In my review of the 1923 novel THE MOON MAID I commented:
I don't know about the other two parts, but MOON MAID is part of a loose continuity with the Mars books. It's through Earth's radio contact with Mars that future-Earth perfects space travel with the use of Martian "rays," and Storytelling Julian even mentions John Carter, though it's not clear just what he knows about the Martian hero.
The book stands as a "null-crossover" in my system because John Carter and his Martian domain are referenced but none of the icons therefrom are present in the story. ERB does name the hero's spaceship "The Barsoom," which was the author's canny way of evoking the Mars books within a technically unrelated story.
ADDENDUM: Barsoom-Mars is also "in-universe" with the sequel novels as well, but the name is only mentioned in passing within the first sequel and not at all in the second.
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