No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature, or its kind. If it forms the habit of reading, in people who might not read otherwise, it is the best literature.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs by Irwin Porges
Edgar Rice Burroughs by Robert B. In the film (as in the book) Edgar is the nephew of John Carter who after passing left him his belongings including a journal with his adventures on Mars. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Burroughs in 2003.

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1 1875 – March 19 1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter although he produced works in many genres.