![]() © COPYRIGHT 1974 - TACTICAL STUDIES RULES - ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDįORWARD Worlds of heroic fantasy are many, but perhaps the best known of them all is the Barsoom of Edgar Rice Burroughs where John Carter, Tars Tarkas, Dejah Thoris etol adventure endlessly in eternal youth. GARY GYGAX AND BRIAN BLUME ILLUSTRATIONS BY GREG BELL WARRIORS OF MARS The Warfare of Barsoom in MiniatureĬOMPLETE RULES FOR MINIATURE WAR GAMES, INCLUDING AERIAL WARFARE, FOR MASS ARMIES OR INDIVIDUAL FIGURES After waiting several months, Kara Shallenberg recorded the last chapter.INQUIRIES REGARDING RULES SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STAMPED RETURN ENVELOPE AND SENT TO TACTICAL STUDIES RULES, 542 SAGE STREET, LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN 53147. John Carter continues his quest to be reunited with his wife, the princess Dejah Thoris, and discovers more fantastic creatures and ancient mysterious Martian races.”* One point of interest, the reader for Warlord, JD Weber, mysteriously disappeared before recording the last chapter. “Warlord of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the third of his famous Barsoom series. The Warlord Of Mars (book three in the John Carter series)īy Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by JD Weber and Kara Shallenberg*ġ6 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. Unfortunately, John Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian heaven.” The Gods of Mars begins with his arrival back on Barsoom (Mars) after a ten year hiatus, separated from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. At the end of the first book, A Princess of Mars, John Carter is unwillingly transported back to Earth. The protagonist, John Carter, with his proficiency in hand-to-hand combat and flirtations with beautiful alien women, could be said to have set the mold for later influential icons like Captain James T. While Burroughs no doubt borrowed liberally from the pulp fiction of his day, particularly westerns and swashbuckling tales, the pacing and themes set the tone for the soft science fiction genre. ![]() Its influence can clearly be seen in franchises such as Star Trek and Farscape. It can be said that the novel set the tone for much science fiction to come. “The Gods of Mars is a 1918 Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the second of his famous Barsoom series. The Gods Of Mars (book two in the John Carter series)īy Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by JD WeberĢ2 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. How can something be so platitudinous and at the same time so imaginative and enthralling?” ![]() Easy, swank, pulp read about an omnipotent gentleman teleported to Mars, finding an outlandish society of ape-, tree- and lizardmen, red-, white-, yellowmen, brains on legs, strange bastions and curious apparatuses, where the strongest survives and women are needy beauties to be saved. “Part One of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars-Series. The first three books in the John Carter of Mars series (AKA The Barsoom Series) are available via the tireless volunteers at Librivox! Enjoy…Ī Princess of Mars (book one in the John Carter series)īy Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by various readersĢ9 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – His second best known series is our topic for the day. Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) is best known for his Tarzan series of books.
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