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Summary John Carter and the Barsoom series is an iconic masterwork of pulp science fiction action, but author Edgar Rice Burroughs didn't create each novel equally. Named after the word native Martians use to refer to the famous red planet in-universe, the Barsoom series chronicles the adventures of John Carter, a simple Earthling soldier who is mysteriously teleported to Mars only to become a great hero.
10 Llana Of Gathol 1941 Like John Carter of Mars, Llana of Gathol is an anthology collection of short stories set within the Barsoom mythos. Here, there are four previously-published tales presented, being titled The Ancient Dead, The Black Pirates of Barsoom, Escape on Mars, and Invisible Men of Mars. Curiously, Llana of Gathol has perhaps the single most light-hearted and comedic tone of the entire series, bordering on parody.
8 Synthetic Men Of Mars 1939 Towards the end of the Barsoom series, Edgar Rice Burroughs simultaneously began introducing more and more wild science fiction elements while reprising familiar territory with his characters and narratives. Enter Synthetic Men of Mars, which features John Carter prominently enough, but uses native Barsoomian sidekick Vor Daj as the main perspective character.
6 The Warlord Of Mars 1919 The conclusion of the original Barsoom trilogy featuring John Carter, The Warlord of Mars gets off to a ferocious start, picking off right where the previous novel left off. Here, John Carter is once again off on a never-ending quest to rescue his beloved Dejah Thoris from vile captors. This time around, Burroughs introduces yet another primary-colored Martian race, the yellow Martians, joining the ranks of the previously-mentioned red, green, black and white Martians.
4 Swords Of Mars 1935 In Swords of Mars, Carter returns as a narrator for the first time since the third book, marking his reprisal of the role with a shockingly original plot. In addition to once again chasing a damsel in distress, it's now Carter's mission to eliminate the deadly Martian assassin's guild. To that end, Carter must actually take his adventures off-planet and travel to Mars' moon in order to intercept the assassins at their home base in the city of Zodanga.
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