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Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom. In this landmark of science fiction, the myths and mystery of the red planet supply a vibrant backdrop for a swashbuckling epic.
Published in 1911, A Princess of Mars introduced a popular series of novels recounting John Carter's Martian exploits. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known as the creator of Tarzan, employed a new style of writing that combined the genres of fantasy, adventure, and science fiction. His imaginative setting and#8212; an advanced but decaying civilization, where Olympian heroics play out against malevolent forces and ever-changing fortunes and#8212; endures as a timeless world, in which love, honor, and loyalty form the basis for fast-paced romantic adventures.
Generations of readers have thrilled to Burroughs' Martian tales, including writers of science fiction and fact, such as Ray Bradbury and Carl Sagan. "I stood on the lawns of summer, raised my hands, and cried for Mars, like John Carter, to take me home," remembered Ray Bradbury, "I flew to the red planet and never returned."
Synopsis
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!
Synopsis
In this landmark novel by the creator of
Tarzan, Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to the red planet, where he must elude giant green barbarians to rescue a princess. Fantasy, adventure, and science fiction combined.
Synopsis
In this landmark novel by the creator of
Tarzan, a Civil War veteran is transported to the red planet, where he must elude giant green barbarians to rescue a princess. Fantasy, adventure, and science fiction combined.
Table of Contents
Foreword
On the Arizona Hills
The Escape of the Dead
My Advent on Mars
A Prisoner
I Elude My Watch Dog
A Fight That Won Friends
Child-Raising on Mars
A Fair Captive from the Sky
I Learn the Language
Champion and Chief
With Dejah Thoris
A Prisoner with Power
Love-Making on Mars
A Duel to the Death
Sola Tells Me Her Story
We Plan Escape
A Costly Recapture
Chained in Warhoon
Battling in the Arena
In the Atmosphere Factory
An Air Scout for Zodanga
I Find Dejah
Lost in the Sky
Tars Tarkas Finds a Friend
The Looting of Zodanga
Through Carnage to Joy
From Joy to Death
At the Arizona Cave