160 pages
Undetermined language
Published Aug. 11, 1981 by Ballantine Bks..
I am a very old man; how old I do not know. Possibly I am a hundred, possibly more; but I cannot tell because I have never aged as other men, nor do I remember any childhood. So far as I can recollect I have always been a man, a man of about thirty. I appear today as I did forty years and more ago, and yet I feel that I cannot go on living forever; that some day I shall die the real death from which there is no resurrection. [Adventures of John Carter in Mars -- from the author of the Tarzan series.]
This was a very enjoyable romp through pulp-era Mars.
a great piece of pulp....
short plot description: John Carter, a veteran of the civil war, stumbles into a cave while pursuit by indians. He falls unconscious und when he awakes he finds himself on Mars (or Barsoom as the natives call it). We see events unfolding through Carter's eyes as makes his way through lots of danger and adventures. And of course there is a princess.....
My thoughts: oh dear, how to do this novel justice.
This is first class pulp, which means plot, characters and world-building are paper thin and inconsistent and ye who enters here leave logic or better your brains behind.
And yet I enjoyed it immensely for what it is, a large tale with larger-then-life charcters, the hero is most heroic, the women are most beautiful but always in need of rescue, the villains are most evil etc.
Simply great fun.
My advice: if you …
a great piece of pulp....
short plot description: John Carter, a veteran of the civil war, stumbles into a cave while pursuit by indians. He falls unconscious und when he awakes he finds himself on Mars (or Barsoom as the natives call it). We see events unfolding through Carter's eyes as makes his way through lots of danger and adventures. And of course there is a princess.....
My thoughts: oh dear, how to do this novel justice.
This is first class pulp, which means plot, characters and world-building are paper thin and inconsistent and ye who enters here leave logic or better your brains behind.
And yet I enjoyed it immensely for what it is, a large tale with larger-then-life charcters, the hero is most heroic, the women are most beautiful but always in need of rescue, the villains are most evil etc.
Simply great fun.
My advice: if you like to think along with a book, avoid at all costs. Good for light reading.
