This book was good, and science fiction/adventure fans will enjoy. Pirates of Venus was a 173 page burner I read in 2 days. Pirates of Venus is the exciting inaugural volume in the last series imagined and penned by Edgar Rice Burroughs. In January 2020 Carson of Venus: The Edge of All Worlds by Matt Betts will be published. A space-mission gone wrong forces Carson Napier to crash-land on Venus. We have incredibly outdated science (after all, Venus is now known to be uninhabitable for life as we know it, let alone for complex humanoid populations and massive vegetation). The sequel, Lost on Venus, is sitting on my shelf, but I think I'll restrain myself. Although a case can be made for “science fiction” either inspiring or anticipating scientific developments over the course of the last century, there is very little “science” in the “science fiction” of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Due to a whopper of a miscalculation, he misses that destination, begins a fall toward the Sun, and is saved only by becoming caught in the gravitational field of Venus so that he lands there. In Amtor, cities of immortal beings flourish in giant trees reaching thousands of feet into the sky; ferocious beasts stalk the wilderness below; rare flashes of sunlight precipitate devastating storms; and the inhabitants believe their world is sau. Fighting strange creatures. Carson Napier, who can astrally project himself to anywhere on Earth, decides that isn't enough, and builds a spaceship to Mars. This is the first in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 5th sf/adventure series, and it is a huge step down from Tarzan, Barsoom, Pellucidar, and Caspak. That means that you will go on a planet hopping adventure pre lunar landing era. But a miscalculation sent him hurtling out of control through the cloaking mists of Earth’s sister world. I wont ruin the story for you just give you a few tid bits. View all covers for Pirates of Venus (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page) Reviews. Although first serialized in Argosy in 1932, it was later serialized in Passing Show Magazine in England, with the ERB, Inc. first edition hardcover appearing in February 15, 1934. This is also a political satire aimed at communism in which the villains, the Thorists, who start a revolutions solely to benefit themselves, play a background role. Venus was a startling world—semi-private, semi-civilized. Don't let the name fool you, this isn't your typical 70's sci-fi novel, mainly because it was written in the 30's. It's a compelling yarn concerning a young man with plenty of money and not much concern about what happens to him, who constructs a rocket with the idea of going to Mars. From Wikisource ... the first earth man to sail the seas of Venus, was doomed to be cooped up in a stuffy hole below deck where I could see nothing. I'm relatively new to the work of ERB, but it seems to me he just keeps writing the same story over and over. Although first serialized in Argosy in 1932, it was later serialized in Passing Show Magazine in England, with the ERB, Inc. first edition hardcover appearing in February 15, 1934. Princess of Mars was rip-roaring dimestore fun that made you grin the entire time you were reading it. Pirates of Venus is the exciting inaugural volume in the last series imagined and penned by Edgar Rice Burroughs. This edition was published in 2001 by … It's not Edgar Rice Burroughs greatest work though, and truth be told, it's not even on a par with his others works like Tarzan and Barsoom. One which was purchased for its obvious absurd title. Pirates of Venus was a 173 page burner I read in 2 days. "Edgar Rice Burroughs was, and is, the most influential writer, bar none, of our century. Pirates of Venus – Edgar Rice Burroughs By Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author) Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic John Carter, although he produced works in many genres. Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores. I never read the Venus series. Pirates of Venus is the first book in the Venus series (Sometimes called the "Carson Napier of Venus series") by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the last major series in Burroughs's career (The other major series were the Tarzan, Barsoom, and Pellucidar series). However, he did not include the Moon's gravitational pull in his calculations and misses Mars altogether. The political allegory, which I do not remember in other ERB books, is particularly ham-fisted and sometimes cringe-inducing. Carson Napier, who can astrally project himself to anywhere on Earth, decides that isn't enough, and builds a spaceship to Mars. (Rule for sf writers: Unless your invented language reveals some strange alien way of thinking, keep it to yourself.) In Amtor, cities of immortal beings flourish in giant trees reaching thousands of feet into the sky; ferocious beasts stalk the wilderness below; rare flashes of sunlight precipitate devastating storms; and the inhabitants believe their world is saucer-shaped with a fiery center and an icy rim. Pirates of Venus is the exciting inaugural volume in the last series imagined and penned by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Pirates of Venus 200. by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Builds a rocket to do that, but because he fails to consider the moon's gravity in his calculations, ends up on Venus instead. Carson Napier a rich, handsome blond haired, blue eyed man has the idea of exploring Mars. The plot is vintage (cliché?) $14.95. I've been reading Burroughs for 15 years (and I think this is like the 16th thing I've read from him... yeah, I'm a little obsessed) and I think I've been putting off reading this one for almost as long, partly because the first time I tried to read this it was a crappy modern illustrated edition by brother had bought. Paperback $ 14.95. Burroughs' novels are sometimes muddling, but at his best, he really could spin a tale. I've been reading Burroughs for 15 years (and I think this is like the 16th thing I've read from him... yeah, I'm a little obsessed) and I think I've been putting off reading this one for almost as long, partly because the first time I tried to read this it was a crappy modern illustrated edition by brother had bought. You must have at least 14 friends to set sail (undoubtedly a high bar), but because of pandemic restrictions, no more than 25 people are allowed. Luckily Venus stops his plunge into the Sun. A double-whammy of mediocre pseudoscience-fiction and ignoble political rambling sets a terrible start for a new Burroughs series. W. Pirates of Venus is fairly obviously a sci-fi adventure. Also expect aliens who are little different then man, only altered by slight differences in stature, skin color, and bizarre alien customs. This is the first ERB I’ve read in...over a decade, anyway. One which was purchased for its obvious absurd title. Here, we have the daring space explorer, a bored and rich young man who is resourceful and muscular and dashing, who makes women fall for him at the sight of him. His worlds are real. Carson Napier, the hero, is no John Carter, but the Venus series is fun and inventive. Paperback. Yet so grotesquely campy, it was impossible for me to stop reading. But he does it differently so well. Disney’s Tarzan Characters © Disney and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Title: Pirates of Venus Title Record # 35 Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Date: 1934-02-15 Type: NOVEL Series: Venus (Edgar Rice Burroughs) Series Number: 1 Webpages: Wikipedia-EN Language: English Note: Originally published as a six-part serial in Argosy, beginning on September 17, 1932. Be the first to ask a question about Pirates of Venus. Good guys are good, bad guys are bad. Description The shimmering, cloud-covered planet of Venus conceals a wondrous secret: the strikingly beautiful yet deadly world of Amtor. Pirates of Venus/Chapter VIII. Taking sides in their conflicts. Burroughs--stalwart Earthman finds himself alone on an alien world, rescues a beautiful princess, wins her love, and becomes the ruler of a mighty empire. Burroughs, though, bird-men and dog-crabs notwithstanding, takes the science and the society seriously. This was my first experience with Edgar Rice Burroughs outside of John Carter's (and friends) many adventures on Mars (or Barsoom as the locals call it.). Once acclimated, he finds a civilization that, like the one in, This is the first in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 5th sf/adventure series, and it is a huge step down from Tarzan, Barsoom, Pellucidar, and Caspak. Title: Pirates of Venus (Venus Series #1) Author Name: Burroughs, Edgar Rice Illustrator: Illustrated by Krenkel, Roy, Jr. Beneath the eternal clouds, Carson found a race of strange men inhabiting trees that made the giant red woods of California look like mere saplings. Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Pirates of Venus” When Carson Napier set out to reach Barsoom, the enchanted world found by the immortal John Carter, he miscalculated and found his course altered by Solar forces. View All Available Formats & Editions. While I was exposed to Tarzan through movies, I rediscovered him in book form, and John Carter of Mars I also discovered via books. The hero, Earthborn Carson, arrives on Venus … This, the first in that series, displays all the markings of a typical ERB plot, but the world building is less captivating than I remember the Barsoom books being (or am I simply older by so many decades?). Pirates of Venus [edit | edit source]. Carson, 27 years old, is a rich, handsome blond haired, blue eyed man has the idea of exploring Mars. Hardcover. Pirates of Venus was the first of the Amtor/Venus series. What had the originator of the genre done with this other example. A beautiful alien princess in need of his help gives him a new purpose in life within the dense jungles of Venus. We have master races without bashfulness, composed entirely of the most beautiful folks (the fact that this was written just pre-Hitler is probably not lost on a modern reader). From these I learned, what was of the greatest importance to me, the temper of the crew. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. 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One of the high-level changes that separates modern speculative fiction from the old stuff is the balkanization of science fiction among hard science fiction, social science fiction, and adventure fiction. ". This, the first in that series, displays all the markings of a typical ERB plot, but the world building is less captivating than I remember the Barsoom books being (or am I simply older by so many decades?). NOOK Book. I have to say, I'm a little surprised by this book. For one who has become expectant on greatness, good just isn't good enough. This is the first ERB I’ve read in...over a decade, anyway. Pirates of Venus... was not. Good triumphs. This was not as much fun as. (Burroughs still playing along with Arrhenius' 1918 speculation that Venus was a swamp. by Bison Books. My remembered impression of the Venus series was that it ranked among ERB's best, and on this return the first book of the set did not disappoint. The novel was serialized in Argosy Magazine and then published as a full length novel in 1934. Pirates of Venus (1934) by Edgar Rice Burroughs sister projects: Wikipedia article, Wikidata item. The first of five Carson Napier novels involving the planet Venus. Nobody would write about a hard science fiction novel today about a guy trying to fly to Mars on a privately financed (and unregulated) space mission and landing on Venus by accident—and finding full civilizations when he got there. I want a simple epic story.". We have incredibly outdated science (after all, Venus is now known to be uninhabitable for life as we know it, let alone for complex humanoid populations and massive vegetation). Template:Infobox Book. However, by 1932 when Pirates of Venus was written, astronomers already knew that Venus' atmosphere was full of carbon dioxide.) A lot of fun, excitement and suspense as Burroughs creates another hostile habitable world. In our quest to conquer the science fiction classics, we ended up needing to read two books from Edgar Rice Burroughs. I GOT little sleep that night. His adventures are recorded via telepathy to a man on Earth. My officers were constantly coming to me with reports. Napier learns the language, and the action sometimes stops so the reader can be clued on the plural forms of Venusian nouns. We’d love your help. Pirates of Venus ; Lost on Venus ; Carson of Venus ; Escape on Venus ; The Wizard of Venus ; In 2011, the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate commissioned a sixth Amtor novel, Skies of Venus, from writer Neal Romanek, but the novel was never released. Here, we have the daring space explorer, a bored and rich young man who is resourceful and muscular and dashing, who makes women fall for him at … Commemorative ed. This is the first in the series but ends rather abruptly and you need to go immediately to the next, "Lost on Venus," to get closure. (Burroughs still playing along with Arrhenius'. In the early 1970s, in the back of the DC comic Korak, Son of Tarzan (issues 46 to 53), there was a shorter feature that serialized Pirates of Venus, … Refresh and try again. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The hero, Earthborn Carson, arrives on … I wont ruin the story for you just give you a few tid bits. One which has all the quirks of early sci-fi. $24.95. Carson Napier set out for Mars in a secret interplanetary rocket but found himself instead on a different world—the cloud-hidden planet Venus. Although there is nothing new in the plot, ERB at his best has a way of writing a tale that just zings along from adventure to adventure in a very enjoyable way, making for fast, fun, escapist reading. Covered by clouds and shrouded in mystery, the planet Venus was the last place Carson Napier expected touch down when he launched his secret rocket ship to Mars. Pirates of Venus Chapter 11 - Duare Edgar Rice Burroughs. Pirates of Venus is the first book in the Venus series (Sometimes called the "Carson Napier of Venus series") by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the last major series in Burroughs's career (The other major series were the Tarzan, Barsoom, and Pellucidar series). It's a compelling yarn concerning a young man with plenty of money and not much concern about what happens to him, who constructs a rocket with the idea of going to Mars. You know that wasn’t always so, but the brain still wants to categorize based on the immediate examples to come to mind, so you wind up categorizing that old book anyway, usually as adventure fiction. Builds a rocket to do that, but because he fails to consider the moon's gravity in his calculations, ends up on Venus instead. One of the high-level changes that separates modern speculative fiction from the old stuff is the balkanization of science fiction among hard science fiction, social science fiction, and adventure fiction. But despite all their wisdom, imminent danger threatened to wipe out all the Vepajans and their lovely princess Duare. Review by uncredited (1934) in Wonder Stories, June 1934, (1934) Review by C. A. Brandt (1934) in Amazing Stories, July 1934; To see what your friends thought of this book, I put A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court down mid-read, and said to myself, "I want a real adventure. As a young teenager the Barsoom and Pellucidar books were my imaginative playground. Carson Napier a rich, handsome blond haired, blue … Of all the novels written in the Venus series, the first one is titled ‘Pirates of Venus’ and was first published in the year 1932 and was later republished by Bison Books on 1st September, 2001. Venus is a cloud-covered world. $1.99. Pirates of Venus is book one of the five book "Venus" series written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and is presented with the same flair for adventure, excitement and imagination as of his best seller "Tarzan." Thoroughly enjoyable - you must keep in mind that it was published in 1932, however. So politically incorrect that sometimes it's physically painful to read but seeing as this is 1930s pulp science fiction, anyone who picks it up shouldn't be shocked. The ingredients for some good, classic sci-fi are all there: an unknown planet, strange creatures, a few good guys, a lot of bad guys and a beautiful extra-terrestrial woman. Here, we have the daring space explorer, a bored and rich young man who is resourceful and muscular and dashing, who makes women fall for him at the sight of him. It's like a train wreck in slow motion. This is also a political satire aimed at communism in which the villains, the Thorists, who start a revolutions solely to benefit themselves, p. #1 in the fantasy adventures of Carson Napier on the planet Venus. This book, which is as much fantasy as science fiction, is so shoddily imagined that I could not be bothered to finish it. On Amtor (the native name for Venus), he goes through the same old drill that John Carter went through on Mars and David Innes in Pellucidar. Had Carson Napier arrived in time to save them, or was his arrival the signal for the annihilation to begin? This is the literary equivalent of comfort food. Luckily Venus stops his plunge into the Sun. One which has all the quirks of early sci-fi. #1 in the fantasy adventures of Carson Napier on the planet Venus. All this makes for an entertaining read!T, Pirates of Venus is fairly obviously a sci-fi adventure. Then, captured by an ancient native civilization, Carson glimpsed a beautiful woman in a palace garden and committed a sun unpardonable by the laws of his adopted planet — He fell in love with a princess of Venus. I never read the Venus series. The ones Napier encounters are often stupid or incompetent. Carson, 27 years old, is a rich, handsome blond haired, blue eyed man has the idea of exploring Mars. Pirates of Venus Synopsis. Due to a whopper of a miscalculation, he misses that destination, begins a fall toward the Sun, and is saved only by becoming caught in the gravitational field of Venus so that he la, My remembered impression of the Venus series was that it ranked among ERB's best, and on this return the first book of the set did not disappoint. I have read, and been a fan, of much else of Edgar Rice Burroughs work. ‘The shimmering, cloud-covered planet of Venus conceals a wondrous secret: the strikingly beautiful yet deadly world of Amtor. One which has all the quirks of early sci-fi. You know that wasn’t always so, but the brain still wants to categorize based on the immediate examples to come to mind, so you wind up categorizing that old book anyway, usually as adventure fiction. These men – and their woman – were all very handsome and healthy, for they had discovered the secret of perpetual youth and the method of avoiding all disease. Nobody would write about a hard science fiction novel today about a guy trying to fly to Mars. For licensing opportunities, please contact cwilbanks@erburroughs.com. Anyhow, it's today and I've actually read it now, in a sweet Ace printing which recycles the Roy Krenkel cover for “A Fighting. That was a time when most fantasy and sci-fi had heavy Greek, and Mesopotamia leanings so you will see many alien cultures coincidently resembling them. Covered by clouds and shrouded in mystery, the planet Venus was the last place Carson Napier expected touch down when he launched his secret rocket ship to Mars. When Carson Napiers giant rocket crash-landed on planet Venus, he knew that there would be no return to Earth for him. I have to say, I'm a little surprised by this book. There's also another tiresome Burroughs princess that won't give our hero the time of day. A lot of fun, excitement and suspense as Burroughs creates another hostile habitable world. Spreading his powerful wings, he rose, while Duare stretched her hands toward me. In Amtor, cities of immortal beings flourish in giant trees reaching thousands of feet into the sky; ferocious beasts stalk the wilderness below; rare flashes of sunlight precipitate devastating storms; and the inhabitants believe their world is saucer-shaped with a fiery center and an icy rim. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published One without out the dry preachings of politics. Anyhow, it's today and I've actually read it now, in a sweet Ace printing which recycles the Roy Krenkel cover for “A Fighting Man of Mars”. Amtor, known on Earth as the planet Venus, is the setting of a Planetary Romance series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.The hero of the series is Earth-man Carson Napier, who travels to Amtor in the first novel of the series, Pirates of Venus. The first was Princess of Mars, the second was Pirates of Venus. Pirates of Venus is the exciting inaugural volume in the last series imagined and penned by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Pirates of Venus is fairly obviously a sci-fi adventure. Nor would modern social science fiction likely come at things from the same way, if only because certain views on society and anything that smacks too strongly of fun are well out of fashion. But a miscalculation sent him hurtling out of control through the cloaking mists of Earth’s sister world. I have the Ace edition of this. The shimmering, cloud-covered planet of Venus conceals a wondrous secret: the strikingly beautiful yet deadly world of Amtor. A planet whose inhabitants included men, half-men, and monsters, all struggling with each other for dominance. Stranded on Amtor after his spaceship crashes, astronaut Carson Napier is swept into a world where revolution is ripe, the love of a princess carries a dear price, and death can come as easily from the blade of a sword as from the ray of a futuristic gun. Welcome back. His adventures are recorded via telepathy to a man on Earth. Pirates of Venus. As a young teenager the Barsoom and Pellucidar books were my imaginative playground. Thus, to learn that Burroughs penned another series in the 'Planetary romance' or 'Sword & Planet' genre was interesting to me. It was first serialized in six parts in Argosy in 1932 and published in book form two years later by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Venus was a place of unmapped oceans dotted with great islands; a world with mammoth forests whose trees pierced the clouds and whose cities squatted on their branches and winged men flew. The shimmering, cloud-covered planet of Venus conceals a wondrous secret: the strikingly beautiful yet deadly world of Amtor. Jeff VanderMeer's Climate Fiction Reading List. Pirates of Venus was the first of the Amtor/Venus series. His problem was to survive some how until other Earth rockets could follow. This is an audiobooks presentation using TTS (Text-To-Speech) synthesis technology. Burroughs has a formula and all of his stories are the same. One which was purchased for its obvious absurd title. The cruise is completely outdoors, and you can reserve slots with only people you know. However, he did not include the Moon's gravitational pull in his calculations and misses Mars altogether. 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