Edgar Allan Poe on Mars: The Further Memoirs of Gullivar Jones

Here’s an interesting science fiction novel that I learned about several months ago: Edgar Allan Poe on Mars: The Further Memoirs of Gullivar Jones (2007) by Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier. Here’s a description of the novel, taken from website of Black Coat Press, the publisher:

"A legendary warrior from Mars' ancient past. A struggling young writer from 1827 Baltimore. Soon, cosmic events put in motion by the Enchanter Montressor and his ward Ligeia cause the two to meet. Gullivar Jones and Edgar Allan Poe must then learn to work together, if they are to stop the machinations of Rodrik-Usher the Damned ... or both their worlds will be destroyed! An original fantasy in which the famous American writer meets the hero
created by Edwin Arnold in his classic 1905 Martian novel."

According to a posting on the MySpace page of Black Coat Press, Edgar Allan Poe on Mars: The Further Memoirs of Gullivar Jones received a positive review in the December 2008 issue of The New York Review of Science Fiction.

Happy Birthday to Edgar Allan Poe, who was born in Boston in 1809!

And, a belated Happy Birthday to Martin Luther King, Jr., who was born in Atlanta in 1929!

Pictured above: Cover of Edgar Allan Poe on Mars: The Further Memoirs of Gullivar Jones.