A Princess of Mars

A Princess of Mars

1912 • 384 pages

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Rediscover the adventure-pulp classic that gave the world its first great interplanetary romance—now featuring an introduction by Junot Díaz In the spring of 1866, John Carter, a former Confederate captain prospecting for gold in the Arizona hills, slips into a cave and is overcome by mysterious vapors. He awakes to find himself naked, alone, and forty-eight million miles from Earth—a castaway on the dying planet Mars. Taken prisoner by the Tharks, a fierce nomadic tribe of six-limbed, olive-green giants, he wins respect as a cunning and able warrior, who by grace of Mars’s weak gravity possesses the agility of a superman. He also wins the heart of fellow-prisoner Dejah Thoris, the alluring, red-skinned Princess of Helium, whose people he swears to defend against their grasping and ancient enemy, the city-state of Zodanga. John Carter first appeared in 1912 in the pages of The All-Story magazine and immediately entered the dream-life of American readers young and old. He was Edgar Rice Burroughs’s favorite among his many creations and remains a favorite of lovers of science fiction and fantasy everywhere.

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10 primary books12 released books

Barsoom

Barsoom is a 12-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1912 with contributions by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Stuart Moore.

A Princess of Mars
The Gods of Mars
The Warlord of Mars
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
The Chessmen of Mars
Marsin nero
A Fighting Man of Mars
Swords of Mars (Barsoom, #8)
Synthetic Men of Mars (Barsoom, #9)
Llana of Gathol (Barsoom, #10)
John Carter: The Movie Novelization: Also includes: A Princess of Mars
John Carter: The Movie Novelization

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What a dreamy guy
kind to beasties, quick to kill
calls you his princess.

March 14, 2017
October 18, 2012

I recognize that this was originally published in 1912, according to wikipedia, but it was one of the worst sci-fi books I've read. Maybe it was revolutionary and it exciting when it came out, but certainly hits just about every bad trope that sci-fi has become known for . . .

March 21, 2012

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