num_pages: 202
description: Virginia gentleman John Carter, unexpectedly transported to the perilous red planet, Mars, finds himself captured by the loveless Green Men of Thark. As Carter struggles to win his freedom—and the affections of fellow captive Dejah Thoris, princess of the rival clan of Helium—the fate of the entire planet hangs in the balance: warring Martian tribes collide and the beleaguered Atmosphere Factory grinds to a suffocating halt. Ray Bradbury, reminiscing on the enduring thrill of Burroughs’s Martian adventure, writes, “I stood on the lawns of summer, raised my hands, and cried for Mars, like John Carter, to take me home. I flew to the Red Planet and never returned.”
language: English
title: A Princess of Mars
titlecomplete: A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
characters: John Carter, Carson Napier, Sola, Kantos Kan, Sarkoja, Tars Tarkas, Woola, Dejah Thoris
genres: Audiobook, Novels, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Classics, Romance, Pulp, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 56585
places: Venus, Arizona, Mars, Barsoom
series: Barsoom
publisher: Modern Library