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"Might it really be possible--in fact and not in fancy--to venture with John Carter to the Kingdom of Helium on the planet Mars?" --Carl Sagan
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Ray Bradbury is the renowned author of numerous novels, plays, and short stories, including The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine, and the screenplay for John Huston s 1956 film Moby Dick. He lives in Los Angeles with one wife, three cats, four daughters, and eight grandchildren
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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The first Burroughs book I ever read, _A Princess of Mars_ still has the same power over me now that it did fifteen years ago. John Carter is the perfect hero, Dejah Thoris the perfect princess, and Tars Tarkas is the perfect loyal friend. Edgar Rice Burroughs rightly deserves the title of grandfather of modern science fiction. This is one truly magnificent, timeless adventure.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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A confession - I'm an ERB fan. I started with the Tarzan series and graduated to the Mars series. I first read Princess of Mars over 50 years ago as a young teen and fell in love with the incomparable Dejah Thoris - to me a merger of the best of Gina Lollobrigita's Queen of Sheba and Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra. I love this series with it's amazing creatures and flying ships [see Star Wars Return of the Jedi for an idea of the martian flyers]. I lost my copy and bought this new one to remind me of the plot in readiness for Disney's John Carter blockbuster. This is fantasy adventure at its best and most original. Like the saturday morning serials at the cinema, this book ends on a knife edge - to be continued in the Gods of Mars. The film may combine parts of both books as some of the film's characters, notably the white Therns, do not appear until the second book.
As you race through this book you will think that you have seen similar things in Avatar and the Star Wars films but ERB, writing in the 1920s, was the daddy. He was even PC, as in "Gods" he explains how the first born, pure race are the Black men of Mars.
I went on to read all the follow on series of books. You will become involved in rooting for all the main characters - even Carter's Calot [ a martian bull terrier but 100 times bigger and uglier], who has undying love for his master. I hope the film lives up to the hype and becomes a successful franchise, which will encourage a new generation of readers to devour all the Martian books and then the Tarzan, Tanar of Pellucidar [inside the earth] and the Venus series as well. Enjoy these books!
As you race through this book you will think that you have seen similar things in Avatar and the Star Wars films but ERB, writing in the 1920s, was the daddy. He was even PC, as in "Gods" he explains how the first born, pure race are the Black men of Mars.
I went on to read all the follow on series of books. You will become involved in rooting for all the main characters - even Carter's Calot [ a martian bull terrier but 100 times bigger and uglier], who has undying love for his master. I hope the film lives up to the hype and becomes a successful franchise, which will encourage a new generation of readers to devour all the Martian books and then the Tarzan, Tanar of Pellucidar [inside the earth] and the Venus series as well. Enjoy these books!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I can't even begin to count the number of times I have read Burrough's Mars series, and this is the greatest of them all. It has everything: swordfights, a love story, high adventure, ancient, advanced civilizations, and a naked princess who has no qualms about revealing her love for a man she hardly knows but loves with all her heart. No one other than Burroughs could have written a novel like this, and I'm glad no one else did. If you want to have a great read, I highly recommend this book.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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"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 and has intrigued countless generations of readers. I get the feeling that this story is being told over a campfire.
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."
This is a part is a series by the writer that brought us "Tarzan." The intro to the book alone will capture your imagination.
The Great Book of Tarzan
Written in 1912 this book is well written for its time and has intrigued countless generations of readers. I get the feeling that this story is being told over a campfire.
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."
This is a part is a series by the writer that brought us "Tarzan." The intro to the book alone will capture your imagination.
The Great Book of Tarzan
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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John Carter, ex-captain in the confederate army is chased by Indians to a hidden cave. Finding himself paralysed by the narcotic plants growing in the cave, he by force of will breaks free of his body and is magically transported to Mars. There he finds danger and adventure amongst the 15 feet tall, warlike, six-armed race of Green Martians, and falls in love with Dejah Thoris a Princess of the much too human-like race of Red Martians.
This is one of the most influential science fiction stories of all time. Written almost 100 years ago it is still a great read and is an absolute classic piece of pulp science fiction. I have read my paperback copy of this story many times and had been looking for a good Kindle edition. This version has the potential to be great, but as it stands I can't recommend it.
The basic digitisation is fine - there are none of the bad scanning errors you often find with cheap copies of out of copyright books. Even the original artwork by Frank E. Schoonover is beautifully reproduced and looks stunning in colour on the PC and on my Android phone and not bad at all in black and white on my Kindle.
However there are several problems, some of which really are major errors.
First of all, the Foreword is counted as a chapter. In this book chapter numbering should not start until chapter 1 which comes after the Foreword. When we reach the real chapter 1 we find the first major problem. Chapters 1 and 2 are reversed in order, so the story opens with Chapter 2 which is then followed by Chapter 1.
The biggest problem though is that at the end of chapter 15 the text makes a jump from one scene at the end of the chapter to another at the beginning of chapter 16 that makes no sense.... Read more ›
This is one of the most influential science fiction stories of all time. Written almost 100 years ago it is still a great read and is an absolute classic piece of pulp science fiction. I have read my paperback copy of this story many times and had been looking for a good Kindle edition. This version has the potential to be great, but as it stands I can't recommend it.
The basic digitisation is fine - there are none of the bad scanning errors you often find with cheap copies of out of copyright books. Even the original artwork by Frank E. Schoonover is beautifully reproduced and looks stunning in colour on the PC and on my Android phone and not bad at all in black and white on my Kindle.
However there are several problems, some of which really are major errors.
First of all, the Foreword is counted as a chapter. In this book chapter numbering should not start until chapter 1 which comes after the Foreword. When we reach the real chapter 1 we find the first major problem. Chapters 1 and 2 are reversed in order, so the story opens with Chapter 2 which is then followed by Chapter 1.
The biggest problem though is that at the end of chapter 15 the text makes a jump from one scene at the end of the chapter to another at the beginning of chapter 16 that makes no sense.... Read more ›
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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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 finds himself looking down at his dying body in an Arizona cave. Opening his arms to the planet Mars, 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 Tara's 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 novels in the Martian Series by Burroughs, most of which seemed to avoid the pitfalls of some of ERB's lesser Tarzan novels.
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I love all the Tarzan books and this one is no exception .A really good ripping yarn ,good from the first word
Published 1 day ago by Gransmithies
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Classic old sci-fi (and a cliffhanger ending)
Do not read this if you want a modern, meaningful story - I love old sci-fi and this is a classic!
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Published 5 days ago by DragonSandy
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An exciting read!
I decided to read the Barsoom stories after watching the John Carter film. "Princess of Mars" was a real page turner and I'm going to get stuck into the next book straight away. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Matty D
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Great read
Loved it! Would highly recommend it and I am slightly ashamed that it's taken me so long to discover this book
Published 18 days ago by James Black
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Great Classic
Great characters, plot and imagination to this story & enjoyed the way it was written that results in the feeling of being there everystep of the way, for me a sign of a great... Read more
Published 26 days ago by Blaze
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OK not my favorite classic
I have been reading a few of the old classic scifi books on my kindle and I have enjoyed the vast majority of them, this one however wasnt for me. Read more
Published 1 month ago by JimmyG
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The Martian Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs
My old copy was falling to pieces----I needed a new one.
I read this book when I was 12 years old and LOVED it-----slightly disappointed in the film---John Carter, but better... Read more
I read this book when I was 12 years old and LOVED it-----slightly disappointed in the film---John Carter, but better... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Muriel Gibson
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A Princess of Mars
Very enjoyable read and very different from the film which I also enjoyed. it is also reflective of the times it was written in when men were men and women were women.
Published 1 month ago by mrs marianne brooke
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as I remembered it
I read this book as a teenager and had fond memories of it. It is still good, but the linear narrative and rather comic strip feel, no longer appeals as it once did to me. Read more
Published 1 month ago by E Gregory
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APrincess of Mars
I liked the book because I was interested in the historic science fiction as written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The language though is archaic and might not suit everyone.
Published 1 month ago by Mike S
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