tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post5317912020541815681..comments2023-10-03T09:43:02.053-06:00Comments on Writing with Shelly and Chad: J is for John Carter (the book series)Small Town Shelly Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13535247595352753415noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-86030389943977456252012-05-02T00:23:36.623-06:002012-05-02T00:23:36.623-06:00I read the whole series in 6th grade, I won't ...I read the whole series in 6th grade, I won't tell you what year. A friend's father had them, he guarded them like gold bars, they had to be smuggled to me on the school bus one at a time. And there were about 50 of them. I know they've combined them into bigger novels now (Beth is reading them.)but back then they were only 100 or so pages long each. I loved them. Even then I realized that I was never going to look like the ladies on the cover.<br /><br />There have been so many crappy attempts at movies that I don't actually hold out much hope for this new attempt, although Beth really liked it. KJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-40524326051795103862012-04-13T03:12:16.058-06:002012-04-13T03:12:16.058-06:00I didn't even know it was a movie! haha
I thi...I didn't even know it was a movie! haha<br /><br />I thinl in that last book, the guy on the cover (with no shirt) has makeup on.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-78211014732605758292012-04-11T19:08:31.909-06:002012-04-11T19:08:31.909-06:00I'm kinda diggin' the cape/no shirt thing....I'm kinda diggin' the cape/no shirt thing. Maybe he can be a hot guy in no doublet.Small Town Shelly Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535247595352753415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-12283787494620918102012-04-11T18:12:35.415-06:002012-04-11T18:12:35.415-06:00Your post just made my day. I got into the Carter ...Your post just made my day. I got into the Carter books a couple years ago. Great, great stuff here, man. :)David P. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-17512025240775895492012-04-11T12:57:09.107-06:002012-04-11T12:57:09.107-06:00Hubby really wants to see the film, though as a fa...Hubby really wants to see the film, though as a fan of the books I'm worried. I don't know what happened to our paper books of them. They had much more titillating covers than the ones you show though. The guys look a lot like the people in the paperback BoM drawings where even the kids look like they're on steroids. But that's because John is so much more powerful on Mars due to its lighter gravity. This is another case of deceptive covers because they aren't really dressed like that in the books. <br /><br />http://bristlingwithflaws.blogspot.com/2010/05/john-carter-of-mars.htmlDonna K. Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763832177263927311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-92143071854753814092012-04-11T12:42:32.586-06:002012-04-11T12:42:32.586-06:00I still haven't seen it, but I'm looking f...I still haven't seen it, but I'm looking forward to it.Chad Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156895752730654446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-30274617902619420272012-04-11T12:42:07.866-06:002012-04-11T12:42:07.866-06:00Yeah. You'd think I would have known this one,...Yeah. You'd think I would have known this one, but no. I was definitely blindsided.Chad Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156895752730654446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-21289494641107628122012-04-11T10:53:19.677-06:002012-04-11T10:53:19.677-06:00Had no idea. None. I've heard the movie is a l...Had no idea. None. I've heard the movie is a lot of fun, though!Ruth Jossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664678990038670303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-8349625114224460022012-04-11T09:55:18.448-06:002012-04-11T09:55:18.448-06:00Chad, I am soooooo disappointed. You didn't kn...Chad, I am soooooo disappointed. You didn't know about John Carter of Mars? <br /><br />Okay, I imagine most people didn't. I've been a huge fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs and especially the John Carter series since I was eleven. (No that wasn't in the day of the dinosaurs.) <br /><br />Burroughs wrote over 50 books that encompassed fantasy, westerns, and some medival stories. He gave us Tarzan and even sent him to the earth's core in the Pellucidar series. <br /><br />Hope you have fun with "A Princess of Mars."Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621043763559564251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568633845145659894.post-7746002897607843022012-04-11T06:04:36.951-06:002012-04-11T06:04:36.951-06:00no i did not know this--i had heard of john carter...no i did not know this--i had heard of john carter---my daughter says she knew---very interesting!Lynn Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349867270815243053noreply@blogger.com