a princess of mars by edgar rice burroughs

(Warning: Whelan’s ERB art does have semi-nudity. You can find it on his website at, and I did find the version you can buy with his cover. A Princess of Mars is the first in Burroughss Barsoom series, which includes eleven books in total. Michael Whelan did cover art for the ’80s mass market reprinting of the Mars series, including one of A PRINCESS OF MARS that I love, not only because it’s beautiful, but because it evokes the feel of the book and its setting. There are Amazon Kindle editions that are free, but it’s easy to find a print version at your library or at most booksellers.Ī PRINCESS OF MARS is classic pulp fiction that stimulates the imagination. It doesn’t hurt, either, that John Carter is a likable swashbuckler. He went on to write ten more Mars books, but PRINCESS is the one that started it all, and fortunately it’s a quick, fun read. PRINCESS was Burroughs’ first published work, even before the original TARZAN OF THE APES ( Amazon), which is also worth reading. At the time he wrote it, there was scientific speculation about the potential for life on Mars, and it must have captured his attention because he came up with some wild ideas about the people and cultures who could be inhabiting the red planet. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. The storytelling itself compared to today’s standards is nothing spectacular, and in fact the ‘science’ is pretty silly, but you have to admire Burroughs’ imagination. A Princess of Mars By: Edgar Rice Burroughs Narrated by: John Bolen Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins 3.9 (216 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. PRINCESS follows the adventures of John Carter, Confederate War veteran, from his mysterious transportation to the planet Mars, to being captured by the green men, to meeting the lovely Princess Dejah Thoris of Helium. While the story is more adventure than science fiction, it was this Mars-based pulp that influenced the men and women who would later fuel the SF renaissance of the mid-Twentieth Century–writers like Ray Bradbury, Carl Sagan, and Arthur C. First written as a serial in 1911, A PRINCESS OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs ( Amazon) was soon after published in novel form in 1917.

A princess of mars by edgar rice burroughs