Serialized in Argosy Magazine in 1938, Carson of Venus is a not too subtle attack on Nazi Germany. Though the book has all the romance and adventure one expects in a book by Edgar Rice Burroughs it also includes some of his more scathing political commentaries. In such books as The Moon Men, and even this…
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Crossroads of Twilight – Robert Jordan: Book Review
Warning: There will be spoilers; one cannot speak of Crossroads of Twilight without referencing the climax of Winter’s Heart.
Lost on Venus: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
In this 1933 sequel to Pirates of Venus Burroughs continues the adventures of Carson Napier as he tries to win the love of the beautiful Duare, but in reality this book is a travelogue through various political ideologies. The last book ended with Napier being captured by the Thorists (not very thinly veiled communists) while…
Pirates of Venus: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
The “Carson Napier of Venus series” was the last major series created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and nicely ties into his “shared universe” of Barsoom, Tarzan and Pellucidar.
Winter’s Heart – Robert Jordan: Book Review
Another entry in the series that focuses more on being a biography than a story, Winter’s Heart is still very good (and leaves at least some of the politics behind).