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A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 21, 2013

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Who it’s for
A lush, impossible Mars gives this early pulp adventure its wonderfully strange, otherworldly pull.
Themes
Adventure, Life on Mars
Genres
Sci-Fi Adventure, Space Opera, Sci-Fi Romance

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About this book

A Princess of Mars is the novel that started Edgar Rice Burroughs' amazing Barsoom series. In it we meet one of the greatest heros of pulp fiction, John Carter, a retired confederate soldier. At the start of the novel he is prospecting in Arizona and is attacked by Indians. He escapes into a cave and is transported to Mars where a legend is born. This edition has a new introduction by World Fantasy Award winner Darrell Schweitzer.

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Schweitzer, the former Editor of Weird Tales and a pre-emanate scholar of fantastic fiction, places the Barsoom novels in their proper context. These novels will transport you to a lush Mars that never was. A Mars filled with strange and wonderful flora and fauna; giants and monsters; and, most importantly, maidens in distress and fabulous adventures. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

Pulp on Mars

A lush, impossible Mars gives this early pulp adventure its wonderfully strange, otherworldly pull.

Come here for

  • Strange Martian flora, giants, and monsters
  • The beginnings of Burroughs’s Barsoom series

Expect

  • Pulp adventure with a distinctly fantastical Mars
  • A new introduction placing the series in context

Where it sits

Space Opera49%
Sci-Fi Adventure46%
Sci-Fi Romance38%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • The Classics
  • Romance Adventure
Authors
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
March 21, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Adventure · Life on Mars
Reading lane
Action & Adventure