Author: Michael Sellers
Military Ranks on John Carter's Barsoom
Tweet Military Titles & Units The military titles are all attested, but most of the names of military units are conjecture. But if we assume that *u- [< utan and umak] is a prefix […]
How to count in Barsoomian
Tweet Number Barsoomian Source 1 ay ay-mad, “one man” (SMM/chapter 11) 4 tor tor-dur-bar, “four million eight” (SMM/4) 7 ov teeaytan-ov, “eleven hundred seven” (SMM/4) 8 bar tor-dur-bar, “four million […]
The Language of John Carter's Barsoom
Tweet Aaanthor – AA AN THOR A dead city of ancient Mars. – TMOMg Aisle of Hope An aisle leading to the court-room in Helium. – TMOMg apt – APT […]
News about Disney's John Carter issue #1
Tweet super squabblers – Brantford Expositor – brantfordexpositor.ca 12/03/2011 super squabblersBrantford Expositoralso on disney's preview plate, scenes from John carter, the film of edgar rice burroughs' a princess of mars, […]
Interview with MIchael Giacchino, Composer for Disney's John Carter
TweetMichael Giacchino, the composer for Disney’s upcoming space epic John Carter, is better known as the composer of The Incredibles, Cloverfield, Star Trek and much more. Here is what he […]
John Carter Inspired Avatar, not vice versa — let’s set the record straight
TweetIn the aftermath of the release of the new trailer of John Carter, set for release on March 9th, it’s been interesting to watch all the flame-throwiing on YouTube and […]
John Carter Trailers
TweetThe second John Carter trailer, released on November 30, 2011 HD VERSION SD VERSION The first John Carter teaser trailer, released July 14, 2011
Roy Krenkel’s evocative Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace paperback covers
TweetA disciple of J.Allen St. John, Franklin Booth, William Walcot and Norman Lindsay, Roy Krenkel was responsible for vividly evocative cover art for the ACE 1960’s Edgar Rice Burroughs paperbacks. […]
John Carter and the mad romance of the "one man scout flyer"
TweetOne of the things I’m determined to do with this site is help share some of the magic of Edgar Rice Burroughs and John Carter to those who otherwise probably […]
An evening with Danton Burroughs, keeper of the flame for Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetAs an “Army brat” teenager I truly fell in love with the fantastic tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories, which in those days were being reissued on paperback by ACE […]
Puhlease! Stop it with the "John Carter is ripping off Star Wars"
TweetNever has a movie release created such a need to stamp out stupid brushfires as John Carter — precisely because this is a situation where the source material for half […]
Will the Andrew Stanton/Lynn Collins "Warrior Princess" version of Dejah Thoris win hearts or lose them?
TweetFor Edgar Rice Burroughs enthusiasts, few issues in the screen depiction of Barsoom bear more scrutiny than the choice of how to portray “the incomparable Dejah Thoris”, Princess of Helium. […]
Will the Andrew Stanton/Lynn Collins "Warrior Princess" version of Dejah Thoris win hearts?
TweetFor Edgar Rice Burroughs enthusiasts, few issues in the screen depiction of Barsoom bear more scrutiny than the choice of how to portray “the incomparable Dejah Thoris”, Princess of Helium. […]