brian's review
3.0
Decent pulp sci-fi, but a bit too similar to the John Carter of Mars stories to make it seem like anything special.
This is the start of the Carson of Venus series. After his spaceship misses Mars, it avoids crashing into the sun by luckily crashlanding on Venus.
Fortunately, the air turns out to be breathable, and the planet inhabited by humanoids.
There's another falling in love with a Princess story in there, as well as becoming the leader of a whole bunch of the natives.
This is the start of the Carson of Venus series. After his spaceship misses Mars, it avoids crashing into the sun by luckily crashlanding on Venus.
Fortunately, the air turns out to be breathable, and the planet inhabited by humanoids.
There's another falling in love with a Princess story in there, as well as becoming the leader of a whole bunch of the natives.
lilyn_g's review
3.0
In our quest to conquer the science fiction classics, we ended up needing to read two books from Edgar Rice Burroughs. The first was Princess of Mars, the second was Pirates of Venus. Princess of Mars was rip-roaring dimestore fun that made you grin the entire time you were reading it. Pirates of Venus... was not.
Full review up later.
Full review up later.
hammard's review
2.0
This is pretty much exactly Burroughs as you would expect him to be. Readable, adventurous, predictable, cliche ridden and dated adventures. If you like his other work you'll probably like Pirates of Venus, if not this won't change your mind.
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