Product Description: John Carter of Mars Volume 2. Warlord of Mars & Thuvia Maid of Mars John Carter of Mars, the Prince of Helium, returns in Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous series. In Warlord of Mars, Carter embarks on a relentless search for his wife, Dejah Thoris, and must pit his wits against the remaining Therns and the renegade black dator, Thurid of the First Born. In Thuvia, Maid of Mars, Cathoris, son of John Carter, embarks on a hair-raising adventure to save the beautiful Thuvia of Ptarth from treachery, mind manipulators and the green horde! The planet Mars itself, as always, plays a colourful and exotic role in these fantastical adventures.
The Mars saga continues This isn't a single novel, but two novellas - one that was originally co-written with ERB's son as something to be adapted to an illustrated format, and a secondthat seemingly opened a new continuity, one that was never continued.
The first, "John Carter and the Giant of Mars," picks up elements from the earlier "Synthetic Men." One of those vat-bred humanoids has mastered part of the sysnthesis technology and threatens Helium with a 130 foot tall giant, a composite made from the tissues of hundreds of others real and man-made men. After many daring escapes and marvelous acts of skill and bravery, John Carter saves the day in by the strength of his mighty sword-arm. You know, the usual, but without the confused and mercurial romantic theme.
Then Carter is taken captive by "The Skeleton Men of Jupiter," preparatory to their invasion of Mars. Since he'd never reveal the military secrets they demand, the bad guys (ugly and humorless, by the way) capture his Barsoomian bride and threaten her with un-nameable horrors, possibly resembling bad dates that some female readers will recall. He leads the usual band of desperate but hnorable prisoners in the usual daring escape that humiliates the hubristic captors, amid the usual swordplay and mayhem. Oddly, however, the invasion plans are left largely intact, presumably to have been defeated in the unwritten sequels.
These aren't the strongest in the Carter canon, but still good fun for the ERB enthusiast. I recommend starting with other books in the Barsoom series - once you've developed the taste for them, you might find this more palatable.
-- wiredweird
Leonaur Ltd. is publishing the definitive Edgar Rice Burroughs 21st century editions. Leonaur Ltd. is publishing the definitive Edgar Rice Burroughs 21st century editions. These usually contain 2 books of the different ERB major series in order - thus far John Carter, Pellucidar, and Carson of Venus. In the future, possibly Tarzan! These books are handsome and my rating is mainly based on this - the ERB fan knows best about the rest of it. This volume contains the 3rd part of the John Carter of Mars trilogy as it brings the saga of John Carter and Dejah Thoris' romance, marriage, dissaperances, et al to a close. It also contains "Thuvia, Maid of Mars", the adventures of Carthoris, JC and DT's son. It should be acquired by ERB fans.
Wartlord of Mars & Thuvia, Maid of Mars; CONFUSED REVIEWS For some reason, Amazon has mixed in reviews here that have NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS VOLUME. All the talk about "the 11th book" in the series pertain to another volume altogether. I hope someone from Amazon reads this and finds the mistake.
That said . . .
The Mars series by ERB is excellent. I've read each book half a dozen times over the course of my life. Burroughs had an amazingly fertile imagination, but the Tarzan movies his mind look vapid.
But these books are his masterworks.
If you like adventurous science fiction you should love these.
John Carter of Mars - volume 2 - Warlord of Mars & Thuvia, Maid of Mars Great reprint of this great classic science fiction / fantasy series. Much appreciated. Looking forward to purchasing the remainder of the series when they are published.
The truth Alot of reviews are saying the Edgar Rice Burroughs did not actually write "John Carter and the Giant of Mars". The truth is that he did. This is what happened and what causes confusion: a childrens publisher wanted a short version of a Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel. Mr. Burroughs was concerned that he could not keep it short enough for the publisher so he asked his son to help craft a shorter story. At the same time, Amazing Stories asked Edgar Rice Burroughs for another Mars novel. A full lenght one to serialize. Edgar took the short story and stretched it to a full novel. This is confirmed by several sources and by Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. It explains why some of the novel strays from the rest of the series. So, yes his son was involved, but it is wrong to say that Edgar Rice Burroughs did not write it. He did. Especially the novel version.
Anyway, all of the Mars books are exciting and I recomend all the books in the series.
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