A trailer from the John Carter Warlord of Mars movie due out in March of next year, a tribute to the continuing popularity of the literary creations of Edgar Rice Burroughs, who died 61 years ago.

Tomorrow is the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.  Burroughs was living in Hawaii at the time, and wrote a first hand account of the attack.  An ardent patriot, the 66 year old Burroughs was too old to see military service in World War II, but he did the next best thing by being a war correspondent and spending the War covering the troops as they advanced island by island.  His account of Pearl Harbor: Continue reading →