![]() ![]() Meanwhile we have a credibility issue with the ending of this story. I assume that will be resolved in the second half of this two-story book. ![]() and plenty more.įinished up with the first novella last night as John Carter wins a mighty battle only to find an insurmountable (what?) blocking his. more connections: Philip Jose Farmer's "World of Tiers" series, Spartacus, The Odyssey, The Chronicles of Amber. Certainly there are solid links to the fantasy literature which came later in the 20th century. I don't know enough about the genre to say one way or another. Considering when this was written I assume that ERB is considered a pioneer in the area of sci-fi/fantasy. Mr Burroughs' language is by turns annoyingly turn-of-the-20th-century formal and chuckle inducing. There's action a-plenty in this tale, which so far has taken place in a part of Mars/Barsoom unfamiliar to John Carter. The Frank Frazetta cover illustration is AWESOME - of course! Started last night with some crazy Mars creatures(the Plant Men) and plenty of slam-bang action. I rescued a hardbound edition of this(probably from the town transfer station stuff trailer) from 1971 with the dust cover in so-so condition. ![]()
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