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.