LH, I notice, often, that it's YOU in the middle of those long tedious arguments (well, and ME TOO!). However I share your sentiment here.

I'd go for Barsoom too. And Pelucidar (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).

And didn't you love the cover art by Bama for Conan (speaking of Conans) the Barbarian? He also did most of the art for ...

...Doc Savage ( the REAL first Superman, Man being an Earth creature, you know).

Astrophysics is fun as is quantum mechanics.

Yes LH, Doxies are interesting dogs. If I had one, I might name it Ortho.