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Lost on Venus Ace SF Classic F221 Edgar Rice Burroughs Frank Frazetta 9780441062218 Books

(I'm going to copy'n'paste this one into all of my Carson of Venus reviews)

Obviously Burroughs' two most famous creations are Tarzan and John Carter of Mars, but for me, I find his Carson of Venus books to be the most enjoyable of anything he wrote about.

Carson is a manly man, but lacks completely Carter's astonishing ego, and Tarzan's tremendous strength. He is modest, yet confident, and definitely not a super man---which makes his exploits that much more exciting and heroic.

The Carson of Venus series is one of those sadly all-too-common intentions of the Golden Age of SF and Fantasy which was cut short in its prime.

Carson, we hardly knew ya.


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Lost on Venus Ace SF Classic F221 Edgar Rice Burroughs Frank Frazetta 9780441062218 Books Reviews

Burroughs did a great job of setting up another world with it's own unique parameters, dangers, culture, etc. The adventure was awesome, the love story was trite, the action was strong. Perfect pulp fiction.
great read
I wanted to read the series again but my earlier copies had been stolen.
ERB doesn't spend much time on description. Fast paced, yet very shallow plot design, but still a fun read. Recommended
This is the second book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Carson of Venus" series. It picks up right where the previous book left off, with Carson Napier in the hands of his enemies. He manages to escape and reunites with his ladylove, the beautiful princess Duare. They go through many adventures in an attempt to return to Duare's hometown, eventually becoming seperated again. Carson meets another beautiful princess, Nalte, and has further adventures. Does Carson reunite with Duare by the end of the book? I won't tell, but I'm sure you can guess. This is typical Burroughs, which will appeal to people who like old fashioned adventure stories.
It's not the story, but the printing that drops the item down to a 3. There was no proof reading done. There are numerous spelling errors, and a very great many missing quotation marks - instead there are random characters in their place. It looks like the text was scanned by OCR, and then sent to print as is, with no read-through. If you can find an old used paperback, would be much better.
The best of the much maligned Venus series by Burroughs. The opening sequence is terrific, with the hero Carson Napier battling a vividly described predator, followed by his fight to free himself from the horrors of the House of Seven Doors. Burroughs used the Venus series to indulge himself in social satire, ranging from his views on golf to his take on utopia. and let's not forget the creepy 'living dead" of the house of Skor. Napier, who I think is deliberately not the 'super hero' type like Tarzan and John Carter, manages to win the day.
(I'm going to copy'n'paste this one into all of my Carson of Venus reviews)

Obviously Burroughs' two most famous creations are Tarzan and John Carter of Mars, but for me, I find his Carson of Venus books to be the most enjoyable of anything he wrote about.

Carson is a manly man, but lacks completely Carter's astonishing ego, and Tarzan's tremendous strength. He is modest, yet confident, and definitely not a super man---which makes his exploits that much more exciting and heroic.

The Carson of Venus series is one of those sadly all-too-common intentions of the Golden Age of SF and Fantasy which was cut short in its prime.

Carson, we hardly knew ya.