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Title: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank E. Schoonover ISBN: 1-57646-605-1 Publisher: Quiet Vision Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $21.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.76 (62 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A ripping good yarn
Comment: I am yet another reviewer who first read the entire "Carter" series as a boy (in the 1960's). I rediscovered them recently after listening to a Coast to Coast radio interview where Richard Hoagland (ex NASA consultant) valiently defended his rather wild thesis that Mars indeed once hosted an incredible civilization, as evidenced by the infamous "face on mars", and the nearby pyramid and other ruins on the Cydonia Plains.
Whether such assertions have any validity will be resolved eventually by science. Nonetheless,I realized with a moment of existentialist mirth that Edgar Rice Burroughs might be right! Out of the mouth of pulp fiction writers come revelations that will elude science for almost a century!?!
Although there may be no glorious race of scantilly clad humans (for such prime and proper times as we assume 1912 to have been, Edgar relished describing the perfectly muscled and bronzed bodies of the martian warriers in their gleaming harnesses and the sumptous beauty of the semi-nude Martian maidens!) perhaps there was something similar, if you believe late night radio, eh? perhaps there are no barbaric 4 armed green warriers (is this where the proverbial "little green men from Mars originated?), but how about little Grey aliens, eh?
Edgar Rice Burroughs was certainly an influence on many subsequent sci-fi classics in the 20th century, including the much more clinical and psychologically focused Martian Chronicles. Others have noted the legacy he gave to the Star Wars series.
Now at the ripe age of 51, I have reread the series and find them still a ripping good yarn, even if the romantic undertones seem a bit quaint in this brutish "slam, bam, thank you maam" culture we have created since his time.
A final shocking revelation for me: As others have noted, the major protagonist in this book is the beautiful Martian Princess Dejah. Was there some bizarre subconscious bleed through here? You see, I named my daughter (now 30 years old) "Desha". I haven't the heart to tell her that she may be named after a pulp fiction heroine from 1912! At least I changed the spelling of the name!
Life can be banal and hard (like a Martian night outside the safety of city walls), so give yourself a break! Travel back in time to a Mars that might yet be found to be more real than we ever could have dreamed! A friend of mine has a 7 hour plane flight in a couple days. I am lending him the Mars books since they will make the time fly (no pun intended) in seconds.
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, also known as the planet Mars. There he finds a dying planet of brutal and untamed savagery, contrasted sharply with the rich cultures of 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: 4
Summary: ERB's first great hero
Comment: John Carter, a Civil War veteran, finds himself mystically transported to a Mars which is populated by all sorts of peculiar beings. Enslaved by giant, green barbarians who also respect him for his physical prowess, which has been enhanced by Mars's weaker gravity, Carter manages to survive despite overwhelming odds and win the hand of a beautiful princess. Obviously, this is not "The Sound and the Fury." It is, however, a sterling example of escapist literature from a master of the "lost worlds" genre of fantasy.
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Title: Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0345324390 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 March, 1985 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0345324536 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 1985 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 1576466221 Publisher: Quiet Vision (Duplicate of QVIS9). Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 1576466248 Publisher: Quiet Vision (Duplicate of QVIS9). Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: JOHN CARTER OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs ISBN: 0345235886 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 September, 1973 |
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