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Although Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) is justifiably famous as the creator of Tarzan of the Apes, that uprooted Englishman was not his only popular hero. Burroughs's first sale (in 1912) was A Princess of Mars, opening the floodgates to one of the must successful--and prolific--literary careers in history. This is a wonderful scientific romance that perhaps can be best described as early science fiction melded with an epic dose of romantic adventure. A Princess of Mars is the first adventure of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who unexpectedly find himself transplanted to the planet Mars. Yet this red planet is far more than a dusty, barren place; it's a fantasy world populated with giant green barbarians, beautiful maidens in distress, and weird flora and monstrous fauna the likes of which could only exist in the author's boundless imagination. Sheer escapism of the tallest order, the Martian novels are perfect entertainment for those who find Tarzan's fantastic adventures aren't, well, fantastic enough. Although this novel can stand alone, there are a total of 11 volumes in this classic series of otherworldly, swashbuckling adventure. --Stanley Wiater

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Suddenly projected to Mars, John Carter found himself captive of the savage green men of Thark. With him was Dejah Thoris, lovely Princess of Helium. And between them and rescue lay a thousand miles of deadly enemies and unknown dangers.

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The first volume iin Burroughs' Mars Series has epic adventure, beautiful maidens, green martians and more. A thrill a minute on the Red Planet.

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Super Reader.......2007-08-04

Take a brawny Virginian adventurer, and get him to the Red Planet. Have him captured by aliens. Let there be a beautiful woman with an exotic name for him to fall for. Add a castastrophic failure of technology that could doom the planet except for the slim chance that John Carter, our hero, can save the day.

Not to mention the odd battle or war.

Mars rocks!.....Even in 1912...If you love sci fi this is a must read.......2007-06-06

Mars rocks....even in 1912
I just finished read A Princess Of Mars by Mr. Burroughs. Its amazing to note that he wrote this in 1912. The science sounds plausible and for those items where he can't nail things down he has the 9 rays of the sun to account for anti gravity and an atmosphere generator to overcome the problems of Mars atmosphere. As for John Carters transport to Mars, I don't know if future novels attempt to explain that but I am going with the initial transit due to something in that cave where the knock out / paralysis gas (?) overcame him. After that he is transported back one can assume in much the same fashion as Star Trek like transporters. Perhaps its all due to some mad scientist sort of overlord trying to utilize heavy gravity earth man to kick start a stagnant society. He is perhaps called back and returned due to a tracking implant within his body. Obviously at the height of Martian culture hundreds of thousands of years ago they may have achieved nuclear power but I am willing to overlook that that has been lost or perhaps become culturally unacceptable knowledge In the end if you respect the story and are a little awed at his guesses, mad and otherwise, at building his novels Mars back in 1912. Mr. Burroughs was at the dawn of flight and we only had inklings of the power of radium and there weren't even diving tanks for scuba diving yet..
I loved the wireless guided explosive bullet rifle, enjoyed the enormous flying battleships powered by antigravity, the mention of powerful telescopes that inform them of the Earth and in a couple of ways that shall go unmentioned I dug the well nigh impregnable fortress for the atmosphere generator.
This is a fast paced novel and within the first 30 pages much has happened and you know a number of things about mars. So hang on tight and enjoy the ride and though written in 1912 you will be impressed.

best science fantasy ever.......2006-07-22

This is easily Edgar Rice Burroughs' best book and one of the most influential novels ever written. From beginning to end, the narrative pumps with intelligence, social commentary, romance, and action. Though archetypes, the main characters take on distinct personalities and become more than just ciphers on a page. To anyone looking for good reading in a unique world, read this and its sequels. Highly recommended.

Si-Fi fans must not miss this series.......2006-07-10

I happened upon these books at a garage sale, musty and in tiny print. I found some of the most delightful caracters especially for the old Heinlein fans. I slowly dug up most of the books from used book stores. Do not miss this book as a starts you on a long adventure. I'd say it's a bit steamy for those times as the hero spends most of his time unclothed! The gals in the parlors must have blushed at that! I also see a close tie to the Star Wars saga, and was surprized to find a Sith in one of his later books.

Still quite appealing if dated.......2006-06-16

In 1912, before such a thing as science fiction existed as a separate genre, I'm not sure how the serial in All-Story called "Under the Moons of Mars", by "Norman Bean", was received. Probably simply as an adventure story, one that hearkened back pretty clearly to the lost race tales of the likes of H. Rider Haggard. (And to be sure at about the same time Edgar Rice Burroughs was publishing the first of his Tarzan stories, which much more overtly can be placed in the "lost race" lineage.) "Norman Bean", of course, was a pseudonym for Edgar Rice Burroughs, and in 1917 "Under the Moons of Mars" was reprinted in book form as _A Princess of Mars_, under Burroughs' own name.

How necessary is it to describe the plot of _A Princess of Mars_? Briefly, Civil War veteran (for the South) Colonel John Carter and a friend discover a gold mine in Arizona. They run afoul of Indians, and while hiding in a cave, Carter is mysteriously transported to Mars. There he encounters the rather brutish "Green Martians", and is taken captive by them. They are constantly battling each other, and the rather more civilized (and humanoid, though egg-laying) "Red Martians". They capture a Princess of the Red Martians, the beautiful Dejah Thoris. After a rocky start, John Carter and Dejah Thoris fall in love. The leader of the Green Martians plans terrible tortures for them, so it becomes necessary to escape. They become separated, and Carter makes his way to a rival city of Dejah Thoris's. He and a friend plot to undo the dastardly plans of this rival city, and rescue Dejah Thoris's city, which they do in very adventurous fashion. By the end, John Carter has managed to effect positive political change among both the Red Martians and Green Martians, and he and Dejah Thoris are husband and wife, awaiting the hatching of a child, when a crisis in the air-manufacturing plant intervenes.

The whole thing is a wild mess of faintly plausible SFnal ideas, totally ridiculous SFnal ideas, and pure fantasy. Much is absurd, but much is really fun. The writing is rather stilted but occasionally striking. The characters are very stiff. The attitudes are consistent with the time -- the references to Indians are pretty racist, and there is no reason to believe that the Confederate John Carter would be any more admirable in his attitudes toward black people, but on the whole these aspects are much in the background. It can't be regarded as a great book, but it remains appealing.

John Carter of Mars - volume 1 - The Princess of Mars & The Gods of Mars (John Carter of Mars)

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John Carter of Mars - volume 1 - The Princess of Mars & The Gods of Mars (John Carter of Mars)

John Carter of Mars - volume 1 - The Princess of Mars & The Gods of Mars (John Carter of Mars)
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JOHN CARTER of MARS - Volume 1 - The Princess of Mars & The Gods of Mars. John Carter is a red blooded American civil war hero and fighting man from Virginia. A strange incident whilst prospecting in Apache country propels him to Mars where he immediately encounters the enormous war-like green men of Mars and the planets equally alien landscapes, animals and technology. Soon Carter falls in with the red men (and their beautiful red women) and his non-stop adventures begin. Classic early science fiction from the creator of Tarzan - here are the first two novels of John Carter's Martian adventures - soon to be entirely published by Leonaur.

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Leonaur Ltd. is publishing the definitive Edgar Rice Burroughs 21st century editions........2007-04-12

Leonaur Ltd. is publishing the definitive Edgar Rice Burroughs 21st century editions. These usually contain 2 books of the different ERB major series in order - thus far John Carter, Pellucidar, and Carson of Venus. In the future, possibly Tarzan!
These books are handsome and my rating is mainly based on this - the ERB fan knows best about the rest of it.
This first volume of Joh Carter of Mars contains 2/3 of the greatest science fiction/fantasy trilogy ever. What is nore remarkable is that these were published over 40 years before Tolkien's LOTR and over 50 before Tolkien became fashionable. "A Princess of Mars", "The Gods of Mars", and "The Warlord of Mars" are ERB's greatest work.
It is sad, in a way, that Tarzan obscures ERBs Mars novels for the general public. These books deserve to be beter known, and it is astonishing no movie or TV adaptation has ever been attempted (which might be a good thing, after all!). If only Steven Spielberg or Peter Jackson were interested!
Of course, genre and ERB aficionados have long know and cherised these great stories. I wonder how many others were first attracted to these by the magnificent Ballantine editions of the 1960s?
If you are a fan as am I, support Leonaur Ltd.'s efforts by buying these magnificent books.

John Carter of Mars - volume 1 - The Princess of Mars & The Gods of Mars (John Carter of Mars).......2007-02-21

Great reprint of this great classic science fiction / fantasy series. Much appreciated. Looking forward to purchasing the remainder of the series when they are published.

At the Earth's Core/ A Princess of Mars (Leather Bound)

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At the Earth's Core/ A Princess of Mars (Leather Bound)

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A Princess of Mars [UNABRIDGED-MP3 CD] (Mars)

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A Princess of Mars [UNABRIDGED-MP3 CD] (Mars)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Ex-confederate army captain John Carter finds himself unwittingly transported to Mars, while fleeing Apache Indians. This new world is populated by ferocious Martians, whose culture is based on the ability to fight for their race. Fortunately for John, the gravitational difference between Mars and Earth has endowed him with the superhuman strength that he will need for survival on this hostile planet.
John Carter combats monstrous Martian creatures, but gains the respect and friendship of the Barsoomians. He also encounters the beautiful Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, and earns her everlasting devotion. Mars Series #1

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Great Story - Lousy Product.......2006-04-19

I read this story when I was 8 and loved it. Burroughs' stories are entertaining and fun to read - his characters are vibrant and the plots are straight forward. The heroes are clean cut with high morals - very much the good guy. His villains are not good people because of their misplaced idealism and must be shown the errors of their ways. There is no gratuitous sex or violence. The ladies are treated with respect and courtesy. When some one is injured or killed it is d I read this story when I was 8 and loved it. Burroughs stories are entertaining and fun to read - his characters are vibrant and the plots are straight forward. The heroes are clean cut with high morals - very much the good guy. His villains are not good people because of their misplaced idealism and must be shown the errors of their ways. There is no gratuitous sex or violence. The ladies are treated with respect and courtesy. When some one is injured or killed it is done and that is it - Nobel deaths and gallant wounds. one and that is it - Nobel deaths and gallant wounds.
Now that I am over 50 and carpool I wanted to listen to these stories again on audio CD. Unfortunatly disk 1 was defective so I sent it back to Amazon.com and they very quickly sent another one (Amazon has GREAT customer service). Disk 1 was also defective in the secend one Amazon sent me. Tantor Media - who publishes these stories refusses to stand behind their products. So if you get one don't wait 30 days or Amazon will not take it back.
Tantor Media will not help you if you buy it from any one else but them.
So if you buy it you are purchasing a great story that may or may not play.
Good Luck.

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A Rip-Roaring, Swashbuckling Romp on the Red Planet
a truly remarkable experience

A Princess of Mars (Penguin Classics)
Edgar Rice Burroughs , and John Seelye
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The first published book by the creator of Tarzan of the Apes

Two years before Edgar Rice Burroughs became a worldwide celebrity with the publication of Tarzan of the Apes and its twenty-two sequels, which together have sold more than 30 million copies, he published A Princess of Mars. A futuristic sci-fi fantasy romance, A Princess of Mars tells the story of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who inexplicably finds himself held prisoner on the planet Mars by the Green Men of Thark. Together with Dejah Thoris, the princess of another clan on Mars, the unlikely pair must fight for their freedom and save the entire planet from destruction as the life-sustaining Atmosphere Factory slowly grinds to a halt.

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A Rip-Roaring, Swashbuckling Romp on the Red Planet.......2007-08-05

It can never be said that Edgar Rice Burroughs lacked for imagination. Best known as the creator of Tarzan, before the King of the Apes was born ERB wrote this first adventure of John Carter, a Southern gent who emigrated to the wild west, only to find himself, by mysterious means, transported to Mars. There, John Carter finds himself amid great green, four-armed, 14-foot aliens, savage beasts, forbidding landscapes, ancient civilizations, and damsels in distress. The book is fast-paced, adventurous, and never dull. While written in a bit of an antique vocabularly, it is still wildly accessible and has lost none of its charm. John Carter is a true hero in the old selse of the word - undaunted, able, and always honorable; his enemies are nothing if not sinister, his perfect opposites. I heartily recommend this work both to fans of science fiction and fantasy, as well as those who have newly come either to the genre or to ERB himself. It will no doubt leave you thirsty for the additional installments (which are also worth reading).

a truly remarkable experience.......2007-02-01

In this--Edgar Rice Burroughs' first tale of life on Mars (Barsoom to its inhabitants)--we see a brilliantly conceived world featuring titanic green monsters and gorgeous red princesses battling forever across a dying landscape. From the opening set in the American southwest to the deserted cities on Mars to great battles between balkanized nations, this is brilliant adventure fiction. John Carter, the hero, is just standard enough in the pulp vein for readers to identify with him, even as his agelessness and ability to defy Death make him truly intriguing. Even though Dejah Thoris--the princess from whom the novel takes its title--really does very little, her beauty and intelligence are more than enough to convince any man to do as Carter does to make her love him. All this fantastic adventure in a wonderful dream-world leaves the reader panting for more after the last page has been turned. Fortunately Burroughs delivered. I can not recommend this work more highly.

A Princess of Mars (Modern Library Classics)

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First Brick in the Martian Wall.
Suspension of disbelief a must have
The Beast Beyond the Ocean
A Princess of Barsoom
Welcome to Barsoom

A Princess of Mars (Modern Library Classics)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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ASIN: 0812968514
Release Date: 2003-06-10

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Virginia gentleman John Carter, unexpectedly transported to the perilous red planet, Mars, finds himself captured by the loveless Green Men of Thark. As Carter struggles to win his freedom—and the affections of fellow captive Dejah Thoris, princess of the rival clan of Helium—the fate of the entire planet hangs in the balance: warring Martian tribes collide and the beleaguered Atmosphere Factory grinds to a suffocating halt. Ray Bradbury, reminiscing on the enduring thrill of Burroughs’s Martian adventure, writes, “I stood on the lawns of summer, raised my hands, and cried for Mars, like John Carter, to take me home. I flew to the Red Planet and never returned.”

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First Brick in the Martian Wall. .......2006-11-23

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was a prodigy of imagination. He started his writer career quite late; his first work was published in 1912. From that point on a ceaseless flow of imaginary worlds & heroes poured from his pen: John Carter of Mars, Carson Napier of Venus, David Innes and Abner Perry on Pellucidar at Earth's center and the most famous of them all Tarzan of the Apes.

"Princess of Mars" is an astounding piece of fantasy. First story of ERB to be published it contains the seeds of lots of sci-fi and Fantasy novels to come in the following years. Also we may detect some traits of Tarzan in John Carter character. It's a pleasure to read so "fresh" adventures depicting a whole planet culture, interaction between different races, monsters, ecology, and inventions far ahead of ERB real world, as "rifles with explosive bullets guided by wireless sensors".

It amazes me how ERB can master in a not so extensive text (for our standards); a high paced action story.
Even if this book is 90 years old, you will enjoy it from the first to the last page.
Reviewed by Max Yofre.

Suspension of disbelief a must have.......2006-09-30

First of all, let me say I am biased. I read these books 15 years ago in grade school and there is an element of nostalgia for me. With that said, I really enjoy these books. I have frequently come back and re-read the first several in the series because no matter what age, they always let my mind wander. Don't expect "hard" sci-fi like Peter Hamilton, Stephen Baxter, or Kim Stanley Robinson. This was written in the early 1900s and it shows in some parts of the story. It is obvious to us now that Mars was never occupied and the Sun's light does not have 9 rays.

This shouldn't take away from a wonderful series. Burroughs does an excellent job of narrating a story full of details that bring to life the world of Barsoom, which is full of danger, love, and a lot of Deus ex Machina. The action in the story is always exciting and you are always rooting for the Earth-born superman as he uses his skills, cunning, and luck to best opponents while trying to maintain his Virginian honor.

If you decide to start reading this series I only ask that you suspend your disbelief and enjoy!

The Beast Beyond the Ocean.......2006-08-12

There is a story by John Steinbeck called "The Leader of the People," in which a grandfather tells his grandson how he used to be the head of a wagon train. The train was a kind of a "great beast" that was "westering." But then the train reached the edge of the sea, and it stopped. The grandson, Jody, asks whether there might not be lands beyond the sea where one can wester. The grandfather sadly shakes his head. No, there aren't any more lands, he says. But what is worse, westering has gone out of people today. Nobody _wants_ to wester anymore. The story is at once a marvelous mythical farewell to the Old West and a comment on the nature of the modern world.

When Edgar Rice Burroughs serialized his first novel, _Under the Moons of Mars_, in _Argosy_ in 1912 under the pseudonym of "Norman Bean," the American frontier was, for all practical purposes, closed. Not everybody knew it yet, but the westering movement was over. A number of American pulp writers known as the scientific romance writers were looking for new frontiers to explore: lost valleys and cities, underground caverns, distant planets, the interior of the atom, the jungles of Africa, the inside of the Earth or the Moon, a city lost in time, another galaxy. These settings were intended to be colorful new worlds where lurid and romantic adventures could occur-- at least in the reader's imagination.

The scientific romancers -- A. Merritt, Ray Cummings, H. Bedford-Jones, Otis Adelbert Kline, Austin Hall, Homer Eon Flint, Garrett P. Serviss, Charles B. Stilson, and Burroughs--were essentially popular writers. My personal candidates for the two best American scientific romancers are Merritt and Bedford-Jones, but none can seriously be considered underrated literary geniuses. Burroughs has certainly proved to be the most popular over time, and _A Princess of Mars_ ( the book title of _Under the Moons of Mars_ )may be taken as almost the archetype of the scientific romance.

It starts in the American west in 1865, right after the Civil War. Captain John Carter of Virginia, C.S.A. and a friend are prospecting for gold. They have good luck with the gold but bad luck with Apache warriers. The friend is killed and Carter enters a cave and is transported to Mars. In effect, he leaves the old frontier for the new. There he finds a new collective beast on the other side of the ocean of space. It is not a westering wagon train; rather, it is a tribe of green Martian warriers. The Martians look very much alike. Their young are hatched in incubators and are raised communally, without knowing their parents. Weak or deformed young are promptly shot. The green Martians are taught at an early age to use weapons and to scorn weakness and sentiment. A typical Martian woman tells the kindly female Sola:

"It is sad, Sola, that you were not born a million years ago...when all the hollows of the land were filled with water, and the peoples were as soft as the stuff they sailed upon. In our day, we have progressed to a point where such sentiments mark weakness and atavism." (49)

But in spite of the unified values of the beast, there are signs that it may change. The tender Sola, the faithful watchdog Woola, and even the formidable warrier Tars Tarkas seem poised to lead the way to something else. When John Carter and Dejah Thoris become prisoners of the tribe, they speed up a change in the values of the beast. It will retain its unity, but its head will become different.
There is much in the book that is silly. But there is a certain amount of color and good fun as well.

A Princess of Barsoom.......2004-12-08

"I have never told this story nor shall mortal man see this manuscript until I have passed over for eternity. I know that the average human mind will not believe what it can not grasp..."
Written in 1912 this book is well written for its time. Captain Carter is telling the story form memory as an old man of his adventures here on earth and on the planet of Barsoom (Mars). There are encounters with many strain creatures, situations, and yes even a "Princess of Mars". The forward to the book alone will capture your imagination.

Welcome to Barsoom.......2003-09-26

Retired confederate soldier and southern gentleman John Carter is pursued by Indians, and through unexplainable circumstances finds himself transported to Barsoom, known to us earthlings as the planet Mars. There he finds a dying planet of brutal and untamed savagery, contrasted sharply with the rich cultures of its ancient races. Arriving alone, naked and friendless, "A Princess of Mars" tells the tale of how John Carter, with the aid of his earthly strength and agility, sets forth on an incredible adventure against enormous odds to rescue the beautiful Dejah Thoris, the incomparable Princess of Helium.

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In this landmark, Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must face giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess. Burroughs, best known as the creator of Tarzan, published this novel in 1911 and introduced a new style of writing that combined the genres of fantasy, adventure, and science fiction.

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Carter Jumps to Mars and Starts the Ball. .......2006-08-16

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was a prodigy of imagination. He started his writer career quite late; his first work was published in 1912. From that point on a ceaseless flow of imaginary worlds & heroes poured from his pen: John Carter of Mars, Carson Napier of Venus, David Innes and Abner Perry on Pellucidar at Earth's center and the most famous of them all Tarzan of the Apes.
As many reviewers of this and other ERB stories point out, do not expect "politically correct" tales, they are the product of a society still torn by racial prejudices.

"Princess of Mars" is an astounding piece of fantasy. First story of ERB to be published it contains the seeds of lots of sci-fi and Fantasy novels to come in the following years. Also we may detect some traits of Tarzan in John Carter character.
It's a pleasure to read so "fresh" adventures depicting a whole planet culture, interaction between different races, monsters, ecology, and inventions far ahead of ERB real world, as "rifles with explosive bullets guided by wireless sensors".

It amazes me how ERB can master in a not so extensive text (for our standards); a high paced action story. Even if this book is 90 years old, you will enjoy it from the first to the last page and possibly continue reading all Carter's series.
Reviewed by Max Yofre.

Captain John Carter Takes a Licken and Keeps on Tickin'.......2006-04-22

This is a nice Dover reprint of the first of Edgar Rice Burrough's Mars novel, which first appeared serialized in wide-circulation pulp magazines in the early years of the twentieth century.

Never quite as popular as Burrough's Tarzan books, the Mars series ranks right up there with the Pellucider (center of the earth) as fantasies dear to the hearts of boys of all ages. (Personally, I've always liked the Mars series better than Tarzan or Pellucider, but--as my wife notes--Burroughs does have a thing about apes, which appear on Mars as well as in the African jungle.)

The story is completely implausible, even for its time. Burrough's gee-whiz fascination with pseudo-science such as radon as a universal energy source, and mystical "rays" unknown on earth, ring particulalarly hollow.

Plopped down among the green hordes of war-like Mars, Virginia gentleman John Carter ex of the Confederate army unites the green Thark hordes to aid the Heliumite civilization of red Martians and win the hand of the incomparable Dejah Thoris in the first of the eleven Mars books.

The book is written in language that probably was intentionally pompous and archaic even for its own time, making it a great vocubulary expander for today's kids who some day will face the SATs. It's amazing that in the hundred years since it was first published, and the millions of copies sold, no one has gone through this book to fix the words spelled incorrectly and other typos.

The book conforms to todays PG rated movie standards: tons and tons of violence, and no sex. Well, Martians are hatched from eggs, anyhow.

I first read this book, and the other books in the Mars series, as a kid, far longer ago than I care to admit. Now, I'm reading them to my eight-year-old son, who loves them.

Flaws, weirdnesses, and bizarre language to the despite, I highly recommend the Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars books to anyone who has a taste for tales of fantastic adventures!

A Princess of Barsoom .......2005-08-15

"I have never told this story nor shall mortal man see this manuscript until I have passed over for eternity. I know that the average human mind will not believe what it can not grasp......"

Written in 1912 this book is well written for its time. Captain Carter is telling the story form memory as an old man of his adventures here on earth and on the planet of Barsoom (Mars). There are encounters with many strain creatures, situations, and yes even a "Princess of Mars." The forward to the book alone will capture your imagination.

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A Princess of Barsoom

A Princess of Mars
Edgar, Rice Burroughs
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my feet I received my first Martian surprise, for the effort, which on Earth would have brought me standing upright, carried me into the Martian air to the height of about three yards.... Instead of progressing in a sane and dignified manner, my attempts to walk resulted in a variety of hops which took me clear of the ground a couple of feet at each step and landed me sprawling upon my face or back at the end of each second or third hop. My muscles, perfectly attuned and accustomed to the force of gravity on Earth, played the mischief with me in attempting for the first time to cope with the lesser gravitation and lower air pressure on Mars. ~~~ Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes, and it is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels stormed the public's imagination. A Princess of Mars, first published in 1917, is the first book in Burroughs' Mars series. Here, Earthman and Civil War veteran John Carter finds himself mysterious transported to the Red Planet, a world of strange men, vicious beasts, and beautiful women in need of rescue. American novelist EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (1875-1950) wrote dozens of adventure, crime, and science fiction novels that are still beloved today, including Tarzan of the Apes (1912), At the Earth's Core (1914), A Princess of Mars (1917), The Land That Time Forgot (1924), and Pirates of Venus (1934). He is reputed to have been reading a comic book when he died.

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A Princess of Barsoom.......2007-05-09

"I have never told this story nor shall mortal man see this manuscript until I have passed over for eternity. I know that the average human mind will not believe what it can not grasp......"

Written in 1912 this book is well written for its time. Captain Carter is telling the story form memory as an old man of his adventures here on earth and on the planet of Barsoom (Mars). There are encounters with many strain creatures, situations, and yes even a "Princess of Mars." The forward to the book alone will capture your imagination.

A Princess of Mars: John Carter, Warlord of Mars, Book 1 (John Carter, Warlord of Mars)

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A Princess of Barsoom

A Princess of Mars: John Carter, Warlord of Mars, Book 1 (John Carter, Warlord of Mars)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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ASIN: 0743498534

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A Princess of Mars is the first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs' most exciting saga, known as The Martian Series. It's the beginning of an incredible odyssey in which John Carter, a gentleman from Virginia and a Civil War veteran, unexpectedly finds himself on to the red planet, scene of continuing combat among rival tribes. Captured by a band of six-limbed, green-skinned savage giants called Tharks, Carter soon is accorded all the honor of a chieftain after it's discovered that his muscles, accustomed to Earth's greater gravity, now give him a decided advantage in strength. And when his captors take as prisoner Dejah Thoris, the lovely human-looking princess of the city of Helium, Carter must call upon every ounce of strength, courage, and ingenuity to rescue her-before Dejah becomes the slave of the depraved Thark leader, Tal Hajus!

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A Princess of Barsoom .......2006-07-21

"I have never told this story nor shall mortal man see this manuscript until I have passed over for eternity. I know that the average human mind will not believe what it can not grasp......"

Written in 1912 this book is well written for its time. Captain Carter is telling the story form memory as an old man of his adventures here on earth and on the planet of Barsoom (Mars). There are encounters with many strain creatures, situations, and yes even a "Princess of Mars." The forward to the book alone will capture your imagination.

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At the Earth's Core/A Princess of Mars

Manufacturer: The Easton Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I81THM

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