Wizard of Venus is the fifth and final book in the Venus series (Sometimes called the "Carson Napier of Venus series") by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was published in 1964, fourteen years after Burroughs's death. The book consists of two stories written during the early 1940s that were discovered after Burroughs's death: "Wizard of Venus" and an unrelated pirate adventure story entitled "Pirate Blood." THE WIZARD OF VENUS: The adventure of Carson Napier among the exotic peoples and beasts of distant Amtor .. an adventure not to be missed, as Carson encounters a new kind of science and a new master of alien deviltry!
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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes, was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land That Time Forgot, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost 30 years, with his last novel, The Land of Terror, being published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his legendary hero.
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