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Title | A Princess of Mars
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Publisher | Free e-Book
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First Printing | 1912
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Title | The Gods of Mars
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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First Printing | 1913
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Title | The Warlord of Mars
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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First Printing | 1914
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Title | Thuvia, Maid of Mars
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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First Printing | 1916
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Title | The Chessmen of Mars
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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First Printing | 1922
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Title | The Master Mind of Mars
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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First Printing | 1927
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Title | The Fighting Man of Mars
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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First Printing | 1930
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Title | Swords of Mars
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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First Printing | 1935
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Title | Synthetic Men of Mars
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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First Printing | 1939
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Title | Llana of Gathol
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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First Printing | 1941
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Title | John Carter and the Giant of Mars
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Author | John Coleman Burroughs
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First Printing | 1940
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Title | Skeleton Men of Jupiter
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Publisher | Free e-Book
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First Printing | 1912
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Category | Science Fiction
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | John Carter, Dejah Thoris, Thuvia, Ulysses Paxton, Tara, Tan Hadron, Ras Thavas, Llana, and many more
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Main Elements | Aliens
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Website | Feedbooks
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A Princess of Mars
Her oval face was beautiful in the extreme, her every feature finely chisled and exquisite, her eyes large and lustrous and her head surmounted by a mass of coal black, waving hair, caught loosely into a strange yet becoming coiffure. Similar in face and figure to women of Earth, she was nevertheless a true Martian--and prisoner of the fierce green giants who held me captive, as well!
The Gods of Mars
After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars -- an Eden from which none ever escaped alive.
The Warlord of Mars
John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his evil adversaries, but he is always just one step behind! His battles cover the face of the red planet, as his quest carries him ultimately to the mysterious northern pole. Will this civilization, submerged in ice, prove fatal to our hero?
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Mars has become divided by love. Not one, but two princes and a Jeddak are vying for the love of Thuvia of Ptarth. When she is mysteriously kidnapped, treachery threatens to throw Barsoom into bloody war.
The Chessmen of Mars
Impetuous and headstrong, Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter, defies the elements by flying into a rare, fierce Martian storm. Hurtled half a planet from her home she is threatened by grotesque, flesh eating monsters and barbarous warriors.
The Master Mind of Mars
A Fighting Man of Mars
Tan Hadron from the realm of Gathol encounters a wide range of enemies in this science fiction thriller of the 1930's. He fends off green men, mad scientists, cannibals, spiders and white apes. The main character, Tan Hadron, finds himself an unlikely hero in this pulp fiction classic.
Swords of Mars
"Swords of Mars" is the eighth book in the Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian series. It was featured in six issues of the "Blue Book" magazine in 1934-1935. John Carter reprises his role of hero as he vows to bring an end to the Assassins Guild. He must travel to one of the moons of Barsoom, Carter then creates a race of secret super assassins to destroy this powerful Guild of Assassins. He ventures to the city of Zedong in a fierce attempt to overthrow Ur Jan the leader pf the Assassins. There are many fantastic characters and galaxies in this compelling spy story in this edge of your seat science thriller.
Synthetic Men of Mars
John Carter desperately needed the aid of Barsoom's greatest scientist, Ras Thavas, who is now a prisoner of a nightmare army of his own creation.
Llana of Gathol
"Llana of Gathol" is a collection of four novellas written in the Martian series of Edgar Rice Burroughs which was written for Amazing Stories in 1941. Llano, the daughter of Gahan of Gothol, is the perfect damsel in distress. "Llana of Gathol" consists of four stories. First "The Ancient Dead" (originally "The City of Mummies") followed by "The Black Pirates of Barsoom", "Escape on Mars" and finally "Invisible Men of Mars". The four books in this series is truly comprised of parody and satire. These books are a good laugh with many futuristic encounters and wild characters.
John Carter and the Giant of Mars
“John Carter and the Giant of Mars,” is a juvenile story penned by Burrough’s son John “Jack” Coleman Burroughs, and claimed to have been revised by Burroughs. It was written for a Whitman Big Little Book, illustrated by Jack Burroughs that was published in 1940 and then republished in Amazing Stories the next year.
Skeleton Men of Jupiter
The extraordinary chronicle of John Carter’s trip to Jupiter, with the record of his adventures with that great planet’s strange comrades-in-arms that he made among the many races of Jupiter.
I never thought I'd enjoy these pulp adventure stories, but Burroughs is a good writer and while the science aspect of the science fiction is a little shaky (even if you take the time period into account) no one said it was meant to be entirely believable, it was just meant to be fun.
Sure, women are pretty much there just to be rescued, sometimes over and over again, but remember when it was written and who the target audience was (i.e. young men). At least the men were just as scantily clad. Instead, you can focus on Burroughs' creativity, coming up with stranger and stranger beings as the stories progress. Starting of course with the green men of mars, tall and with multiple arms. And then there are the red men, and the white ones and the black ones and the yellow ones. Since pretty much everyone fights with everyone else, and each race has its good people and bad ones (and the main race being red though our hero is white) it doesn't come off as racists as many other authors in that time period would.
And there are times I wonder if he was best friends with Lovecraft, like when he came up with the heads that had no bodies, and the bodies that had no heads...there were several stories that could certainly be described as weird. But that just made me want to read the next one, to see what he manages to come up with next!
And yet that's the one unbelievable things, that there's all these "lost" cities of Mars, each one thinking they are the last remaining haven of the ancient race. I mean how many could there be? Was John Carter the only guy that decided to do some exploring? But even though Mars is smaller than Earth, its a dying planet, it's oceans dried up with a lot more landmass, so I suppose you could hide a civilization here and there. Besides, like I said, best not think too much about the science and logic, just enjoy the story.
They were perfect reads on my commute to work, short and lively, and of course free. And for what its worth, Barsoom is one of the classics of science fiction and defined much of what came after. Kim Stanely Robinson may have written a much more factual version of Mars, but Burroughs was by far much more fun to read.
Just as a parting note, DO NOT READ John Carter and the Giant of Mars. It was written by his son and comes of as extremely poor fan fiction. The difference in quality is so enormous I don't see how Burroughs allowed that to be published. Also note that if you want you can skip Skeleton Men of Jupiter because Burroughs passed away before finishing it so there's no real ending to the story, it just kind of stops in the middle of Carter searching for (yet again) Dejah Thoris.
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