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Available
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Publication
New York, N.Y. : Ace Books, [1963], c1939.
Description
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes, was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land That Time Forgot, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost 30 years, with his last novel, The Land of Terror, being published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his legendary hero.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Karlstar
Classic sword and scifi. This continues the story of Carson Napier, human adventurer who finds himself on the jungle planet of Venus. Like John Carter, he falls in love with a native woman (who amazingly enough is human) and must rescue her, and in this case, her father, from any number of
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LibraryThing member ikeman100
Fun Burroughs adventure. You like his stories or you don't. This is the usual adventure involving a visitor to an unusual world. He has done it many times before. This is a pretty good example of the 1930s SF adventure.
Awards
Hugo Award (Nominee — Novel — 1939)
Language
Original publication date
1938-02 (Argosy)
1938-01-08
1939
1939-02-15
Physical description
192 p.; 17 cm
ISBN
0044109202 / 9780044109204
Local notes
Carson of Venus, 3
DDC/MDS
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