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In 1912, Burroughs sold his first novel, "A Princess of Mars," which introduced John Carter, the ageless ex-Confederate soldier who was mysteriously transported to Mars. His adventures upon the Red Planet (called Barsoom by the indigenous cultures) became a legend. In the following ten books, Burroughs created a new civilation and an entire world of excitement, adventure, and romance.
 

Here is the cover art for one of the earlier (left) and one of the more recent (right) printings of A Princess of Mars. Guess which one is from Frank Frazetta 1970 and which one is from Michael Whelan 1979... Note: both covers feature the main character, John Carter, and the lovely heroine, Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Helium. The cover on the left by Frank Frazetta, the one on the right was painted by Michael Whelan.

The Books

• A comprehensive listing of the most famous Edgar Rice Burroughs series in the world of science fiction is given below.

Other Edgar Rice Burroughs Links

• A very thourough and informative web site dedicated to Edgar Rice Burroughs - the man and his many works.
• An autobiographical sketch that reads like one of his own novels...
• A very thourough and informative web site of Tarzan.
• Visit the Hillman site, dedicated to all of the chronological works that have featured the worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
• A unique "Fish-eye" and high quality illustrations of the Edgar Rice Burroughs classics are located at Argos-Asylum.

     TARZAN OF THE APES, 1912
     THE RETURN OF TARZAN, 1913
     THE BEAST OF TARZAN, 1914
     THE SON OF TARZAN, 1915
     TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR, 1916
     JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN, 1919
     TARZAN THE UNTAMED, 1920
     TARZAN THE TERRIBLE, 1921
     TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION, 1923
     TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN, 1924
     THE TARZAN TWINS, 1927
     TARZAN, THE LORD OF JUNGLE, 1928
     TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE, 1929
     TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE, 1930
     TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE, 1931
     TARZAN TRIUMPHANT, 1932
     TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD, 1933
     TARZAN AND THE LION MAN, 1034
     TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN, 1935
     TARZAN'S QUEST, 1936
     TARZAN AND THE TARZAN TWINS WITH JAD-BAL-JA, THE GOLDEN LION, 1936
     TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY, 1938
     TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT, 1939
     TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION, 1947
     TARZAN AND THE TARZAN TWINS, 1963
     TARZAN AND THE MADMAN, 1964
     TARZAN AND THE CASTAWAYS, 1965

Pellucidar series

     AT THE EARTH'S CORE, 1914
     PELLUCIDAR, 1923
     TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR, 1930
     TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE, 1937
     BACK TO THE STONE AGE, 1937
     LAND OF TERROR, 1944
     SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR, 1963

Venus series

     PIRATES OF VENUS, 1934
     LOST ON VENUS, 1935
     CARSON OF VENUS, 1939
     ESCAPE ON VENUS, 1946
     THE WIZARD OF VENUS, 1970
     THE WIZARD OF VENUS AND PIRATE BLOOD, 1984

Mars series

     A PRINCESS OF MARS, 1917
     THE GODS OF MARS, 1918
     THE WARLORD OF MARS, 1919
     THUVIA, MAID OF MARS, 1920
     THE CHESSMEN OF MARS, 1922
     THE MASTER MIND OF MARS, 1928
     A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS, 1931
     SWORDS OF MARS, 1936
     SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS, 1940
     LLANA OF GATHOL, 1948
     JOHN CARTER OF MARS, 1964

Other works:

     THE MOON MAID, 1923-1925
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, 1924
     THE ETERNAL LOVER, 1925
     THE MOON MEN, 1925
     THE MAD KING, 1926
     THE MONSTER MEN, 1929
     JUNGLE GIRL, 1932
     THE MAN-EATER, 1955
     TALES OF THREE PLANETS, 1964

Credit for this list comes from jkrantz site.