A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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In A Princess of Mars, John Carter is transported to a Mars inhabited by strange civilizations and embarks on various adventures on his quest home. Often held up as a seminal example of pulp science fiction, A Princess of Mars is the first entry in Burroughs’ epic Martian series, and the first to feature the character of John Carter.
Though often categorized as just a pulp adventure tale, A Princess of Mars was hugely influential on many budding science fiction writers, professional scientists, and explorers of the day. The novel remains a light, fast-paced, and enjoyable read, and continues to inspire adaptations nearly a hundred years after its publication.
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A Princess of Mars
Aug 14, 2013, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Princess of Mars
Nov 01, 2001, Quiet Vision Pub, Brand: Quiet Vision Pub
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A Princess of Mars (Mars (del Rey Books Numbered))
March 1989, Carroll & Graf Pub
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1963, Ballantine Books
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"I AM A very old man; how old I do not know."
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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.]
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