num_pages: 256
description: Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th-century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of the planetary romance, a subgenre of science fantasy that became highly popular in the decades following its publication. Its early chapters also contain elements of the Western. The story is set on Mars, imagined as a dying planet with a harsh desert environment. This vision of Mars was based on the work of the astronomer Percival Lowell, whose ideas were widely popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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: 56584
places: Venus, Arizona, Mars, Barsoom
series: Barsoom
publisher: Borgo Press