#ArtOfTheDay: 'The Rescue' by Frank Frazetta

'The Rescue' by Frank Frazetta.

Original art of the interior illustration from the 1974 omnibus edition of the novels 'The Master Mind Of Mars / A Fighting Man Of Mars', books 6 and 7 of the 'John Carter / Barsoom' series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published by Nelson Doubleday.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Raised Slim Blade' by Frank Frazetta

'Raised Slim Blade' by Frank Frazetta.

Original art of the interior illustration from the 1974 omnibus edition of the novels 'The Master Mind Of Mars / A Fighting Man Of Mars', books 6 and 7 of the 'John Carter / Barsoom' series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published by Nelson Doubleday.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'The Master Mind Of Mars' by Frank Frazetta

'The Master Mind Of Mars' by Frank Frazetta.

Cover art for the 1974 omnibus edition of the novels 'The Master Mind Of Mars / A Fighting Man Of Mars', books 6 and 7 of the 'John Carter / Barsoom' series by Edgar Rice Burroughs; plus the 'Sword & Sorcery' Variant cover art for the relaunched 'Heavy Metal Magazine' issue #1, published through Kickstarter.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Body Beautiful Girl' by Frank Frazetta

'Body Beautiful Girl' by Frank Frazetta.

Interior illustration from the 1974 omnibus edition of the novels 'The Master Mind Of Mars / A Fighting Man Of Mars', books 6 and 7 of the 'John Carter / Barsoom' series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published by Nelson Doubleday.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Raised Slim Blade' by Frank Frazetta

'Raised Slim Blade' by Frank Frazetta.

Interior illustration from the 1974 omnibus edition of the novels 'The Master Mind Of Mars / A Fighting Man Of Mars', books 6 and 7 of the 'John Carter / Barsoom' series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published by Nelson Doubleday.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'The Master Mind Of Mars' by Frank Frazetta

'The Master Mind Of Mars' by Frank Frazetta.

Cover art for the 1974 omnibus edition of the novels 'The Master Mind Of Mars / A Fighting Man Of Mars', books 6 and 7 of the 'John Carter / Barsoom' series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published by Nelson Doubleday.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'The Mastermind Of Mars' Illustration by Frank Frazetta

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.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Body Beautiful Girl' by Frank Frazetta

'Body Beautiful Girl' by Frank Frazetta, interior illustration from the novel 'The Master Mind Of Mars', book 6 of the 'John Carter / Barsoom' series by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Cool Art: Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'John Carter Of Mars' Cover Art by Ossi Hiekkala

Cover art by Ossi Hiekkala for the first six books of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'John Carter Of Mars' / 'Barsoom' book series.

'A Princess Of Mars'

#FrazettaFriday: 'Body Beautiful Girl' by Frank Frazetta

Interior illustration from the novel ‘The Master Mind Of Mars’ by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

#FrazettaFriday: 'Raised Slim Blade' by Frank Frazetta

Interior illustration from the novel 'Mastermind Of Mars' by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

#FrazettaFriday: 'John Carter Of Mars' by Frank Frazetta

Cover art by Frank Frazetta for the 1974 edition of 'The Mastermind Of Mars' & 'A Fighting Man Of Mars' by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Currently Reading: The Master Mind Of Mars

Cover art by Gino D'Achille

I was going to read something else, take a break from the Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series, but something just drew me back into the series!

After enjoying the books so far, I've moved onto book six; 'The Master Mind Of Mars'.

Instead of focusing on John Carter, Dejah Thoris and their children like the previous five books, this time we switch to Ulysses Paxton, who after becoming injured in the trenches during the first World War finds himself transported to Mars and taken under the wing of 'mad scientist' Ras Thavas.

So far I'm enjoying this book, and it's good to see a fresh perspective of Barsoom too, with a new and unrelated character introduced and what appears to be a new region too.

At this rate, I'll probably have finished reading the 11 book series by the time the John Carter film is released on March 9!

UPDATE: Finished it, and loved it. As mentioned, good to follow a different character in this series, but we do get an appearance from John Carter at the end. Had a big ol' smile on my face when I finished it too. Really loving the style of writing from Edgar Rice Burroughs as well. Onto the next book 'A Fighting Man Of Mars'.

For more information on 'The Master Mind Of Mars' check out the Wikipedia link