John Carter of Mars: Complete Collection

Barsoom #1-11

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs. 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. Ten sequels followed over the next three decades, further extending his vision of Barsoom and adding other characters. The first five novels are in the public domain in U.S., and the entire series is free around the world on Project Gutenberg Australia, but the books are still under copyright laws in most of the rest of the world.
The world of Barsoom is a romantic vision of a dying Mars. Writers and science popularizers like Camille Flammarion were convinced that Mars was at a later stage of evolution than Earth and therefore much drier,took the ideas farther and published books like Les Terres du Ciel (1884), which contained illustrations of a planet covered with canals.Burroughs gives credits to him in his writings, and goes as far as to say that he based his vision of Mars on that of Flammarion.[3] John Carter is transported to Mars in a way described by Flammarion in Urania (1889), where a man from earth is transported to Mars as an astral body where he wakes up to a lower gravity, two moons, strange plants and animals and several races of advanced humans. In The Plurality of Inhabited Worlds and Lumen, he further speculates about plant people and other creatures on far away planets, elements that would later appear in the Barsoom stories.
The Barsoom series, where John Carter in the late 1800s 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 and motivated them in their youth, as well as by key scientists involved in both space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life.Elements of the books have been adapted by many writers, in novels, short stories, comics, television and film

this collection includes all of the books in the series:

• A PRINCESS OF MARS
• THE GODS OF MARS
• Warlord of Mars
• Thuvia, Maid of Mars
• THE CHESSMEN OF MARS
• The Master Mind of Mars
• A Fighting Man Of Mars
• Swords of Mars
• Synthetic Men of Mars
• Llana of Gathol
• John Carter and the Giant of Mars

All in one book,elegantly formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your Kindle device.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Classics

1167 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 25, 2012

About the author

Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.

Reviews

[Devero · Rating 1 out of 5]

Raccoglie i primi 5 romanzi del ciclo di Barsoom. Ma questa saga è interessante solo per il primo romanzo, e peggiora man mano che i romanzi proseguono. Dal quarto la noia è totale, e la verosimiglianza è totalmente perduta.

[Aaron Ward]

Never finished this one. I read the first in the series, half of the second. Will maybe try again at some point.

[Massimo Penazzi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gli albori della fantascienza. Commovente.

[Ethan Knierim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read only by the fact that I've read every story within this volume (save John Carter and the Giant of Mars). This document has proved of great value in referencing the series for use in my John Carter of Mars TTRPG campaign(s). I have latched onto this series for about a year and a half and have enjoyed it quite a bit. My rating reflects that.

[Il Lettore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un classico della fantascienza e del fantasy mondiale, immancabile il ciclo di Barsoom nella libreria di qualunque appassionato del genere fantastico.
Inutile dire che lo stile è quello degli anni in cui è stato scritto, pertanto alla lunga potrebbe anche annoiare, come per l'altro grande classico - Conan il barbaro - è una lettura che va fatta per gradi, tanto è vero che nonostante sia un lettore vorace, in questi casi tendo a rallentare.
Nel complesso è una raccolta di tutti e cinque i libri di Barsoom, il migliore dei quali è innegabilmente il primo, dove il patto con il lettore è bilanciato in maniera perfetta e tutto è scoperta. Dal secondo in poi, a volte questa voglia di continua scoperta risulta quasi forzata, facendo scadere un po' la qualità dello scritto, senza davvero mai intaccarne la coerenza o, comunque, la bellezza.
Vale sempre la pena di leggerlo per rendersi conto di cosa sia davvero l'originalità nel fantasy.

[Rust · Rating 3 out of 5]

Diciamo una lettura leggera. Non male, simpatico, divertente e direi a tratti originale (per il suo tempo). Libro dai molti sequel, ho letto anche La mente di marte e Llana di gathol che sono sullo stesso livello direi. E' un romanzo d'avventura, senza introspezione psicologica nè pretese di scientificità (newton si rivolta nella tomba a sentir parlare di quei favolosi e superpotenti colori in più nello spettro prismatico). Ma va bene così, non sono molti i libri del genere ad essere leggibili dopo quasi un secolo.

[idego · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic space adventure series.

I know people say don't judge a book by its cover - please really don't in this case. Don't let the awful cover put you off exploring these great, action packed, imaginative tales.

I got this massive omnibus bundle on Kindle - for how cheap it was there is a ton of great adventure with some memorable characters, creatures and set pieces.

god that cover is awful ....

[Kane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got into the first book in the series because of the moview previews for "john carter". Just couldn't put it down until I finished it. Awesome. If you are into science fiction, action, this is the book. The guys is practically a superhero who cannot be defeated. Some might find it boring but I found it invigorating and uplifting. Simple to read and uplifting.

[Jael and Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun series.

[H.V. Loren]

A course on Coursera on writing Fantasy discussed these stories as an example. Interesying to read the limited knowledge allowing this fantasy at the time.