S1E10 -Chapter Ten: Planet of Paradox!
On the JOHN CARTER OF MARS novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Mars may be a lifeless rock in the real world, but it's long been teeming with life in fiction. Ever since astronomers claimed to have seen canals on Mars in the late 19th century, SF writers have been imagining exotic creatures, lost civilizations, and swashbuckling adventures on the red planet.
One of the most notable and iconic of the martian sagas is A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs and its various sequels, which was one of the first pulp stories to combine swashbuckling fantasy with interplanetary SF. In this episode, we sit down with special guest star and pulpologist Jess Nevins to talk about Burroughs' tales and a general overview of fiction set on Mars. Strap on your swords and hoist your radium guns as we psychically project ourselves to a dying world of action and romance!
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