Many Views of the Hero

Reproduced with permission from the website of Rosemary Jones:

As a writer, I have a very clear vision in my head of how my heroes and heroines look. Which is not always necessarily what shows up on the cover of the book. Or how a reader describes one of my characters to me.

That’s okay with me. I like drawing a picture with words that others fill free to color in.

Perhaps it is because I’m book collector too. I know that people’s visions of heroes change with generations. A favorite example is John Carter of Mars. For me, he was first that dude on the cover of the Ace paperbacks that I discovered in my aunt’s basement. Then I found those Science Fiction Book Club editions with Frank Frazetta’s view of the hero. But as I’ve collected both older and new editions over the years, I found many different versions of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John and his more famous Tarzan.

You can see several different artistic interpretations of John Carter and Tarzan on my Pinterest Board — as well as a picture of one actor that I’d love to see in a ERB movie. There’s a few books in my collection featured the cover of John Carter, Tarzan, and Friends at Amazon.com.  Enjoy!

Reader’s Checklist Ebooks: A Great Resource for Fans

We are delighted to announce the Reader’s Checklist project, our first nonfiction ebook series. These books are dedicated to helping fans of authors complete their collections by identifying all of their major works.. and some interesting sidelines and “inspired by” media.

Already available for Kindle, the first reference book is A Century of John Carter, Tarzan and Friends by Rosemary Jones, a complete list of Edgar Rice Burrough’s novels.

The second book in the Reader’s Checklist, released this month,  is The Wizard of Oz and Friends by Rosemary Jones and Diane Jones.  They are the co-authors of a five book series about collecting antique and vintage children’s books, published by Collector Books of Paducah, KY.

This second in our Reader’s Checklist series contains a list of  the numerous titles in the Oz series, plus information on editions and media spin-offs, with over forty color illustrations. This ebook is available now for nook.

Yes, we will be adding the Oz ebook to Kindle and adding the Burroughs ebook to B&N sometime this month.