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In the final novel of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus series, stalwart Earthman Carson Napier and his mate, the beautiful Duare, are trying to find their way back to Korva, the country that became their home in the previous book. We follow them from mishap to mishap as they encounter a nation of fish-men, the cult of a strange goddess, a macabre museum whose living exhibits are paralyzed then mounted, and a war between navies of huge land-bound ships on a great plain.Tags
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Carson Napier once again has to escape from the nasty natives (the non-human ones are the nasty ones) with his human native fiance and try to get back to her kingdom. Classic 'wild planet' sword scifi/fantasy, from the original master. Burroughs has been often copied, never duplicated. Classic Frank Frazetta cover art.
A generic science fiction adventure by ERB, which shows why he would have remained a relative unknown if not for his creation of Tarzan.
Venus, en su punto más cercano a la tierra, se halla a unos veintiséis millones de millas; en realidad, un pequeño brinco en los ámbitos del infinito espacio. A nuestra mirada la oculta la capa de nubes que la envuelven y sólo un habitante de la tierra, Carson de Venus, consiguió ver su superficie. Este es el cuarto relato de las aventuras de Carson de Venus, en la estrella de Pastor, según la narró él mismo telepáticamente a Edgar Rice Burrought, de Lanikai, en la isla de Oahu.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago. His father, George Tyler was a distiller and a battery manufacturer. Early in life Burroughs attempted to support his family in a variety of occupations, including railroad policeman, business partner, and miner. None of these proved successful. However, Burroughs had always enjoyed show more reading adventure fiction and decided to try his hand at writing. His first attempt, written under the pseudonym Normal Bean, sold very quickly and Burroughs' career took off. Although critics and educators have not always been supportive of Burroughs' writing, the characters in his stories have entertained readers for many years. Tarzan was the most popular, earning Burroughs enough money to start his own publishing house and a motion picture company. Another character, John Carter, is the hero of Burroughs' Mars adventure series. The continuing popularity of these characters has led some critics to reconsider the value of Burroughs' writing and to acknowledge significant themes in his stories. Burroughs died on March 19, 1950. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Escape on Venus
- Original title
- Escape on Venus
- Original publication date
- 1946; 1941-03; 1946-10-15
- People/Characters
- Carson Napier; Duare
- Important places
- Venus; Amtor
- Dedication
- To Brigadier General Kendall J. Fielder
- First words
- If you will look at any good map of Venus you will see that the land mass called Anlap lies northwest of the island of Vepaja, from which Duare and I had just escaped.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)We had overcome seemingly insuperable obstacles, but at long last we were home.
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.087626
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- Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.087626 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Science fiction Planetary romance
- LCC
- PS3503 .U798 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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- Dutch, English
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- ISBNs
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- ASINs
- 30
