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dragonpyper — A Princess of Mars
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John Carter, a Confederate American Civil War veteran, goes prospecting in Arizona and, when set upon by Indians, is mysteriously transported to Mars, called "Barsoom" by its inhabitants. Carter finds that he has great strength on this planet, due to its lesser gravity. Carter soon falls in among the Tharks, a nomadic tribe of the planet's warlike, four-armed, green inhabitants. Thanks to his strength and combat abilities he rises in position in the tribe and earns the respect and eventually the friendship of Tars Tarkas, one of the Thark chiefs.The Tharks subsequently capture Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, a member of the humanoid red Martian race. The red Martians inhabit a loose network of city-states and control the desert planet's canals, along which its agriculture is concentrated. Carter rescues her from the green men to return her to her people.
Currently in a Burroughs mood of late.
John Carter and Dejah Thoris created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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FANTASTIC use of poser programs, and yet making it a painted look, too!
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Wasn't aware we have similar titles...
Very nice image. John Carter comes out pretty cool.
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I know they called them the red men of mars but I thought that was just an allusion to a caucasian skin coloration not meaning literally red.
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Yes it can be confusing. I found this on Wikipedia
-Race
Race is a constant theme in the Barsoom novels. Barsoom is distinctly divided along racial lines. White, Yellow, Black, Red, and Green races all appear across the novels, each with individual traits and qualities which seem to define the characters of most of the individuals within them. Although John Carter is able to befriend Green Martian Tars Tarkas, who shows noble qualities, the latter is called an exception to the rule, and remains a noble savage.John Carter himself, is white-skinned, a race now mythical on Barsoom, and due to the lower gravity, imbued with strength and agility. This makes him a kind of mythic figure able to achieve what none of the existing races on the planet have done.
-Red Martians
The Red Martians are the dominant culture on Barsoom, organized into imperial city-states controlling the planetary canal system, as well as more isolated states in the hinterlands. The Red Martians were interbred from the ancient Yellow Martians, White Martians, and Black Martians, when the seas of Barsoom began to dry up, in hope of creating a hardy race to survive in a dying world. The Red Martians are highly civilized, respect private property, are honorable and have a sense of fairness. Their culture is lawful, technologically advanced, and they are capable of love and family life. Presumably on account of scarcity, the chief crime in their cities is assassination.
-Green Martians
The Green Martians are ten to twelve feet in height, having four arms each and large eyes at the side of their heads. They are nomadic, warlike and barbaric, do not form families, have discarded concepts of friendship and affection (presumably in the name of survival) and enjoy torture. Their social structure is communal and rigidly hierarchical, with various levels of chiefs, the highest being an all-powerful Jeddak, who reaches this position through combat. They are tribal, and war among one another. They are primitive, intellectually backwards, and have no art or written language. Any advanced technology they possess is stolen from the Red Martians. They inhabit the ancient ruined cities of Barsoom.
Have you ever seen or played the the RPG game "Space 1889"?
The Martians are very pale humanoids and call Earth-men "Red Devils" because of their ruddy red Skin color.
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I haven't played it or actually seen a copy personally but I have seen adverts for it on the back of old white dwarf mags that Dave has in his collection. Dave says he never bought a copy as steampunk back when he was into mainstream RPGs was something of a laughing matter, very few people played it on account of most of the backgrounds written for it tended to be flagrant rip-offs of contemperay space operas such as the Martian series by ERB and the Tedric series by EE Doc Smith.
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Thanks.
I think I finally got her right.
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Do you know about the new movie coming out next year?
It's being done by Disney so no skimpy outfits,pity, but it looks promising.
Here's the link for the first trailer.[link]
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They have but unfortunately they are all totally crap,
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