Comments on: Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Venus series http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/12/03/edgar-rice-burroughs-venus-series/ The intersection of physics, optics, history and pulp fiction Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: skullsinthestars http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/12/03/edgar-rice-burroughs-venus-series/#comment-2694 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:12:33 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=1264#comment-2694 William: Thanks! I haven’t read the ‘Moon’ series yet; it’s on my shelf, though.

“I’m sure that the science is appalling (I’ll have to find the box that they currently reside in and skim through them again), but that’s half the fun, right?”

I’m totally in agreement! Certainly, part of the fun in reading these things for my blog is the opportunity to compare the real science with the fictional stuff. I’ve never been one to let silly science get in the way of enjoying a story, unless it’s exceptionally ridiculous.

]]> By: William http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/12/03/edgar-rice-burroughs-venus-series/#comment-2692 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:32:46 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=1264#comment-2692 Very cool review on ERB’s Venus. I read and loved all of his books when I was in my early teens – Barsoom, Pellucidar, Venus, Beyond Thirty, some Tarzan, and some of his other lesser known novels. Fortunately, there was a great little bookshop in a neighbouring town that specialised in old pulp science fiction, and I picked up lots of them there, in the old Ace paperback editions. Have you read The Moon Men and The Moon Maid? I’m sure that the science is appalling (I’ll have to find the box that they currently reside in and skim through them again), but that’s half the fun, right?

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