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Originally posted by Tallincourt
That thing in Mars. John Carter, the warlord of Mars or something...
That thing in Mars. John Carter, the warlord of Mars or something...
Sounds like a decent guess to me.
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The Barsoom novels, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Sounds like a decent guess to me.
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Is it a Power Puff Girls scenario?
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The voyage to the centre of the earth?
Jules Verne revisited, updated.
Or the voyage to the moon? A space scenario? That first pic could either be a sub or that spaceship (I didn't read the book unfortunately), and since "Mars" is a planet...
It looks very much like Verne anyway.Follow the masses!
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That's right, Tallincourt has it. It's Barsoom, based on the John Carter of Mars novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It has the romantic vision of the early sci-fi concept of Mars: ancient civilizations fighting over the resources of a dying planet.
Here's the title page. Congratulations, Tallincourt. Good guess, William, but you're disqualified.
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Cool! A scenario with lots of naked people!
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*nods in agreement with Keenan*
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OK, but it's a bit premature, I have lots of work to do. As for the "nudity", it is true that characters on Barsoom wore few clothes. However, my scenario will be tasteful and artistic. Besides, most people play them for the articles.
Here John Carter, Warlord of Mars, and Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, defend themselves against barbarian Tharks (green martians) riding thoats and flying malagors.Attached FilesComment
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You know, you could get a much wider audience it if isn'tOriginally posted by techumseh
my scenario will be tasteful and artistic
(case in point: the Alicia Silverstone map on civfanatics)
edit: What a fitting way to reach prince level
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Techumseh,
So what exactly is the vehicle in the first picture? And what was the detail that was supposed to lead us to the right answer?"Cease fire! Please! Cease fire. What a dreadful waste of ammunition!" -- General Horatio Herbert Kitchener
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A martian ariel battleship. In the Barsoom novels, all major powers have fleets of airborne battleships, cruisers and personal flyers. In the drawing there are two moons; therefore Mars.Comment
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Well, that threw me off. Here was I thinking Phobos and Deimos to be a couple of misshapen blobs. Useless Astronomy classes...Originally posted by techumseh
In the drawing there are two moons; therefore Mars.
Seriuosly though, I can't wait. Love this genre!
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Exactly what genre do books about sword wielding nudists on Mars fit into?Originally posted by ravagon
Seriuosly though, I can't wait. Love this genre!
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Fantasy.Originally posted by Case
Exactly what genre do books about sword wielding nudists on Mars fit into?
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Those circles were moons?!
I too was under the impression that Mars moons were potato shaped. Those Martians must have remodeled them for aesthetic reasons.
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You don't like those moons of Mars? Try these!
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