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Science Fiction

Ichingcarpenter

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5. Adolescent Boys like me..

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 7, 2012, 07:27 AM

Mar 2012

My reading level improved from 5.2 to ,6.4 after I got captured by the sexy covers by Frank Frazetta of the paperbacks of the series. yes it was fluff

Carl Sagen loved them too growing up

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John Carter of Mars - is it worth taking a look at, [View all] hedgehog Feb 2012 OP

The books are still a lot of fun DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #1

Super fluffy quakerboy Feb 2012 #2

Yes - I read them back in grade school in the early 60s PufPuf23 Feb 2012 #3

Fluff for teenage boys. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #4

Adolescent Boys like me.. Ichingcarpenter Mar 2012 #5

I've heard that the movie is great eye candy but not very hefty in terms of plot or story semillama Mar 2012 #6

Michael Chabon screenplay? getting old in mke Mar 2012 #7

Look at Project Gutenberg re: ERB and Mars - March 13, 2012 PufPuf23 Mar 2012 #8

Reading it on my Kindle right now. Codeine Mar 2012 #9

I don't know about the books, but the movie is fantastic! hedgehog Mar 2012 #10

I thought the acting was a bit wooden. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #11

I enjoyed it too sonias Apr 2012 #12