Latest: John Carter Of Mars

Here’s one of my favorite books ever. It’s not exactly “literature” but it is a lot of fun.

The John Carter Of Mars, or Barsoom series begins with the book in the picture, A Princess of Mars

It’s about a civil war vet who gets mysteriously transported to mars, where due to the lower gravity, he finds himself with super powers. Sure, it sounds a little hokey, and in reality it is. Doesn’t matter, though. It’s great adventure fiction.

This was one of my main influences for starting Oasis.

There are constant rumors that Hollywood is going to make this into a movie. Who knows, maybe some day we’ll see it.

Oh, yeah, and it also includes what is quite possibly my favorite line [...]