>Is this one of those Star Wars/Lord of the Rings/Dune geeky kind of things?
>
>Lee
Not really, Lee.
The series of novels was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the Tarzan novels.
They were published back in the '30s, IIRC. I actually have read several of them, but it's
been years since I did.
The hero, John Carter, is transported to Mars as a result of a dream, IIRC, and has many
adventures of the "sword and sorcery" variety whilst there. Not much actual "sorcery",
though. Kind of like a Western set on Mars.
Not exactly heavy reading, but good fun. Barsoom was the Martian's name for their planet,
BTW.
Gord Richmond
midlant@earthlink.net - 13 Mar 2006 23:10 GMT
I'll take the "western set" in The Prisioner "Harmony."
Karl