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Title: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, Frank E. Schoonover ISBN: 0-8129-6851-4 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Welcome to Barsoom
Comment: 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.
One of Edgar Rice Burrough's earliest works, the first chapter in the Martian series is also one of his finest. A page turning adventure with lots of action make John Carter one of Burrough's most beloved heroes. His imagination ran wild in creating the martian landscape, and this is a delight to read for all ages.
Rating: 5
Summary: John Carter meets Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium
Comment: Edgar Rice Burroughs will always be remembered first and foremost for his creation of Tarzan, but it was the character of John Carter, who first appeared in "A Princess of Mars" who truly served as a template for other science fiction writers. From Lin Carter's "Green Star" series to John Norman's "Gor" novels there are tales of the man from Earth traveling to a strange new world and having wondrous adventures. John Carter was a gentleman of Virginia and Civil War veteran who found himself looking down at his dying body in an Arizona cave after an encounter with some Indians. Opening his arms to the bright planet Mars beckoning in the night sky, Carter is suddenly whisked to the Red Planet, where rival tribes battle while the planet's atmosphere continues to dissipate.
Captured by a band of six-limbed giants, Carter soon earns their respect for his prowess as a warrior and forges a lasting friendship with Tars Tarkas of the Tharks. But then the Tharks attack a fleet of airborne vessels and capture Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Helium, the greatest city on Barsoom (as the Martians call Mars). Of course, they get off on the wrong foot, since Carter knows nothing about the culture of the red humanoid race. But the lovely Princess of Mars has captured the Virginian's heart. Abandoning dreams of returning to Earth, he wants nothing better than to win her love. In the meanwhile, he has to protect her from the amorous attention of the depraved ruler of the Tharks, bring some semblance of civilization to the barbarian tribes, and stop all out war between the green men and red men from ending Barsoom's last chance for survival.
"A Princess of Mars" is the first of eleven volumes in the Martian Series by Burroughs, most of which involve a hero fighting his way across Barsoom to rescue the woman he loves. If Dejah Thoris is not the most beautiful woman in the history of fantasy and science fiction, then she certainly has the all-time best name. John Carter is able to take advantage of the Red Planet's lesser gravity to do great feats of leaping about, but it is his innate intelligence and intense sense of personal honor that make him almost idealistically noble. When I first read every ERB novel I could get my hands on in Middle School, Tarzan was always Tarzan, but there was something about John Carter that somehow made him the greater hero in my eyes.
Maybe it was the way he handled a sword or how he was always determined to make Barsoom a better place that made him seem Burroughs's finest creation while Tarzan was finding lost civilizations in the interior of Africa. Certainly you will find ERB's most imaginative work, including the great game of Martian Chess, in this series. Do not stop at the first book, because while these novels are fast approaching being a century old, they hold up much better than the writings of Jules Verne or H. G. Wells. Not in terms of science, of course, but rather in terms of adventure fantasy.
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Title: The Gods of Mars (Mars (del Rey Books Numbered)) by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0345324390 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Warlord of Mars (Mars (del Rey Books Numbered)) by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0345324536 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 1576466221 Publisher: Quiet Vision Pub Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0451524233 Publisher: Signet Classics Pub. Date: 01 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Land That Time Forgot, Commemorative Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Mike Resnick, James Allen St. John ISBN: 0803261543 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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