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Secondhand Reviews: "John Carter"
Rated PG-13 for action violence. If the film had been an accurate reflection of the bloody nature of the source material novel, it would have been a very hard "R". * * * * * * * * * * Only once in a very great while while do...
4 commentsJohn Carter of Mars
The glorious science fiction and fantasy opened new horizons: broad open spaces, alien landscapes, super powers, rocket ships of grandeur, extraterrestrial villains and much more. The sky used to be the limit for the imagination of an author. But now, they could travel a million galaxies the very edges of the universe (if there was an edge). It is in this milieu that a new hero was born in February 1912. The hero is John Carter of Mars. And his creator was the formidable Mr. Edgar Rice Burroug
7 commentsTruly Blank Verse
Truly Blank Verse I am not at all what might be considered a fan of poetry. Oh, don’t get me wrong; I read, and read voraciously. I consume mounds of magazines with rigorous, some might say rabid, regularity (as long as they are not People...
5 comments100 Years of Tarzan
Tarzan was created 100 years ago by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs was born in 1875 Chicago, the son of a Civil War veteran and successful businessman George Burroughs. His mother’s name was Mary. He spent much of his youth on a relative’s...
16 comments100th Anniversary of John Carter: Best Books Made Into Films: A Princess of Mars and Barsoom
Most known for his Tarzan series and the movies, animation, and television series that followed from them, Edgar Rice Burroughs was first a science fiction/futurist author at the beginning of the 20th century...
14 commentsThe Lost Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs
The February 1912 issue of pulp magazine All-Story has it’s place in the history of SF/Fantasy literature, it featured the professional fiction-writing debut of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
16 commentsReview: John Carter
Disney sure knows how to make some beautiful movies, and now with John Carter they know how to make a great movie. John Carter is a book to film adaptation on one of the greatest stories that helped pave the way for movies like Star Wars and Avatar....
5 commentsIf You Liked Avatar, Here Are More Books and Movies You May Enjoy
Fans of James Cameron's "Avatar" may also like these science fiction movies and books.
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