The Gods of Mars
1913
The Gods of Mars
1913
John Carter returned to Mars expecting to reunite with his beloved Dejah Thoris. Instead, he finds only silence where she once ruled. Trapped in the legendary Eden of Barsoom, a verdant hell where no Earth man has ever survived, Carter must navigate a world of monstrous Plant Men, ancient mysteries, and the cruel gods who dwell in the Valley of Dor. The greenMartian Tharks remain his only allies, but their alien psychology is its own kind of danger: they laugh at suffering, and their strange humor masks something far more unsettling than simple savagery. As Carter fights through this lush nightmare landscape, each step deeper into Barsoom's mysteries brings him closer to the truth of what happened to his wife, and farther from any hope of escape. The Gods of Mars is planetary romance at its purest: sword-wielding adventure, exotic world-building, and a love story that spans the void between worlds. It established the template for a century of science fantasy, from Flash Gordon to Game of Thrones.
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“We are between the wild thoat of certainty and the mad zitidar of fact - we can escape neither.””
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
“In that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one of us was of a different world.””
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
“There was but a single forlorn hope, and I took it.””
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The one on whom all responsibility rests is apt to endure the most.””
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
“I at once ordered a secret search within the city, for every Martian noble maintains a secret service of his own.””
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
“There is much which I have left out; much which I have not dared to tell; but you will find the story of his second search for Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, even more remarkable than was his first””
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
“I could not blame them, for I knew how strong a hold a creed, however ridiculous it may be, may gain upon an otherwise intelligent people.””
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
“Leave to a Thark his head and one hand and he may yet conquer.””
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
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