#MICHAEL WHELAN BARSOOM JOHN CARTER SERIES#

I don't want to oversell this, but if you like this sort of thing, it's especially well done. Really fun.Īs always, predictable fun - this is, after all, pulp fiction (literally, as that's how these were written). In this book, he's taking the fight to the assassins, instead of reacting to events. Entirely successfully, I might add - Carter really drives the action even more than in the first trilogy.

Perhaps Burroughs realized this, and wrote this one to make John Carter front and center again. He's the main character in the first three books, and then functions as a King Arthur figure when he shows up afterwards - he wraps everything up after the main actors have already done everything. In this book, he's taking the fight to the assassins, instead In my mind, the best John Carter book. My only regret is that I didn't start sooner! I gather this is in the Pulp genre, but never having read Pulp or Burroughs for that matter, it's a great intro for me. Written in spare, focused, manly man style, not one word is wasted in getting to the action.Īt less than 200 pages, Vandor aka John Carter climbs buildings, rescues maidens, fights assassins, commandeers a mind-controlled super-plane, is imprisoned in a dungeon, is captured by invisible enemies and much more. Exciting! (courtesy ) Here's the guy that wrote this: (courtesy ) I gather this i Loved this book! And there's a lot of action! At less than 200 pages, Vandor aka John Carter climbs buildings, rescues maidens, fights assassins, commandeers a mind-controlled super-plane, is imprisoned in a dungeon, is captured by invisible enemies and much more. Loved this book! Written in spare, focused, manly man style, not one word is wasted in getting to the action. (In the framing story, ERB is reading a pulp story of gangsters & assassinations when John Carter pops back to Earth for a visit, and seeing his nephew's reading material inspires Carter to tell him the events of the story.).

This one begins in the city of Zodanga (which Carter conquered waaaaaaay back in Princess of Mars) before proceeding to more exotic climes, and offers a glimpse of the Barsoomian underworld.

#MICHAEL WHELAN BARSOOM JOHN CARTER SERIES#

John Carter is the narrator for the first time since Warlord, but this is more-or-less a standalone adventure, much in the template of the last few books - a princess (Dejah Thoris in this case) is kidnapped and the hero has to rescue her in the course of a series of increasingly improbable adventures. This one begins in the city of Zodanga (which Carter conquered waaaaaaay back in Princess of Mars) before proceeding to more exotic climes, and Arguably the last of the truly good Barsoom novels.

Arguably the last of the truly good Barsoom novels.

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