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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2023 20:43:58 GMT -5
A Guide to Barsoom by John Flint Roy - The Mars of Edgar Rice Burroughs
This is a book I have had for a while. Illustrated by Neal MacDonald
Eleven Sections Covering the Eleven Books
Copyright 1976
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2023 20:54:30 GMT -5
At the beginning of the book it has "A Brief History of Pre-Carter Barsoom."
It starts 23,000,000 years ago, when the Valley of Dor lay on the equator.
Has anyone else seen this book or has any of you read it?
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2023 21:01:41 GMT -5
Just over a half million years ago, the oceans were still full and all was well. Then the oceans started drying up and the hordes of six limbed green giants decimated the black, white and yellow men of Barsoom and most retreated to their hidden redoubts. But other mixed and became the sturdy red men of Barsoom who pushed back the green hordes and built the current cities. Also scientists built the atmosphere plants to maintain a breathable atmosphere and they remain to this day.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2023 21:04:58 GMT -5
During the desperate years when all the races of the men of Barsoom were constantly on the move and constantly fighting with the green hordes, scientists also with genetic manipulation changed reproduction to egg laying and now the children of the men of Barsoom step from their eggs fully developed except in size and their education starts immediately.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2023 21:08:52 GMT -5
The red men of Barsoom also built the canals to bring melt water from the poles to the cities. One struggle was to convince the green hordes that this benefited them too, so that they learned not to damage or destroy the canals.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2023 21:12:05 GMT -5
As science advanced ERB, placed Barsoom in the same spot as Mars, but in a different dimension.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2023 21:13:18 GMT -5
The five major ocean and numerous sea beds that once were are now covered with yellow moss-like vegetation.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2023 21:17:26 GMT -5
The moss like vegetation has spread on the former lowlands, plains, tablelands, hills,plateaus and mountains of Barsoom except for the most arid areas which have only naked rock, a few swamp or marshy areas, a few small streams, one or two rivers and a sea at the south pole.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2023 21:18:04 GMT -5
There are also a few isolated small patches of forest which are highly prized.
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Post by Morose on Mar 10, 2023 18:39:49 GMT -5
At the beginning of the book it has "A Brief History of Pre-Carter Barsoom." It starts 23,000,000 years ago, when the Valley of Dor lay on the equator. Has anyone else seen this book or has any of you read it? Haven't seen it or read it. |
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Post by Morose on Mar 10, 2023 18:41:47 GMT -5
During the desperate years when all the races of the men of Barsoom were constantly on the move and constantly fighting with the green hordes, scientists also with genetic manipulation changed reproduction to egg laying and now the children of the men of Barsoom step from their eggs fully developed except in size and their education starts immediately. I don't think I knew that the women of Barsoom originally gave live birth and where changed to egg layers instead. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 10, 2023 19:22:00 GMT -5
During the desperate years when all the races of the men of Barsoom were constantly on the move and constantly fighting with the green hordes, scientists also with genetic manipulation changed reproduction to egg laying and now the children of the men of Barsoom step from their eggs fully developed except in size and their education starts immediately. I don't think I knew that the women of Barsoom originally gave live birth and where changed to egg layers instead. Right now I don't remember if that was ever spelled out in the books themselves or not. |
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