A Princess of Mars (1912)

I think I remember reading this and not liking the old style of writing ( )

It was one of the first librivox recordings I listened to, and I was hooked. Yes, it is cliched and everything, but I still enjoyed it and its sequels very much. I then went on and listened to more audio books from libri vox, and I never looked back. I'm only sorry I didn't discover it a lot earlier. ( )

I wasn't 100% impressed, but for the era it was groundbreaking. I loved seeing where Bradbury, et al got some of their ideas for future work. ( )

Written 95 years ago, it was Burrough’s first novel. I’d first come across the Barsoom saga in the library while I was still in grammar school. The first novel I found was The Chessmen of Mars, having just learned how to play chess, I was interested in anything to do with the game. Soon after reading the book I discovered the rest of the series and read them all numerous times. It’s been years since I picked up one of his books so I wanted to give this a reread. It didn’t disappoint, the action and fast plot and the travelogue of Mars were as interesting as ever.

Dejah Thoris (the princess)
“She was as destitute of clothes as the green Martians who accompanied her; indeed, save for her highly wrought ornaments she was entirely naked, nor could any apparel have enhanced the beauty of her perfect and symmetrical figure.”
Bet this won’t be in the Disney adaption.

“In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people; they have no lawyers.”
Burrough wasn’t noted for humor but a lawyer joke is always welcome.

The Hero
“There was one slight, desperate chance, and that I decided I must take--it was for Dejah Thoris, and no man has lived who would not risk a thousand deaths for such as she.”
This just about sums up the book heroic fantasy at it’s most heroic.
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"Fantazia rakonto verkita de la aŭtoro de Tarzan. La traduko estas flua kaj klara."
Historio de Esperanto (Courtinat), III, p. 970