tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post8713447652549058147..comments2024-01-30T20:01:01.316+00:00Comments on Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Barsoom Project by Larry Niven and Steven BarnesAnthony G Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-63759240487984488932011-09-26T06:57:25.051+01:002011-09-26T06:57:25.051+01:00I have fond memories of those Edgar Rice Burroughs...I have fond memories of those Edgar Rice Burroughs stories from my dim and distant youth, but I think I'd be reluctant to read them again for fear that I would now find them ridiculous.<br /><br />I have kept a kind of updated version of the stories (in spirit, anway) which I enjoyed in the 1980s - the Gandalara Cycle by Randall Garrett and Vicky Ann Heydron. In these, a modern-day man suddenly finds himself in the body of a warrior on an exotic desert world. I must read them again sometime (so many books, so little time...).Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-61417315234539174142011-09-25T18:01:37.536+01:002011-09-25T18:01:37.536+01:00An interesting sounding review. I got my first tas...An interesting sounding review. I got my first taste of scifi reading Edgar Rice Burroughs "Carson of Venus" and the equally good (In retrospect - better) Barsoom stories. OK, so now we know that Venus is uninhabitable, but for their time they were excellent and he used them to parody what was happening in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.<br /><br />Brilliant stuff, now I shall have to try and find copies again ...The Gray Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243748164095781725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-4309678463244846192011-09-25T17:23:24.824+01:002011-09-25T17:23:24.824+01:00I'd be interested in the views of anyone who&#...I'd be interested in the views of anyone who's read the fourth book.Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-80291363737600138342011-09-25T16:59:32.090+01:002011-09-25T16:59:32.090+01:00Anthony,
I have read the first three and agree wi...Anthony,<br /><br />I have read the first three and agree with you. _Dream Park_ was the best, while the series weakened as it progressed. <br /><br />I wasn't aware there was a fourth out. I may check it out to see if it has recovered its original flair.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-6890021214969278242011-09-25T15:41:09.291+01:002011-09-25T15:41:09.291+01:00Good review, Tony. I enjoyed the book more than yo...Good review, Tony. I enjoyed the book more than you did, but then, I'm a gamer. I think that makes all the difference in the world.<br /><br />I recognized the flaws in this book and in <b>Dream Park</b>, but the setting was so appealing that I could overlook them. And I enjoy reading about and watching games (on YouTube), not just playing them, so this was right up my alley.<br /><br />This is a book where our existing interests matter, I think. Non-gamers don't seem to find it as appealing. That's understandable.Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.com