The room was very quiet, there was not a sound, when suddenly he shouted, "Silence! I cannot endure this infernal noise. Chop off their heads! Chop off their heads! Then, perhaps, I shall have peace."
This was the first outward demonstration of his insanity that we had witnessed; though his appearance had immediately convinced me that he was a congenital maniac. The only reaction to his outburst was a babble of voices and stamping of feet.
"That is better," he shouted above the din; "now I can sleep. Put their heads back on again."
ERB is a pretty funny guy, but I don't remember him every going into Weird territory in this way. I like that in a man.
I have really enjoyed these Venus (Amtor) books a lot. When I finish this one (which was only a 49 page story, and I'm halfway through even as we speak) I've only got half of Carson of Venus (which I'm reading with Joe) and then Escape on Venus. And then that's it. SAD! 😞 1
But surely those The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs Series folks will get around to Carson eventually, right?
1 I either write or work on a blog entry pretty much every day, so I'm pretty sure that this is the first time that blogger.com has given me an option to insert emojis. Kind of exciting, don't you think?
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Oh HELLS yeah. This changes EVERYthing. 2
2 Just shitting you there. But it is kind of fun, I think.
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