Editing Carson of Venus

{{Short description|1938 science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs}}
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{{Infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name          = Carson of Venus
| title_orig    = 
| translator    = 
| image         = Carson of Venus Burroughs cover.jpg
| caption = dust-jacket of ''Carson of Venus''
| author        = [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] 
| cover_artist  = [[John Coleman Burroughs]]
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = [[Amtor]]
| genre         = [[Science fantasy]]
| publisher     = [[Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.]]
| release_date  = 1938
| media_type    = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages         = 312
| isbn          = 
| preceded_by   = [[Lost on Venus]]
| followed_by   = [[Escape on Venus]]
}}

'''''Carson of Venus''''' is a [[science fantasy]] novel by American writer [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], the third book in the [[Amtor|Venus series]] (Sometimes called the "Carson Napier of Venus series"). Burroughs wrote the novel in July and August 1937. It was serialized in [[1938 in literature|1938]] in six weekly installments from January 8 to February 12 in ''[[Argosy (magazine)|Argosy]]'', the same publication where the previous two Venus novels appeared. It was published in book form a year later by [[Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.]] Burroughs originally submitted the novel to a number of the "slick" magazines: ''[[Liberty (1924–1950)|Liberty]]'', ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'', ''[[Collier's Weekly|Collier's]]'', and ''[[Ladies' Home Journal]]''. All rejected the story.<ref>Hillman, Bill. "Edgar Rice Burroughs Timeline: 1930–1939." [http://www.erbzine.com/ ERBzine.]</ref>

The novel, which was written two years before the outbreak of World War II, [[satire|satirizes]] [[Nazi Germany]] by including a fascist political faction called the "Zani". There is also a character named "Muso" as a reference to [[Benito Mussolini]]. Unlike the first two Venus novels, ''Carson of Venus'' focuses on spy intrigue and war instead of wilderness adventuring.<ref>Harvey, Ryan. [http://www.blackgate.com/2011/09/13/edgar-rice-burroughs%e2%80%99s-venus-part-3-carson-of-venus/ "Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus, Part 3: ''Carson of Venus''".] ''Black Gate''</ref> It also indicates a change of political orientation from that of the earlier books, where the villains were modeled on Russian Communists.

''Carson of Venus'' was nominated for a [[Hugo Award#Retro-Hugos|Retro-Hugo Award]] for best science fiction novel of 1939.  The award went to [[T. H. White]]'s [[The Sword in the Stone (novel)|''The Sword in the Stone'']].

==Copyright==
The [[copyright]] for this story has expired in Australia and in Canada, and thus now resides in the [[public domain]] there.  The text is available via [[Project Gutenberg Australia]] and Faded Page in Canada.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.erbzine.com/mag7/0750.html Edgar Rice Burroughs Online Bibliography from ERBzine.com]
* {{FadedPage|id=20170901|name=Carson of Venus}}
*[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300181h.html Free Ebook from Project Gutenberg of Australia]
*[http://www.erblist.com/erblist/carsonsum.htm Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for ''Carson of Venus'']

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