Escape On Venus Author:Edgar Rice Burroughs The fourth book of the Venus series, by the famed creator of Tarzan. — Edgar Rice Burroughs began his Venus series in the 1930s and the five novels become increasingly colored by the coming World War. In "Escape on Venus," as well as in his "Beyond the Farthest Star" series and "Tarzan and the Foreign Legion," Burrou... more »ghs rather explicitly rejects the value of military might.
"Escape on Venus" was originally published during 1941-42 as a four part series of stories that could stand on their own: "Slaves of the Fishmen," "Goddess of Fire," "The Living Dead," and "War on Venus." Once again Carson Napier is telepathically relaying his adventures to Burroughs, who was living in Hawaii (where he would witness the attack on Pearl Harbor). Having been the prisoner of Mintep, jong of the tree city of Kooaad on Amtor (what the people of Venus call their planet), Carson had fallen in love with the princess Duare. After a series of adventures, during which Carson build the first airplane, when last we left our hero and his lady Carson had rescued Duare from her own father, who was upset she had lowered herself to love an Earthman. First off they head for Karbol, the frozen wasteland that the Amtors believe is the edge of their world. There of course, Duare is captured, Carson has to rescue her, and the next set of romantic adventures is on.« less
Another "un-putdownable" entry in the Venus series. Dray Prescot remains my favorite "planetary romance", but Burroughs books like this make it a tough call!