Cosmic Epics: The Seminal Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars, The Moon Maid, Pirates of Venus--three novels of unparalleled influence on the field of science fiction and fantasy from the fertile imagination of one of the world's most popular authors. With these timeless tales of wonder, Edgar Rice Burroughs singlehandedly invented and defined the sword and planet genre and transformed the face of popular culture, spawning legions of imitators and inspiring generations of writers, artists, filmmakers, and scientists.

Longtime fans of Burroughs' tales will delight at the opportunity to survey the length and breadth of the Master of Adventure's immortal creations in these ground-breaking first novels in his major science fiction series. For first-time readers, Cosmic Epics: The Seminal Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs serves as the perfect portal through which to enter the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe and begin a lifetime of adventure!

THE FIRST UNIVERSE OF ITS KIND

A century before the term "crossover" became a buzzword in popular culture, Edgar Rice Burroughs created the first expansive, fully cohesive literary universe. Coexisting in this vast cosmos was a pantheon of immortal heroes and heroines--Tarzan of the Apes, Jane Clayton, John Carter, Dejah Thoris, Carson Napier, and David Innes being only the best known among them. In Burroughs' 80-plus novels, their epic adventures transported them to the strange and exotic worlds of Barsoom, Amtor, Pellucidar, Caspak, and Va-nah, as well as the lost civilizations of Earth and even realms beyond the farthest star. Now the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe expands both new definitive editions of Burroughs' classic works and an adventure-filled series of canonical novels written by today's talented authors!

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The creator of the immortal characters Tarzan of the Apes and John Carter of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of the world's most popular authors. His timeless tales of heroes and heroines transport readers from the jungles of Africa and the dead sea bottoms of Barsoom to the miles-high forests of Amtor and the savage inner world of Pellucidar, and even to alien civilizations Beyond the Farthest Star. Mr. Burroughs' books are estimated to have sold hundreds of millions of copies, and they have spawned 60 films and 250 television episodes.

Garyn G. Roberts, Ph.D., is a multi-awarded college and university professor, and author. Among his longtime interests and pursuits is the history of the pulp magazine (1896-1960). Roberts was presented with the Munsey Award in 2013 for his work in this field. He has authored, edited, and appeared in many hundreds of books and periodicals worldwide.As a young boy of about eight in the late 1960s, he read his first Edgar Rice Burroughs books and was hooked for life. ERB's A Princess of Mars has long been one of his all-time favorite books, and it is included in his award-winning anthology, The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy. The list of other Edgar Rice Burroughs tales he treasures and owns in first edition, original pulp magazine, and other states is too numerous to detail.

Christopher Paul Carey is the Director of Publishing and Creative Director of the ERB Universe at Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. He is the author of the ERB Universe novel Victory Harben: Fires of Halos as well as Swords Against the Moon Men, an authorized sequel to Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic science fantasy novel The Moon Maid. He has scripted several comic books set in Mr. Burroughs' worlds, including Pellucidar: Across Savage Seas, Pellucidar: Dark of the Sun, and Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond. He has edited more than ninety novels, anthologies, and collections for a variety of publishers. He lives in Southern California.