We're learning more about Mars
By Ben Bova ~ naplesnews.com
~ June 4, 2006
After a seven-month journey from Earth, a robotic spacecraft
is now looping around the red planet . . . The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
is the largest and most sophisticated probe ever to study Mars. At 2.4
tons, it's more than twice as big as any of the previous spacecraft sent
there. . . . Lowell's concept of Mars became the basis for fantastic
fiction by the likes of H.G. Wells and, later, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Yet,
it was those lurid tales by Burroughs that inspired a youngster named Carl
Sagan to spend his life investigating the possibilities of life on Mars
— and elsewhere in space. It turns out that the canals Lowell saw were
mainly the result of eyestrain. The professionals were right and Lowell
was, to say the least, overly optimistic. Once spacecraft began probing
Mars in the 1960s they found that there were no canals, and no canal builders.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Adapted: New Princess
of Mars comics series
IDW Goes To Mars
http://www.comicon.com/thebeat/2006/06/idw_goes_to_mars.html
 The
ComicBookBin.com ~ Jun 1, 2006, 23:26
In August, IDW Publishing is proud to offer up the
definitive comic re-telling of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of
Mars . . . “A Princess of Mars, like most of Burroughs’ literary classics,
is a natural choice to adapt into a comic book series,” says IDW
Editor Taylor, who’s penning the adaptation. “The elements that Burroughs
put into his stories lend themselves quite well to comics—imaginative tales
filled with wondrous vision. Besides, I’m not one who can pass up
on good, old-fashioned, swashbuckling science-fiction adventure.”
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars (Diamond Item
Code JUN06 3201) #1, the first issue of a five-issue series with
32 full-color pages, debuts from IDW Publishing in August 2006. More>>>
The Cave That Time Forgot
BBC
News ~ June 1, 2006
Eight previously unknown invertebrate creatures have
been discovered in a 5 million-year-old underwater cave in central Israel.
The largest is a white shrimp-like crustacean. Another resembles a species
of scorpion and is blind. Scientists say it is a unique ecosystem that
has been sealed off from the world for five million years and could contain
other ancient lifeforms. . . . "They can give a very good insight into
how robust life, and the evolutionary process driving it, can be. . ."
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Kelso's literary lioness --
Pioneer descendant Margaret Wallace never forgot her roots
Margaret Wallace's romantic side
Daily
News: Longview, Washington ~ May 28, 2006
Wallace took her book reviews seriously, but her other
venue, pulp fiction, allowed her to be playful.
Pulp magazines contained serialized novels, short stories
and poetry in every imaginable category. Many great writers, such as Edgar
Rice Burroughs, Tennessee Williams, Dashiell Hammett and Robert E. Howard,
got their start in pulps. More>>>
HIV origin 'found in wild chimps'
BBC
News ~ May 25, 2006
The origin of HIV has been found in wild chimpanzees
living in southern Cameroon, researchers report. . . . Chimpanzees in south-east
Cameroon were found to have the viruses most similar to the form of HIV
that has spread throughout the world. . . . The researchers say that, as
well as solving the mystery about the origin of the virus, the findings
open up avenues for future research. . . . But SIVcpz has not been found
to cause any Aids-like illnesses in chimpanzees, so researchers are investigating
why the animals do not suffer any symptoms, when humans - who are so genetically
similar - do. More>>>
'Hobbit' stirs scientific clash
BBC
News ~ May 19, 2006
A US-British team of scientists has challenged the idea
that the tiny skeleton from Indonesia dubbed the "Hobbit" is a new human
species. Writing in Science magazine, the team presents an alternative
theory that the remains could be those of a modern human with a brain disorder.
Their arguments appear in a technical critique of previous research into
the Hobbit brain also published in Science. More>>>
Evolution's human and chimp twist
BBC
News ~ May 18, 2006
Humans and chimpanzees may have split away from a common
ancestor far more recently than was previously thought. A detailed analysis
of human and chimp DNA suggests the lines finally diverged less than 5.4
million years ago. The finding, published in the journal Nature, is about
1-2 million years later than the fossils have indicated. A US team says
its results hint at the possibility that interbreeding occurred between
the two lines for thousands, even millions, of years. More>>>
BLAINE: HIM A TARZAN WANNABE
New
York Post ~ May 14, 2006
Now that he's done playing Aquaman, David Blaine wants
to try another mythical hero on for size: Tarzan the Ape Man. The
waterlogged escape artist, who last week failed in his attempt to set a
world breath-holding record after submerging himself for seven days in
a 2,000-gallon tank outside Lincoln Center, says his next stunt will involve
living "among wild beasts . . . alone in the jungle."
"I'd be amazed if he lasted a week in a place like the
Sunderbunds" - a vast, swampy reserve park in northern India, said Animal
Planet zoologist Dave Salmoni. Salmoni says the latter-day Houdini would
also be hard-pressed to last a week in the wilds of the East African nation
of Tanzania, where lions have eaten about 170 people thus far this year.
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Brutal lives of Stone Age Britons
BBC
News ~ May 11, 2006
A survey of British skulls from the early part of the
New Stone Age, or Neolithic, shows societies then were more violent than
was supposed. Early Neolithic Britons had a one in 20 chance of suffering
a skull fracture at the hands of someone else and a one in 50 chance of
dying from their injuries. Blunt instruments such as clubs were responsible
for most of the traumas. . . . "We could also be seeing raiding parties,
cattle rustling, somebody suspecting the other tribe across the hill is
practising witchcraft," the University of Central Lancashire forensic anthropologist
explained. "Some of the violence may be domestic; some of it may even be
ritualised." More>>>
Disney Producer Bonnie Arnold:
Pushing the State of the Heart "Over the Hedge"
Toon
Zone ~ May 14, 2006
. . . Tarzan was one of my favorite stories from the
time when I was a little kid. I had seen every Johnny Weissmuller film
ever made, and I just loved the material. Also I knew Phil Collins was
involved for the music, and all the elements added up. There was just something
about it that I fell in love with from the get-go. For me, it's about loving
what you do every day, because you have to work on these things for three
or four years. . . .
Well, I think with Tarzan, a lot of the challenge was
first just trying to do justice to a story that is just so grand and so
big, and to figure out what piece of that story to tell in animation. There
have also been so many versions of Tarzan, so how do we make our version
feel different and unique and special? Why do this again? That was the
basic challenge for Tarzan. . . .
I think with Tarzan, a lot of the challenge was first
just trying to do justice to a story that is just so grand and so big,
and to figure out what piece of that story to tell in animation. There
have also been so many versions of Tarzan, so how do we make our version
feel different and unique and special? Why do this again? That was the
basic challenge for Tarzan.
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Journeys into the Hollow Earth
About
Paranormal ~ May 2006
 If
you were to fly north from New York City, across Canada directly to the
Earth's physical North Pole, then kept going straight... you'd end up somewhere
in Russia, right?
Not necessarily, say those who believe the Earth is hollow.
Why? Because there's a big gaping hole at the North Pole, they allege,
and if you'd fly (or walk, for that matter) across the pole, you'd find
yourself entering the interior of the planet. . . .
Putting science aside, it's easy to understand the appeal
of a hollow Earth. It's the same romance and sense of adventure that inspired
novels by the likes of Jules Verne (A Journey to the Center of the Earth),
Edgar Allan Poe (MS Found in a Bottle) and Edgar Rice Burroughs (At the
Earth's Core) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. . . .
Also: John Cleves Symmes ~ John Cleves Symmes ~ Dr. Fridtjof
Nansen ~ Admiral Byrd
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Dateline Jasoom Episode 7:
May 7, 2006 Podcast has been uploaded to Jeff "Elmo" Long's:
www.panthanpress.com
 Herbo
Gooli gives a shocking eye-witness report from Barsoom on the latest surprise
development in the Paramount John Carter and Princess of Mars film project.
Greg Phillips reports on the Burroughs and Bradbury panel
discussion at Oak Park, Illinois which featured George McWhorter, Jerry
Spannraft, Greg Phillips, Joan Bledig, Jim Hadac and Randy Kryn. The podcast
concludes with George McWhorter's famous Tarzan Yell!
ERBzine Weekly ERB Fanzine Volume
1679 features
Journeys to Mars: Exploring the Many Worlds of Ray Bradbury and
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Panel Discussion in Oak Park, Illinois ~ May 3, 2006 ~ A Report
by Ken Manson
 
Peruse the ERBzine News reports and archives for the latest developments
on the current film and stage productions.
UFO study finds no sign of aliens
The 400-page report was kept secret for six years
BBC
News ~ May 7, 2006
Alleged UFO sightings A confidential Ministry of Defence
report on Unidentified Flying Objects has concluded that there is no proof
of alien life forms. The four-year study - entitled Unidentified Aerial
Phenomena in the UK - tackles the long-running question by UFO-spotters:
"Is anyone out there?" The answer, it seems, is "no".
"No evidence exists to suggest that the phenomena seen
are hostile or under any type of control, other than that of natural physical
forces." It adds: "There is no evidence that 'solid' objects exist which
could cause a collision hazard. . . . "Evidence suggests that meteors and
their well-known effects and, possibly some other less-known effects are
responsible for some unidentified aerial phenomena," concludes the report.
People who claim to have had a "close encounter" are often
difficult to persuade that they did not really see what they thought they
saw. The report offers a possible medical explanation. "The close proximity
of plasma related fields can adversely affect a vehicle or person," states
the report. . . . There are, of course, other causes of UFOs - aeroplanes
with particularly bright lights, stray odd-shaped balloons and strange
flocks of birds, to name but a few. . . . More
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In
1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced the character of Tarzan to the world
in his imaginative tale, “Tarzan of the Apes,” and in no time, his career
was off and running. Tarzan has since been featured in 26 authorized novels
and 44 motion pictures. Burroughs decided to take his career a step further
by launching his own company, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. He died on March
19, 1950. His writing and characters entertained three generations of readers
and moviegoers. At present, the Burroughs family, including grandson, Danton
Burroughs manages the corporation. Danton Burroughs and I sat down to speak
about Tarzan, the Broadway Musical, as well as the life of his grandfather.
Danton
Burroughs: My grandfather played with the evolution theory and he created
the name Tarzan. The first name he had was Nazrat and then he changed the
syllables around to Tarzan. We have the original manuscript and you can
see where he is actually thinking and changing the names. He just had a
way with words and he created a mythical character in 1911. As soon as
Tarzan came out, it was an immediate success. It also came out in England.
My grandfather got so much fan mail. His pseudonym was Normal Bean, but
when the book came out in 1914, he was credited as Edgar Rice Burroughs.
First movie was 1918. It was also one of the first movies to gross over
a million dollars. It starred Gordon Griffith as the young Tarzan and Elmo
Lincoln as Tarzan himself. Elmo Lincoln was a big hit at the time.
