The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

But so far, Barsoom hasn’t had that problem. There are so many of them some of them are amazing, and some of them are phoned-in boilerplate. there's no knot at the end of the rope, as it was described in the text covering this scene. The illustration at the beginning of 'The Warlord of Mars' is inaccurate, as it shows the participants without the winter/fur clothing they were described as wearing at that point. Shouldn't 'try their metal' be 'try their mettle'? Shouldn't 'non-plused' be 'non-plussed'? I can't compare this with Jules Verne as I've never read one of his books(yet). It's amazing there's anyone left alive! A dated but still-entertaining fantasy, but not up to the level of intelligence of H. Carter himself seems to killed thousands all by himself. It is NOT BELIEVABLE that Zat Arras didn't find out about our hero's organizing of a huge army and a huge fleet behind his(Zat's) back.įinished this one last night as a Martian peace seems to have evolved out of 300+ pages of relentless blood(and other fluids)shed. Meanwhile we have a credibility issue with the ending of this story. I assume that will be resolved in the second half of this two-story book. and plenty more.įinished up with the first novella last night as John Carter wins a mighty battle only to find an insurmountable (what?) blocking his. more connections: Philip Jose Farmer's 'World of Tiers' series, Spartacus, The Odyssey, The Chronicles of Amber.

Certainly there are solid links to the fantasy literature which came later in the 20th century. I don't know enough about the genre to say one way or another. Considering when this was written I assume that ERB is considered a pioneer in the area of sci-fi/fantasy. Mr Burroughs' language is by turns annoyingly turn-of-the-20th-century formal and chuckle inducing. There's action a-plenty in this tale, which so far has taken place in a part of Mars/Barsoom unfamiliar to John Carter.

The Frank Frazetta cover illustration is AWESOME - of course! Started last night with some crazy Mars creatures(the Plant Men) and plenty of slam-bang action. I rescued a hardbound edition of this(probably from the town transfer station stuff trailer) from 1971 with the dust cover in so-so condition.

The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs