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SUMMARY:A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
DESCRIPTION:\n\nIn anticipation of the new film John Carter which will be o
 pening across the UK in early March 2012 [A Film Night event is listed her
 e]\, lets use the 5th Monday of January to squeeze in a discussion of the 
 books that form the basis of the film A Princess of Mars.\n\nA Princess of
  Mars is a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs\, the first of hi
 s Barsoom series. It is also Burroughs' first novel\, pre-dating his famou
 s Tarzan series. Full of swordplay and daring feats\, the novel is conside
 red a classic example of 20th century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal i
 nstance of the planetary romance\, a genre that became highly popular in t
 he decades following its publication. Its early chapters also contain elem
 ents of the Western. The story is set on Mars\, imagined as a dying planet
  with a harsh desert environment. This vision of Mars was based on the wor
 k of the astronomer Percival Lowell\, whose ideas were widely popularized 
 in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\n\nThe Barsoom series inspired 
 a number of well-known 20th century science fiction writers\, including Ra
 y Bradbury\, John Norman\, and Arthur C. Clarke\, and was also inspiration
 al for many scientists in the fields of space exploration and the search f
 or extraterrestrial life\, including Carl Sagan\, who read A Princess of M
 ars as a child.\n\n\n\n\nA Princess of Mars is out of Copyright in the Uni
 ted Kingdom and can be downloaded for FREE at Project Gutenburg!!!\n\nThe 
 Plan\nAs this is an extra meeting we are going somewhere a little differen
 t. Just south of London Bridge station is a rabbits warren of streets that
  are almost all offices and old warehouse space but nestled amongst all th
 is is a fantastic pub called The Miller (http://www.themiller.co.uk). It's
  normally a real oasis of craziness but will be VERY quiet on a Sunday aft
 ernoon.
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 W8 6PS\, United Kingdom
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