![]() ![]() For instance, Burroughs' snow-covered Artolian Hills can be roughly equated to the bright feature Hellas (actually a huge impact crater), and the Great Toonolian Marshes to the dark feature represented by the Valles Marineris. 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. The few coordinates provided for Burroughs' canals differ from theirs, as their own differ from each other in fact, the linear channel-like features Schiaparelli and Lowell mapped have been proven illusory. The thinning Martian atmosphere is artificially replenished from an "atmosphere plant" on whose smooth functioning all life on the planet is dependent.īurroughs derived his concept of the Martian canals from the theories of Lowell and his predecessor Giovanni Schiaparelli. Barsoomians distribute scarce water supplies via a worldwide system of canals, controlled by quarreling city-states which have grown up at the junctures of the canals. The last remnants of the former bodies of water are the Great Toonolian Marshes and the antarctic Lost Sea of Korus. Abandoned cities line the former coastlands. 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. 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. Sugest that you guys should go to your nearest old books storeĪnd ask for Edgar Rice Burroughs "John Carter of Mars" bookīecuase I think that John Carter would be a cool Hero To Have InĪn here is the Except from wikipediathen here is another except from wikipedia: Wish me luck.For you guys that do not know who John Carter of Mars Is,Then I Best part: Listening to the invariably male readers doing an imitation of Dejah Thoris when she’s saying romantic things. I’ve even taken to re-reading my Marv Wolfman/Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson Barsoomian comics from the 70s, with much nostalgic vigour when I get a spare moment, and I’ve put the audio-books of the original ERB novels on in the background while I’ve been drawing lately. It’s been a fun couple of weeks revisiting the Mars of my childhood. ![]() The brass nipple clamps are the worst of both worlds. Thoris something less skeevie to wear, thank you. Unfortunately, there’s a lurking creepy quality to the stripper pasties they put on all the women in this incarnation of the franchise.Įither embrace the nudity of the original novels, or give Ms. The scripts for both titles are readable, and the art is good in the Thoris series, (not so much in the Warlord book). The Dynamite WARLORD is currently adapting the very same novel that Marvel is adapting, (GODS OF MARS), and is a few chapters ahead, which means Carter fans new to the stories, but buying both titles are getting complete spoilers for the Marvel book. ![]() I TOLD you the art was pretty.ĭynamite Comics has two different ongoing Barsoom series: Dejah Thoris and Warlord of Mars. John, getting his Barsoom-legs back after a few years away. ![]()
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