Among Burroughs afficionadoes, the Venus series is considered
much inferior to the Mars, Pellucidar and Tarzan series. The
hero, Carson, is a bit of a half-wit who takes off for Mars,
forgets to take the gravitational pull of the Moon into
account (no, I'm not kidding), and wins up on Venus. The
first of the 4 books, PIRATES ON VENUS, is mildly anti-communist,
and the third, CARSON OF VENUS, is an overt anti-Nazi parody.
Which is probably why the second, LOST ON VENUS, is much the best.
-- Mike Resnick
>From: Jeff Segal <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Science Fiction and Fantasy Listserv <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Farmer (was ERB)
>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 16:43:24 -0400
>
>What is the opinion ofERB's Venus set novels? The closest I came was
>seventies era DC comicbook adaptions. I recall one story in particular
>where the titular hero, Carson, was imprisoned in a large snake filled
>room with several doors to choose from (for escape?). He opened the
>wrong door and the Venusian equivalent of a large predatory cat came
>bounding out. Carter eventually led the puttytat into the fatal coils of
>the Venusian equivalent of a constrictor and made his escape. I have no
>idea if this strip was accurately based on prose Burroughs actually
>wrote.
>Jeff
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