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A Princess of Mars

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Narrated by: William Dufris
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“The green warrior decided to close in and end the battle; just as he rushed me, a blinding light struck full in my eyes, so that I could not see Zad’s approach and could only leap blindly to one side to avoid his mighty blade...”

Suddenly projected to Mars, John Carter finds himself the captive of the savage green men of Thark. With him is the lovely Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium. And between them and rescue lay a thousand miles of deadly enemies and unknown dangers.

Public Domain (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Funny

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“Listening to this book on CD is a delight! McKee’s semi-voiced reading has just the right tone to pull the listener into the adventures of John Carter…”( Kliatt)
Imaginative Worldbuilding • Timeless Adventure • Excellent Character Voices • Strong Protagonist • Fast-paced Plot

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Ok. I always loved Barsoom. I took a quick listen as this is free and well....pick up a different addition. The narration ruins a timeless tale. I recommend Scott Brick’s reading if you want to spent a credit.

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While an enjoyable story, the writing is dated with some old fashioned and repetitive statements. but the story itself has been robbed by Dances with Wolves and Avatar because it's a good story line. not sure if this is the oldest version of it, but it's the earliest example I have found. The narrator does a good job most of the time. Sometimes it is hard to tell of the narrator or the writing is what is over the top. I still enjoyed it.

An old fashioned swashbuckling tale set on mars.

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I read this as I read Tarzan for historical genre background. I enjoyed both but, massive trigger warning here this was written for white males in the early 20th century. Knowing that, in craft or driving narratives and in some scene setting worth it for me.

Great Story Telling, but, NOT WOKE

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Ideal for a 14 year old growing up in the 1920s. Very easy very easy to tell it was written by a white supremacist. But that was the norm when it was published in 1912. Storyline is a little bit far fetched. Even more far fetched given today's knowledge of science. All things being equal, it was entertaining.

Turn off the century sience fiction

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Love, Honor, Daring, and the soul of a fighting Virginian Gentleman. what a story for the ages. The author comes from a time where sciences are in our technological's civilization infancy, yet describes antigravity, teleportation, multi-race civilization, digital high definition displays, and infinite zoom digital telescopes, computing machines, radioactive particle power production. .
But it's the story that inspires .

Now the narrator. Being most of the story of John Carter is self narrative, this narrator brings out in full the thoughts , feelings and desires of all the characters.

I look forward to the other Blackstone audio books of this story. Too bad they stop at book 3.

Still a wonderful story over 100 years

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