The Master Mind of Mars Quotes

“The scenes depicted were mostly of a religious nature illustrating passages from Turgan, the Phundahlian bible, and, for the most part, were a series of monotonous repetitions. There was one, which appeared again and again, depicting Turgan creating a round, flat Mars and hurling it into Space, that always reminded me of a culinary artist turning a flap jack in a child's window.”
― Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Master Mind of Mars: A Science Fantasy Novel - Edgar Rice Burroughs' Extraterrestrial Adventure: Unraveling the Master Mind of Mars: The Master Mind ... fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs

“Turgan taught them that Barsoom is flat and they shut their minds to every proof to the contrary. They would not leave Phundahl far for fear of failing off the edge of the world; they would not permit the development of aeronautics because should one of their ships circumnavigate Barsoom it would be a wicked sacrilege in the eyes of Tur who made Barsoom flat. They would not permit the use of telescopes, for Tur taught them that there was no other world than Barsoom and to look at another would be heresy;”
― Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Master Mind of Mars: A Science Fantasy Novel - Edgar Rice Burroughs' Extraterrestrial Adventure: Unraveling the Master Mind of Mars: The Master Mind ... fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs