Wednesday Apr 08, 2015

The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 14 - Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Boys go to Mars to get more stars. Carson Napier went to Venus to find… adventure! This 1932 adventure by Edgar Rice Burroughs introduces a new hero and a new planet, but after 20 years of writing pulp adventure novels, does the creator of Tarzan have anything more to offer? Find out as we review Pirates of Venus, the first entry in the Carson of Venus series.

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Pellucidar series; Mars series; Venus series

Edgar Rice Burroughs

born 1875, died 1950

Pirates of Venus was first serialized in six parts in Argosy in 1932. Burroughs has been a novelist for 20 years.

In the 1920s Burroughs became a pilot and encouraged his family to learn to fly.

2 years after writing this novel, Burroughs divorced his wife Emma Hulbert. A year later he married actress Florence Gilbert Dearholt.

Co-host:

Jeffrey Wikstrom

website - jeffwik.com

email - jeffwik@gmail.com

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