Yellow Men of Marsįollow John Carter as he travels through the desolate landscape of Mars. Enjoy these must-hear novels in a beautifully narrated audiobook. This infamous, well-written piece of literature by Burroughs has also been adapted by a number of writers in short stories, novels, films, and comics. Join John Carter as he finds himself on another planet beyond his deepest imagination - Mars, with almost a complete lack of resources.Įdgar Rice Burroughs' writings are inspired by a number of science-fiction writers and even some scientists who were dedicated to learning more about extraterrestrial life and ventures in space exploration. It will transport you to a fascinating new world unlike any other.
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After waiting several months, Kara Shallenberg recorded the last chapter.Barsoom Series Collection: 7 John Carter Stories is an audiobook collection of seven novels/stories of John Carter by Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter continues his quest to be reunited with his wife, the princess Dejah Thoris, and discovers more fantastic creatures and ancient mysterious Martian races.”* One point of interest, the reader for Warlord, JD Weber, mysteriously disappeared before recording the last chapter. “Warlord of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the third of his famous Barsoom series. The Warlord Of Mars (book three in the John Carter series)īy Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by JD Weber and Kara Shallenberg*ġ6 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. Unfortunately, John Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian heaven.” The Gods of Mars begins with his arrival back on Barsoom (Mars) after a ten year hiatus, separated from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. At the end of the first book, A Princess of Mars, John Carter is unwillingly transported back to Earth. The protagonist, John Carter, with his proficiency in hand-to-hand combat and flirtations with beautiful alien women, could be said to have set the mold for later influential icons like Captain James T. While Burroughs no doubt borrowed liberally from the pulp fiction of his day, particularly westerns and swashbuckling tales, the pacing and themes set the tone for the soft science fiction genre. Elements of the books have been adapted by many writers, in novels, short stories, comics, television and film. Its influence can clearly be seen in franchises such as Star Trek and Farscape. The Barsoom series, where John Carter in the late 19th century is mysteriously transported from Earth to a Mars suffering from dwindling resources, has been cited by many well known science fiction writers as having inspired them. Author, Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 Title, A Princess of Mars Note, Barsoom series, volume 1 Credits, Updated: Language, English. It can be said that the novel set the tone for much science fiction to come.
“The Gods of Mars is a 1918 Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the second of his famous Barsoom series. The Gods Of Mars (book two in the John Carter series)īy Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by JD WeberĢ2 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. How can something be so platitudinous and at the same time so imaginative and enthralling?” Easy, swank, pulp read about an omnipotent gentleman teleported to Mars, finding an outlandish society of ape-, tree- and lizardmen, red-, white-, yellowmen, brains on legs, strange bastions and curious apparatuses, where the strongest survives and women are needy beauties to be saved. “Part One of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars-Series.
The first three books in the John Carter of Mars series (AKA The Barsoom Series) are available via the tireless volunteers at Librivox! Enjoy…Ī Princess of Mars (book one in the John Carter series)īy Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by various readersĢ9 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – His second best known series is our topic for the day. Ten sequels followed over the next three decades. The first Barsoom tale was serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in 1912, and published as a novel as A Princess of Mars in 1917. Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) is best known for his Tarzan series of books. Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.