#Ras Thavas

[chernobog13]

Pencil rough sketch and final cover by Michael Whelan for Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Master Mind of Mars.

[paseodementiras]

Una princesa de Marte

PREFACIO

AL LECTOR DE ESTA OBRA:

Al presentarse el extraño manuscrito del capitán Carter en forma de libro, creo que os interesarán algunas palabras referentes a esta notable personalidad.

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EN LAS COLINAS DE ARIZONA

Yo soy un hombre muy viejo, pero no sé la edad que tengo.

-Edgar Rice Burroughs

[gloriousmonsters]

michael whelan barsoom covers are always like. well that isn't really a moment that happened in the book and those girls sure are very boobs-and-butt posed and i don't know if i agree with every detail of depiction--but then you suffer through a legion of art with white girls and guys with hideous hair and white apes drawn like gorillas and etc and you go back like. michael you are the best in class you get a gold star

[chronivore]

Artwork for 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒔 (Doubleday, 1974). Offering a rare look inside the laboratory of Ras Thavas, one of the foremost scientific geniuses of Barsoom. Originally published as the frontispiece to the Doubleday edition of The Mastermind of Mars. The caption that ran with this illustration reads, “An attendant appeared bearing the body of the beautiful girl.”

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#FrazettaGirls #FrankFrazetta #Frazetta #FantasyArt #SciFiArt #PenAndInk #Ink #InkDrawing

[spokenrealms]

The Master Mind of Mars

Ulysses Paxton, mortally wounded on the battlefields of WWI France, is transported to the planet of his dreams, Barsoom (Mars). There he becomes the assistant of the Master Mind of Mars, Ras Thavas, a medical genius. Burroughs anticipated such modern marvels as organ and limb transplants, exploding bullets, anti-grav fliers, and some we haven’t yet invented! When Ras Thavas switches the brains of…

[geekynerfherder]

Interior illustration by Frank Frazetta from the novel 'The Mastermind Of Mars', book 6 of the Barsoom / John Carter series written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

[krinsbez]

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I’m sorry, I’m looking at how Valla Dia is posed on the operating table and I can’t help but laugh.

Michael Whelan, Master Mind of Mars study, 1979

[chernobog13]

The Mastermind of Mars by Mark Schultz.

[krinsbez]

Notice the correctly-ish* colored Ras Thavas and Valla Dia.

8They’re more orange than red.

[chernobog13]

A scene from The Master Mind of Mars by Mark Schultz.

[spokenrealms]

The Master Mind of Mars

World War I infantry captain Ulysses Paxton is transported to Barsoom, where he encounters evil scientist Ras Thavas and his diabolical brain transplant experiments. Paxton falls in love with the beautiful Valla Dia, whose body has been swapped with the cruel Xaxa, Jeddara of Phundahl. Can Paxton save Valla Dia from a hideous fate and win her hand? Amazon/Audible • iTunes

[chronivore]

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