FREE A PRINCESS OF MARS PDF Edgar Rice Burroughs,Professor of English John Seelye | 186 pages | 01 Feb 2007 | Penguin Books | 9780143104889 | English | New York, NY, United States “A Princess of Mars” - Classic Books - Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want A Princess of Mars Read Currently Reading Read. Other A Princess of Mars. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. John Seelye Introduction. 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 A Princess of Mars among rival tribes. Captured by a A Princess of Mars 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 A Princess of Mars 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, A Princess of Mars must call upon every ounce of strength, courage, and ingenuity to rescue her-before A Princess of Mars becomes the slave of the depraved Thark leader, Tal Hajus! Excerpt: 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! Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published January 30th by Penguin Books first published February 7th More Details Original Title. Other Editions A Princess of Mars Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about A Princess of Marsplease sign up. Age suitability? Keeton "A Princess of Mars" is an gook for anyone from up while retaining appeal to readers of any age. While the story is simple enough on the surface …more "A Princess of Mars" is an gook for anyone from up while retaining appeal to readers of any age. While the story is simple enough on the surface to serve as a good old-fashioned adventure to inspire young boys to dream, introducing them to concepts like honor and heroism, it also has more depth than it is typically credited as having. A Princess of Mars an adult, I admire the story because it is a wonderful window into the psyche of ERB himself. This is true for the Barsoom books in general, especially "The Gods of Mars". Which is the main character? See all 5 questions about A Princess of Mars…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of A Princess of Mars Barsoom, 1. Apr 02, Will Byrnes rated it really liked it Shelves: fictionfantasy. Some years back David Bowie asked the musical question, "Is there life on Mars? Not with a girl, well, there were one or two cracks opened in that young heart, but we do not speak of that now but with reading. And the brazen hussy that led me down that path was none other than Edgar Rice Burroughs. Of course there were others, all vying for my immature attention, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, H. Wells, Robert Heinlein, Jules Verne, and plenty more from that gang of idiots. I remember the glee I felt when a A Princess of Mars would arrive, the soft packaging that sprinkled to the floor if you opened the pull-tag a little too energetically. Lift the treasure to your nose and inhale deeply. No, wiseass, no glue involved. No glue actually needed. Paperbacks, Ace and Ballantine mostly. This was the way I got one of my first scents of the lifetime of reading that awaited. It was intoxicating. Prime among the treasures to be found in those bags were the Barsoom novels of ERB. I followed the adventures of John Carter the way readers of a certain detective followed his exploits A Princess of Mars issues of The Strand. Reading ERB as a kid was one of the best things about being a kid. So one might imagine the anticipation bubbling up when I learned that a film was in the offing. Good, bad or mediocre, this was must-see territory. And to prepare it seemed that, fifty years after having first encountered Barsoom through books, it was worth giving at least some of the books a second look. He is trapped in a cave by hostile forces, when he wishes himself, pretty much, to Mars, the god of his profession. The film of course had to come up with a better excuse than that. He is taken prisoner by a group of Tharks, a race of six-limbed, twelve-to-fifteen foot tall green warriors think taller, thinner, ancestors of Klingonsled by one of their less bloodthirsty sorts, a fellow named Tars Tarkas. Tarkas and Carter find common cause eventually and thus begins a beautiful friendship. TT had put a guard dog actually a Shetland-size, many- tusked critter called a calot in charge of JC. Can the girl be A Princess of Mars behind? Not a chance. Woola - from the A Princess of Mars. What a cutie! After the Tharkian horde does battle with a race of human-like sorts, they take a prisoner, a female. The film pads her resume with some science credits Having established his warrior cred by kicking several Tharkian butts, JC has some wiggle room among A Princess of Mars society and manages to learn a fair bit. He is, naturally, curious about the new resident. Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris - from the film Oh, there is one other item missing from the checklist, the baddie. Well, there are several, a crude Thark leader, monsters aplenty, but most of all a professional sneak-thief-liar-betrayer of a Thark named Sarkoja, who does all she can to foil TT and JC in whatever they might want to do. All she lacks is a broom and some striped socks. Sweden will not be calling any time soon. Carter finds himself in a seemingly endless series of battles, large and small. People are captured. People fight. People flee. Friends help friends. Baddies behave badly. No one really changes much. Oh, they rise in rank and esteem, and prove their mettle, and some character is revealed in time, but really, nothing is told about these people that we did not know very early on. There is silliness and A Princess of Mars shortcuts are taken. ERB makes use of deus ex machina so much he must have had a mechanic on call. Carter learns that a large amount of Martian communications occurs via telepathy and bingo, he is telepathic too. What luck! Also, Martian language has devolved to mostly a single tongue. No, really. And he learns it in a twinkling, with the help of a kindly female Thark named Sola. Whenever someone needs a rescue there is always a rescuer, either now or eventually. The cavalry comes riding over the hill a bit too often to avoid eye-rolling. The fights are pretty much pro-forma, with almost mandatory nods to the honor and skill of the thousands of opponents, after, of course, Carter knocks them out or A Princess of Mars them with a single blow to the chin. Edgar Rice Burroughs - image from Britannica In between, Burroughs offers bits and pieces of his vision of life on Mars. We learn how Thark children are joined with parents, get some info on Barsoomian visions of death and afterlife, consider a bit the problem of scarce air, and may wonder at the ancient human ruins now occupied by other species. They have some nifty tech on Barsoom as well, having discovered a special 9th ray of light that is used for energy. A Princess of Mars (Project Gutenberg) Look Inside. Virginia gentleman John Carter, unexpectedly transported to the perilous red planet, Mars, finds himself captured by the loveless Green Men of Thark. As Carter struggles to win his freedom—and the affections of fellow captive Dejah Thoris, princess of the rival clan of Helium—the fate of the entire planet hangs in the balance: warring Martian tribes collide and the beleaguered Atmosphere Factory grinds to a suffocating halt. I flew to the Red Planet and never returned. Suddenly projected to Mars, John Carter found himself captive of the savage green men of Thark. With him was Dejah Thoris, lovely Princess of Helium. And between them and rescue lay a thousand miles of deadly enemies and unknown A Princess of Mars. It caught me in the left shoulder; but as my vision cleared a sight met my astonished gaze that almost made me forget the fight. Standing on her chariot with Sola and Sarkoja, my beloved Dejah Thoris turned on Sarkoja with the fury of a tigress and struck something that flashed in the sunlight from her upraised A Princess of Mars. Then I knew what had blinded me at that crucial moment, and how Sarkoja had found a way to kill me without herself delivering the final thrust! Sarkoja, her face livid with baffled rage, whipped out her dagger and aimed a terrific blow at Dejah Thoris—and Zad was once more advancing on me with reddened blade.