One of the first "grown-up" books I read as a kid was Edgar Rice Burrough's A Princess of Mars. Wonderful stuff for an 11-year-old boy. It's been said that Princess is a root tale of SF, and has influenced both scientists and writers at an early age. A true "Sense of Wonder" book from 1910.
Now comes word that Kerry Conran (writer/director of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) has signed to direct the film version of Mars. Way cool. Of course, like Jackson and LOTR, he'd better do it right....
Ditto!
However...
Way back when I was in film classes at CSULB, one of the first (if not the first) announced productions from Hollywood Pictures was A Princess of Mars.
This was 1986/1987.
I'm not holding my breath on this one, but gee I'd love to see Dejah Thoris (mmm...) and green Martians and thoats racing across the Martian landscape.
Posted by: Mr Bruce at September 2, 2004 08:08 AM