameleon-like reptile, the Silian, an Antarctic sea-monster found in the Lost Sea of Korus, and a kind of giant lizard able to consume a human being in one bite. Birds are said to be brilliantly plumed, but the only species described is the enormous Malagor, endemic to the Great Toonolian Marshes.

More common are the many-legged species of large animals unique to Barsoom, some of which sport fur or tufts of hair, making them apparently analogous to Earth mammals. A few are fully analogous, bearing only four limbs; these include the Apt, a large white-furred arctic creature with a hippopotomus-like head, walrus-like tusks, and faceted, insect-like eyes, the Plant Men, blue-skinned, one-eyed monsters found in the Antarctic Valley of Dor, the Rykors, headless but otherwise human-like creatures bred by the Kaldanes, and of course all the human races of Barsoom. Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary... The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border The Arctic is the area around the Earths North Pole. ... Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ...

There is also a group of six-limbed creatures, consisting of the Sorak, the Barsoomian "cat," a small, domesticated animal, the White Ape, huge and ferocious, semi-intelligent gorilla-like creatures whose middle limbs, like those of the Green Martians, can be used as either arms or legs, and of course the Green Martians themselves. It has been suggested that Cat breed be merged into this article or section. ... Type Species Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847 Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the primates, is a ground-dwelling herbivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. ...

Eight-limbed beasts include the herbivourous Thoat, or Barsoomian "horse." The Greater Thoat is used as a mount by the Green Martians and stands about ten feet at the shoulder; the Lesser Thoat bred by the Red Martians is the size of a large horse. The Thoat is described as a slate-colored animal, with a white underside and yellow lower legs and feet. The huge Zitidar, used as a draft animal, is possibly a larger relative of the Thoat, but is not well enough described in the literature to be certain. Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 nugget For other uses, see Horse (disambiguation). ...

Ten Limbed animals include (possibly) the Ulsio or Barsoomian "rat," described as a "many-legged," dog-sized burrower; the Calot, or Barsoomian "dog," a large beast with a frog-like mouth and three rows of teeth (easily the most famous of which was John Carter's own Calot, Woola), and the Banth, or Barsoomian "lion," which has a hairless, yellow hide, a maned neck, and many rows of teeth in a wide mouth. Species 50 species; see text<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki>Several subfamilies of Muroids<br>include animals called rats. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris (Linnaeus, 1758) This article is about the domestic dog. ... Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Comparative view of the human and lion frames, c1860. ...

Some Martian creatures are difficult to classify based on the available descriptions; in addition to the Zitidar and the Ulsio these would include the Orluk, an arctic predator with a black and yellow striped coat, whose legs are not enumerated.

The series

• A Princess of Mars (1917)
• The Gods of Mars (1918)
• The Warlord of Mars (1919)
• Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920)
• The Chessmen of Mars (1922)
• The Master Mind of Mars (1928)
• A Fighting Man of Mars (1931)
• Swords of Mars (1936)
• Synthetic Men of Mars (1940)
• Llana of Gathol (1948)
• John Carter of Mars (1964)

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The comic strip

With the Tarzan comic strip a popular success, newspapers began a comic strip adaptation of A Princess of Mars drawn by Edgar Rice Burroughs' son, John Coleman Burroughs. Never as popular as Tarzan, it ran in only four Sunday newspapers, from December 7, 1941 to April 4, 1943. James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... John Coleman Burroughs All of Edgar Rice Burroughs children ~ Joan, Hulbert, and John Coleman ~ were fans of their fathers writing, but only John Coleman Burroughs actually added significantly to ERBs works with new creative material, although Hulbert was very involved in photography and ERB, Inc. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

John Carter appeared in one of the last Sunday Tarzan comic strip stories, drawn by Gray Morrow. Gray Morrow (March 7, 1934 - November 6, 2001) was an American illustrator of paperback books and comics. ...

The comic books

The comic book The Funnies included a John Carter serial drawn by John Coleman Burroughs, which ran for 23 issues. Then, in 1952, Dell Comics published three John Carter comic books, adapting the first three books, drawn by Jesse Marsh, who was the Dell Tarzan artist at the time. They were numbered Four Color Comics 375, 437, and 488. They were later reprinted by the successor of Dell, Gold Key Comics as John Carter of Mars #1-3. DC Comics published John Carter as a backup feature in its Tarzan series, issues 207 — 209, after which it was moved to Weird Worlds, sharing main feature status alongside an adaptation of Burroughs' "Pellucidar" stories in issues 1 — 7; it again became a backup feature in Tarzan Family 62 — 64. (A non-John Carter Barsoom story also appeared in Tarzan Family issue 60.) Marvel Comics began a John Carter series in 1977, which lasted for 27 issues (and saw three annuals published). In the Tarzan comic strip, in 1995, writer Don Kraar set a story on Barsoom featuring Tarzan, David Innes, and John Carter. John Carter also made a notable cameo in the second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series written by Alan Moore and published by DC comics. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publications, which got its start in pulp magazines. ... One of the earlier issues of Four Color, featuring Walt Disneys Donald Duck. ... Gold Key Comics was an imprint of Western Publishing. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Pellucidar is a fictional Hollow Earth milieu invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. ... It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ... James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... In 1911, Edgar Rice Burroughs, now best known as the creator of the character Tarzan, began his writing career with A Princess of Mars, a rousing tale of pulp adventure on the planet Barsoom or Mars. ... Promotional still for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ... Alan Moore Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton, England) is a British writer most famous for his work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ...

The movie

The film, John Carter of Mars, is in pre-production by Paramount Pictures. It is tentatively scheduled for release in 2006. Jon Favreau has been signed to direct this movie, taking over from Kerry Conran. The original script by Mark Protosevich was re-written by Ehren Kruger. Reportedly, however, Favreau is selecting a new writer to bring the script back closer to the original work. This article is about motion pictures. ... John Carter of Mars is a 2006 film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs first successful novel, titled A Princess of Mars. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used since 2003. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2006. ... Jon Favreau (born on October 19, 1966 in Queens, New York) is an American actor and director of Italian and Jewish descent. ... Kerry Conran is an American filmmaker. ...

For multiple decades, one movie-maker after another (including Bob Clampett, Ray Harryhausen and The Walt Disney Company) has attempted to bring Burroughs' Mars to the screen. So far, none has been successful. Robert Emerson Bob Clampett (May 8, 1913–May 4, 1984) was an animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes series of cartoons from Warner Bros. ... Ray Harryhausen in 2002 Ray Harryhausen (born June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles, California) is an American producer and, most notably, a special effects creator. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

Legacy

The tales seem somewhat dated today, but they showed great innovation for the time of writing, and the exciting stories caught the interest of many readers, helping to inspire serious interest in Mars and in space exploration. A Princess of Mars was possibly the first fiction of the 20th century to feature a constructed language; although "Barsoomian" was not particularly developed, it did add verisimilitude to the narrative. A Princess of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the first of his famous Barsoom series. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose phonology, grammar and vocabulary are specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture the way natural languages do. ...

Many later science fiction works, from the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers films of the 1930s, to Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, to the Star Wars films, to the Mars trilogy of Kim Stanley Robinson, also offer nods in Burroughs's direction. Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Number of the Beast and Alan Moore's graphic novels of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen directly reference Barsoom. DC Comics character Adam Strange's method of transportation, the Zeta Beam, recalls the way Carter is transported to Mars. In L. Sprague de Camp's story "Sir Harold of Zodanga" Barsoom is recast as a parallel world visited by his dimension-hopping hero Harold Shea. De Camp accounts for Burrough's departures from physics or logic by portraying both Burroughs and Carter as having a tendency to exaggerate in their storytelling, and Barsoomian technology as less advanced than usually presented. Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on January 7, 1934. ... Buck Rogers may mean: Fictional characters: Buck Rogers (science fiction) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series) Buck Rogers (western) Buck Rogers (video game) Buck Rogers (song), by the rock group Feeder This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Serial is a term, originating in literature, for a format by which a story is told in contiguous installments in sequential issues of a single periodical publication. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ray Bradbury in 1945. ... The Martian Chronicles book cover The Martian Chronicles is a 1950 science fiction book by Ray Bradbury that chronicles the colonization of Mars by refugee humans from a troubled Earth, and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists. ... The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the modified original Star Wars Trilogy. ... Cover of Red Mars The Mars trilogy is a series of three science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson, chronicling the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars. ... Kim Stanley Robinson at the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer, probably best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. ... Heinlein autographing at the 1976 Worldcon Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most influential and, at times, controversial authors of hard science fiction. ... Book cover The Number of the Beast is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published in 1980 (ISBN 0-44-913070-3). ... Alan Moore Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton, England) is a British writer most famous for his work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a two comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Adam Strange is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. ... L. Sprague de Camp (centre) with Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov Lyon Sprague de Camp, (November 27, 1907, New York City – November 6, 2000, Plano, Texas) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. ... Parallel universe (fiction) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Roaring Trumpet in Unknown, May 1940 Harold Shea was a name given to a series of fantasy stories by the collaborative team of L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, which was later continued by de Camp alone, Christopher Stasheff, Holly Lisle, John Maddox Roberts, Roland J. Green, Frieda...

Many believe that Burroughs was influenced to write his Martian stories by Edwin L. Arnold's Gulliver of Mars. This has been disputed but what is not in dispute is the number of series and novels inspired by Burroughs' Mars books: the Radio Planet trilogy by Ralph Milne Farley, the Mars and Venus novels by Otis Adelbert Kline, Almuric by Robert E Howard, Warrior of Llarn and Thief of Llarn by Gardner Fox, Tarzan on Mars, Go-Man and Thundar, Man of Two Worlds by John Bloodstone, the Michael Kane trilogy by Michael Moorcock, the Gor series by John Norman, the Jandar of Callisto series and the Green Star series by Lin Carter, Goddess of Ganymede and Pursuit of Mars by Mike Resnick, and the Dray Prescot series by Alan Burt Akers (Kenneth Bulmer). In addition, Leigh Brackett, Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Alan Dean Foster show signs of Burroughs' influence in their development of alien cultures and worlds. Otis Adelbert Kline was an adventure novelist during the pulp era, best known for his novelistic feud with Edgar Rice Burroughs. ... Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was a writer of fantasy and historical adventure pulp stories published mainly in Weird Tales magazine in the 1930s. ... Gardner Francis Fox (May 20, 1911, Brooklyn, New York – December 24, 1986) was an American writer best known for writing comic books and co-creating numerous comics characters, especially for DC Comics. ... Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939) is a prolific British writer of both science fiction and science fantasy. ... Gor, the Counter-Earth, is the alternate-world setting for John Normans Chronicles of Gor, a series of 26 novels that combine philosophy, erotica and science fiction. ... John Norman, pen name of John Frederick Lange, Jr. ... Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 - February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. ... Mike Resnick (born March 5, 1942) is a popular and prolific science fiction author. ... Henry Kenneth Bulmer, (January 14, 1921 – December 16, 2005), born in London, England, was a British author, primarily of science fiction. ... Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 - March 18, 1978), was a writer of fantasy and science fiction, mystery novels and - best known to the general public - Hollywood screenplays, most notably The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). ... Science fiction and fantasy author Andre Alice Norton (February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 - September 25, 1999) was a prolific author of largely feminist fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and was a steadfast encourager of equality (and quality) in writing. ... Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is a prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and movie novelizations. ...

The John Carter books enjoyed another wave of popularity in the 1970s, with Vietnam War veterans who said they could identify with Carter, fighting in a war on another planet. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US wounded...

Copyright

The American copyright of the five earliest novels has expired in the United States, and they appear on a number of free e-text sites. However, because they were separately copyrighted in Great Britain, these works remain protected under the Berne Copyright Convention in the U.K. and throughout much of the world. The Australian copyright of the remainder, not including John Carter of Mars (1964), has also expired and they too appear online. Copyright symbol. ...

External links

• Official Edgar Rice Burroughs Web Site
• Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Edgar Rice Burroughs Tribute and Weekly Webzine Site
• A Guide to the Mars Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs
• A Barsoom Glossary
• Barsoom series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Free eBook A Princess of Mars at Project Gutenberg
• Free eBook The Gods of Mars at Project Gutenberg
• Free eBook Warlord of Mars at Project Gutenberg
• Free eBook Thuvia, Maid of Mars at Project Gutenberg
• Free eBook The Chessmen of Mars at Project Gutenberg
• The Master Mind of Mars (1927) Zip file Text file at Project Gutenberg Australia
• A Fighting Man of Mars (1930) Zip file Text file at Project Gutenberg Australia
• Swords of Mars (1934) Zip file Text file at Project Gutenberg Australia
• Synthetic Men of Mars (1940) Zip file Text file at Project Gutenberg Australia
• Llana of Gathol (1948) Zip file Text file at Project Gutenberg Australia

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