John Carter of Mars: The Collection - A Princess of Mars; The Gods of Mars; The Warlord of Mars; Thuvia, Maid of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars (Hardcover)

from WillyMammoth

Edgar Rice Burroughs' "John Carter of Mars" is one of the quintessential characters of the Pulp Fiction era. With this one character and these three books (contained herein), he took many of the tenants of pulp fiction stories that had come before and created a whole new genre, the "planetary rom...

from Karlstar

This is a great omnibus edition of the first 3 John Carter books. These books were the first of the Mars swords-and-guns style fantasy/science fiction and Burroughs is still the best. After 100 years the stories are still interesting and the 'science' still out there. True, these are massively da...

from grandpahobo

This is really an adventure story that could have just as easily been set in the old west as on mars. Lots of fighting and killing. I thought descriptions of Mars and its inhabitants were pretty good.

from shabacus

This volume is an omnibus, and I will be reviewing each of the three books within it separately. The overall star rating will be for the book as a whole, and not necessarily an average of the individual books within it. "A Princess of Mars" I became interested in John Carter after viewing the Dis...

from Scififan1

I'm a big sci fi fan. Edgar Rice Bouroughs is one of the best. This book had multiple stories set on MARS with lead character John Carter. Watched a movie a few years ago about John Carter. This book fills in the blanks where the movie ended