The light gravity of the planet gives him essentially super-powers of strength and agility, which he needs pretty much immediately as he encounters the massive, green creatures called Tharks a race apparently unbound by emotions or sense of community other than waging war. We find him having run afoul of a group of Apache Indians, and after being forced into a strange cavern, he finds himself pulled from his corporal frame and transported to what he immediately, though shockingly recognizes as the planet Mars: a world barely clinging to life after a million years of civilization. Civil War veteran (on the losing side) and gunslinger (and self-denoted Gentleman of Virginia) John Carter has gone west to seek his fortune. Language is surprisingly complex for a pulp fiction novel, so will challenge younger readers.Ībsolutely free on Google Books! Widespread availability elsewhere (especially now that the movie is coming out). Originally published in serial form in 1912 in All Story Magazine, and as a full book in 1917.Īges 9 and up for content (suspense, lots of violence, but all cartoonish in nature, and some kissy-kissy but nothing more than that). UPDATE: See my review of the movie here.Ī Princess of Mars (first in the “ John Carter of Mars” series), by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Yep, he’s the Tarzan guy). And so without further ado, let me introduce you to John Carter, Gentleman of Virgina.
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