Three science fiction novels based on the "hollow earth'. theory and describing
an inner world 500 miles beneath earth's crust--accessible through openings at
the poles--where evolution of flora and fauna progressed somewhat differently
than on earth's surface.
Burroughs, Erlgar Rice. Carson of Venus. New York, Canaveral Press, 1963.
312 p.
Fiction. Adventures of an American, Carson Napier, on Venus as allegedly
narrated telepathically to author. In a country called Korva, Carson helps
depose a mad dictator. F'~ ~·st published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.,
Tarzana, Calif., in 1938.
----- Escape on Venus. Tarzana, Calif., Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jnc., 1946.
341 p.
Ficti'>n. Further adventures of Carson Napier of California on Venus during
which he and his mate are captured successively by several subhuman tribes.
----- The gods of Mars. New York, Canaveral Press, 1962. 348 p.
Science-fantasy adventure. Captain John Carter of Virginia, miraculo11sly tele-
ported to Mars, finds himself among peoples whose evolution passed by degrees
from true plant life to a combination of plant and animal.
----- John Carter and the giant of Mars. New York, Canaveral Press, 1964. 208p.
In final volume of Martian science-fantasy serie~, John CartH cf Virginia, for-
mer Conff>clerate offict>r, successfully copes with the wicked machinations of a
synthetic man. In Skeleton Men of Jupiter, he foils the warlike race on that
planet that is bent on conquering Mars and enslaving its population.
----- Llana of Gathol. Tarzana, Calif., Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1948. 317 p.
Four loosely intertwined science-fiction novelettes about Mars, a dying planet
on which natural resources have almost vanished and where air and water are
barely sufficient to meet the requirements of the population.
----- The master mind of Mars. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. 312 p.
Science fiction. Capt. Ulysses P.uctou, U.S. Army, finds himself on Mars in
his astral body. He is forced tc serve :~ mad surgeon who has learned to trans-
fer successfully the brain of one individual to the brain pan of another.
----- Piratf.s of V~ntts. New York, Canaveral Press, 1962. 314 p.
Science-fantasy adventure. Carson Napier, son of an English officer and his
American wife, takes off from Guadalupe Island, Mexico, for Mars in a rocket
ship he personally constructed. Through an error in calculation, he land<; on
Venus instead.
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