Planetary romance
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Planetary romance is a subgenre of science fiction in which the bulk of the action consists of adventures on one exotic alien—often technologically primitive—world, characterized by distinctive physic
Cover of Imagination, August 1953
Cover of Planet Stories, May 1951
Cover illustration for A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, McClurg, 1917
Cover of Planet Stories (vol. 1, no. 1, Winter 1939), a pulp magazine devoted to interplanetary adventure.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer, recognized for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he
Planetary romance
…1905), in which an officer reaches Mars by magic carpet and undertakes an adventure with a princess, a theme later developed more successfully by Edgar Rice Burroughs. In the same vein are Gustavus W. Pope's "Romances of the Planets": Journey to Mars (1894) and Journey to Venus (1895). In the early twentieth century…
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Burroughs's bookplate, showing Tarzan holding the planet Mars, surrounded by other characters from his stories and symbols relating to his personal interests and career
Typescript letter, with Tarzana Ranch letterhead, from Burroughs to Ruthven Deane, explaining the design and significance of his bookplate