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The John Carter Trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs
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This Annotated Omnibus Edition contains the first three novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian tales (the Barsoom series).The first of these novels, A Princess of Mars, was Burroughs' first book, and he wrote the next two novels in quick succession. Together they tell the story of John Carter of Mars — how he came to Mars, met the love of his life, and quickly found himself occupied full-time defending her and saving his adopted planet from interplanetary evildoers.This trilogy opened the doors of popular science fiction to an entire nation and world. It launched the original pulp science fiction storyworld and series, often imitated but never duplicated, and has inspired four generations of young sci-fi and fantasy writers, artists, moviemakers and videogame designers. And, of course, it's a ripping great story.This Pulp-Lit Press Annotated Omnibus Edition takes those three novels together as a coherent story. Each is gracefully and unobtrusively annotated, to help the modern reader put it in the proper literary and historical context for maximum reading enjoyment. All annotations are presented together in a single chapter, easily skipped by readers who prefer to get on with the story.
This Annotated Omnibus Edition contains the first three novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian tales (the Barsoom series).The first of these novels, A Princess of Mars, was Burroughs' first book, and he wrote the next two novels in quick succession. Together they tell the story of John Carter of Mars — how he came to Mars, met the love of his life, and quickly found himself occupied full-time defending her and saving his adopted planet from interplanetary evildoers.This trilogy opened the doors of popular science fiction to an entire nation and world. It launched the original pulp science fiction storyworld and series, often imitated but never duplicated, and has inspired four generations of young sci-fi and fantasy writers, artists, moviemakers and videogame designers. And, of course, it's a ripping great story.This Pulp-Lit Press Annotated Omnibus Edition takes those three novels together as a coherent story. Each is gracefully and unobtrusively annotated, to help the modern reader put it in the proper literary and historical context for maximum reading enjoyment. All annotations are presented together in a single chapter, easily skipped by readers who prefer to get on with the story.
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625 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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February 26, 2022
Despite most of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom/John Carter stories now being in the public domain (ie available to anyone for free), I was after an illustrated edition of the John Carter series in the run up to the Disney film being released and I found this hardcover version.
The stories are pure escapism, the classic sci-fi planetary romance from the early pulp era, clearly the inspiration for Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Star Wars, Avatar and more. The illustrations by Thomas Yeates, are really excellent and give you a real sense of what Barsoom (as the natives in the stories call Mars) was really like as well.
The first three novels in the eleven book series are reprinted here in one volume and give you a chance to read and absorb the story as one continuous tale, and as the stories were originally published in episodic format in the pulp magazines at the time, makes for an epic, but worthy read.
The only negative for me is the cover design. Maybe we've been spoilt by the covers from Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel Jr, Gino D'Achille, Michael Whelan and the rest, but they could've chosen a better illustration by Thomas Yeates for the cover. The one on the cover is from the third story; 'Warlord Of Mars' and loses some of it's impact as it doesn't convey the trilogy at all.
This volume is well crafted. The endpapers and volume breaks, page decorations, lists of illustration and other features make this a book of high quality, and definitely worth getting if you're a fan of Burroughs' world of Barsoom.
The stories are pure escapism, the classic sci-fi planetary romance from the early pulp era, clearly the inspiration for Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Star Wars, Avatar and more. The illustrations by Thomas Yeates, are really excellent and give you a real sense of what Barsoom (as the natives in the stories call Mars) was really like as well.
The first three novels in the eleven book series are reprinted here in one volume and give you a chance to read and absorb the story as one continuous tale, and as the stories were originally published in episodic format in the pulp magazines at the time, makes for an epic, but worthy read.
The only negative for me is the cover design. Maybe we've been spoilt by the covers from Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel Jr, Gino D'Achille, Michael Whelan and the rest, but they could've chosen a better illustration by Thomas Yeates for the cover. The one on the cover is from the third story; 'Warlord Of Mars' and loses some of it's impact as it doesn't convey the trilogy at all.
This volume is well crafted. The endpapers and volume breaks, page decorations, lists of illustration and other features make this a book of high quality, and definitely worth getting if you're a fan of Burroughs' world of Barsoom.
November 10, 2021
Edgar rice Burroughs' initial Mars trilogy was as fantastic as always!
The annotations by Finn J. D. John were a wonderful addition. It was like sitting around with a buddy discussing this author's marvelous work.
The annotations by Finn J. D. John were a wonderful addition. It was like sitting around with a buddy discussing this author's marvelous work.
April 16, 2024
What a great series. Edgar Rice Burroughs (of Tarzan fame) writes science fiction in pulp magazines and captures images of planets that see reflected in and anticipate modern science fiction
Cudos
Well done
Cudos
Well done
July 7, 2017
the Gods if Mars was my favorite and the annotations were helpful. also, the audiobook handled the annotations well.
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