The Visual History of the Banth
Clinton Pettee immortalized the image of the hero astride the back of a lion caught in a titanic struggle. That was for the cover of Read More
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Llana of Gathol Part 4 Invisible Men of Mars
Invisible Men of Mars “Invisible Men of Mars” (Amazing Stories, October 1941) begins after John Carter and Llana of Gathol have escaped from Pankor in Read More
Llana of Gathol: Part 1 “The City of the Mummies”
“The City of the Mummies” in Llana of Gathol (1948) proves it was not a novel so much as a series of stories combined to Read More
Spock’s Brain and Other Missing Cerebrum
Brain-stealers! As a kid, I can recall the sheer terror of Doctor McCoy saying to Captain Kirk: “His brain is gone.” Aliens have stolen Mr. Read More
Top Ten Favorite Edgar Rice Burroughs Monsters
My top ten monsters from Edgar Rice Burroughs don’t come from Tarzan. The vine-swinger had some great adventures but for the most part the most Read More
Lin Carter & His Pastiches
On Facebook somebody said why doesn’t somebody do a list of all the authors that inspired Lin Carter’s many pastiches? Well kids, let’s give it Read More
Swords of Mars: A Gallery
Edgar Rice Burroughs remains a popular author after a hundred years for many good reasons. First off, is the sheer imagination of his storytelling. This Read More
The Covers That Time Forgot!
When you are an avid Burroughian like myself, it is very hard to find images you haven’t seen countless times. You goggle at the Frazettas, Read More
The Martian Riding Beast & Other Forms of Transport
Writers of the fantastic have had to make peace with an idea that may not sit well with them. That is quite simply, once you Read More
Cracking the Colour Code of Mars: The Barsoomian “Trilogy” of Edgar Rice Burroughs
by D. K. Latta Burroughs’ Mars is filled with races of all colours, but do those those colours have earthly analogs? Best remembered today as Read More