A princess of Mars - Softcover

Burroughs, M. Edgar Rice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1505431840 ISBN 13: 9781505431841

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The story is introduced by a supposed narrator certify the authenticity. Presented as the nephew of John Carter, it is called emergency in New York and on his arrival, he learns that John Carter was found dead in the morning. In his will, John Carter asks to be buried in a mausoleum opening only from the inside. He left behind a manuscript that will form the heart of the story. In it, John Carter tells what happened to him years ago when he was looking for gold in Arizona with a partner. Attacked by Apaches, his friend is killed and he finds refuge in a mysterious cave where he was seized with a sudden numbness. While the Apaches are visibly terrified by what there is in the cave, John Carter is literally torn from his body and finds himself split, standing naked beside his own body. Then attracted by Mars shining in the sky, the planet that has always fascinated, he reaches out to her and feels transported through the void. John Carter wakes up naked on the floor of the red planet where he soon discovers that he is able to make huge leaps because of the low gravity, allowing it to escape a band of green Martians who attack to protect the enclosure where their young are. This physical feat is to be captured rather than killed him. Green Martians who captured are creatures of more than four meters, with two legs, two arms and two intermediate members can serve as legs or hands. They live in herds that occupy old abandoned cities, apparently built by human beings size living rapine and are continually at war. They are cruel and brutal beings rapidly conceive of respect for John Carter, especially when one of them kills with a single punch, thus taking the property and the title of the death. Both prisoner and leader John Carter is guarded by the Martian equivalent of a dog, Woola, a cap which he went quickly master in saving his life while he earns the respect of Tars Tarkas, a noble Thark (the tribe of green Martians where he lives), which seems less brutal than other green Martians.

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Review

Although Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) is justifiably famous as the creator of Tarzan of the Apes, that uprooted Englishman was not his only popular hero. Burroughs's first sale (in 1912) was A Princess of Mars, opening the floodgates to one of the must successful--and prolific--literary careers in history. This is a wonderful scientific romance that perhaps can be best described as early science fiction melded with an epic dose of romantic adventure. A Princess of Mars is the first adventure of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who unexpectedly find himself transplanted to the planet Mars. Yet this red planet is far more than a dusty, barren place; it's a fantasy world populated with giant green barbarians, beautiful maidens in distress, and weird flora and monstrous fauna the likes of which could only exist in the author's boundless imagination. Sheer escapism of the tallest order, the Martian novels are perfect entertainment for those who find Tarzan's fantastic adventures aren't, well, fantastic enough. Although this novel can stand alone, there are a total of 11 volumes in this classic series of otherworldly, swashbuckling adventure. --Stanley Wiater

From the Publisher

This book is a large print version using a minimum of 16 point type in a 6 by 9 inch size and library bound. As with all Quiet Vision print books, it use a high grade, acid free paper for long life.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1505431840
• ISBN 13: 9781505431841
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 174