edgar rice burroughs
appeared on page 64 of Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel, The Synthetic Men of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs" Caption: "The culture tank swarmed with writhing life like an enormous witch's pot." Llana of Gathol illustration, 1948 Edgar Rice Burroughs? Somerset Maugham? August 13, 2009. In response to: Good Reads: How Many Can You Claim? Vicky Dreiling commented: I've taken this test before and have read 32 of the 100. I would add: Girl with a Pearl Earring A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs (Purple prose from a bygone day, one-dimensional characters and a predictable story; would have been an "airport read" if there had been airports in 1917. And it will keep kicking Dan Brown's ass