This was confined in an interview with James Cameron in 2009. Whilst a strong man on Earth, John Carter finds that he has super-strength on Barsoom, thanks to the weaker gravity. Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs. In one of the unused story fragments he wrote while working on 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), his hero. James Cameron's Avatar was inspired by John Carter's adventures on Barsoom. Posts about Barsoom written by Rick Ellrod.
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In the animated series Young Justice, a Martian character named "B'arzz O'oomm" was introduced.In Mars Attacks Popeye a 1-shot comic released in early 2013, the invaders are referred to as Barsoomus Invadus.In Dynamite's Warlord of Mars, the planet is referred to as Rautt by the native inhabitants of Strio (Saturn).In Doctor Who Magazine #118, it is shown that the Doctor has a map of Barsoom.Barsoom Boulevard was a street on Coruscant mentioned in the book Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. Barsoom is referenced in the works of Star Wars.Zodes are also individually numbered, the first of which begins at the dawn of the winter solstice.īarsoom is mentioned in many different aspects of science-fiction popular culture, and has even influenced modern science-fiction. A xat is 2 minutes, 57 seconds long, and a tal is. Burroughs never mentioned if the teean's have specific names like on Earth, or where the leap day would go.Ī Padan lasts 10 zodes, each zode is 50 xats, and each xat is 200 tal.Ī zode is 2 hours, 27 minutes and 42 seconds long in Earth time. John Carter of Mars: A Guide to Barsoom Modiphius 10. So an ord (year) is ten teean's long, and each teean is 67 days. Barsoomians further break down their 'year' thusly:Ī Barsoomian Month is called a Teean, and is 67 days long. Even Barsoomians have to have a leap year every four years. Now, with a Barsoomian day being 1.025 Earth days long, and a Barsoomian year being 1.88 Earth years long, this translates out to:Ī Barsoomian Year is 670.25 Barsoomian days long. A Barsoomian year is 687 Earth days long, roughly 1.88 Earth years. To best understand time measurement on Barsoom, when being explained to an Earthman, it is best to put it in terms understandable to Earth time first.Ī Barsoomian day is 24 hours, 36 minutes long to an Earthman, roughly 1.025 Earth days. What happens is that any mass approaching the satellites will change in size and mass as to be proportioned the same as they are on Barsoom to the satellite they are now on. It was first suggested by an obscure scientist thousands of years ago, and later it was proven.
There exists a peculiar relationship between Barsoom and its satellites, that does not exist between any other planet and its satellites in the solar system.
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