Talk:The Master Mind of Mars
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[edit] Brains
There was objection to the phrase "transplanting human brains" and "Martian" was substituted for "human". Since in Burroughs' concept, natives of Earth and Mars could produce offspring together, they are obviously both human, the whole egg-laying bit notwithstanding. But the whole issue can be rendered moot by omiting both "human" and "Martian" and saying "transplanting brains" -- so that's what I've changed it to. BPK 04:08, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gridley Wave Glitch
"Paxton's story is purportedly relayed back to earth via the Gridley Wave, a sort of super radio frequency previously introduced in Tanar of Pellucidar, the third of Burrough's Pellucidar novels, which thus provides a link between the two series." There is no mention of the Gridley Wave in this book, and the presumption is that John Carter transported Ulysses Paxton's manuscript to Burroughs. The Gridley Wave was not invented until Tanar of Pellucidar, written several years after this novel. I tried deleting the passage, but someone reverted it. -- M-K, 14 Sept 2006
- Whoops, that was me, and now that you've jogged my memory, you're quite right. It was the story of A Fighting Man of Mars that was relayed (by Paxton) via Gridley Wave. Too many years since I've read those books... I'll go fix things again, assuming you haven't already. BPK 05:29, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
