The John Carter Trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars; The Gods of Mars; A Warlord of Mars

By: Finn J.D. John, Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by: Finn J.D. John

Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

This Annotated Omnibus Edition contains the first three novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian tales (the Barsoom series).

The first of these novels, A Princess of Mars, was Burroughs' first book, and he wrote the next two novels in quick succession. Together they tell the story of John Carter of Mars - how he came to Mars, met the love of his life, and quickly found himself occupied full-time defending her and saving his adopted planet from interplanetary evildoers.

This trilogy opened the doors of popular science fiction to an entire nation and world. It launched the original pulp science fiction storyworld and series, often imitated but never duplicated, and has inspired four generations of young sci-fi and fantasy writers, artists, moviemakers and videogame designers.

And, of course, it's a ripping great story.

This Pulp-Lit Press Annotated Omnibus Edition takes those three novels together as a coherent story. Each is gracefully and unobtrusively annotated, to help the modern reader put it in the proper literary and historical context for maximum reading enjoyment. All annotations are presented together in a single chapter, easily skipped by readers who prefer to get on with the story.

©2014 Finn J.D. John (P)2014 Finn J.D. John

I Love the annotations.

the annotations are great, well worth the Credit. You can tell the Narrator has a love for the series and does an excellent job.

Visionary Pulp Fiction at its best!

What can anyone really say about ERB? He was the pulp fiction master and writing serials like these for publication in the early 1900’s. Listening to them in this context is a window into the mindset of that era. I also found the “notes” on each book to be interesting and insightful.

Moreover, it is fun to consider just how many of the images of his creations are currently reflected in reality and the differences between the two. One really has to give the man credit for creative thinking.

That said, this reading perhaps would have been more satisfying if the reader would have familiarized himself with the common pronunciations of common words that appear throughout the store such as “sword,” “craven,” “succor,” “tumult,” “genera,” and “accoutrement” to name but a few. The way they were pronounced stopped the story in my head like a truck hitting a brick wall every time it happened.

Trilogy

I loved the series. Good reader. I can visualize the story as it is being read.

Very entertaining but don't like the narrator

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I'd recommend someone to buy this and read it, but not buy this book on audible. This trilogy is so full of detail and feeling that I don't feel the narrator does a sufficient job portraying the story in a way that would keep most readers further interested.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The John Carter Trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs?

I love the conversation that Carter has with Deja, when in captivity, about love amongst the inhabitants on Mars.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Finn J.D. John?

He talks too fast and sometimes blends critical thoughts in the story with those that are less impactful to the detailing of the storyline. I feel like he tries too hard to carry out his own takes from these stories and emphasize there impact to the reader. Each reader should determine which elements are most important to them in a book, not have a narrator predetermine and point it out.

Great Series, bad narration

The narrator really struggles with long sentences, which are quite common in Edgar Rice Borroughs' wordy writing style.

Excellent annotations

The reading and annotations were excellent. I read the series as a teen and was a big fan. Now some 35 years later I was able to enjoy once again but through a more mature and different lens. JD Finn does a great job as a narrator and listening to the annotations was as enjoyable as the book.

John F-ING CARTER

awesome book in and of itself I wish there was more in this trilogy but then that would make it longer

Shouldn't have been edited

I would have preferred an unedited performance.
I felt that many of the parts that were edited played a significant role in the overall story.

about the narrator

anyone listening to Edgar Rice Burroughs "The John Carter Trilogy" is most likely an older adult well aware of the prejudices of the past and don't need a history lesson introduction on the morals of 1913 Victorian society , were listening to it for the entertainment of the story not what was going on in ERB mind when he wrote it

can we just have someone read the story without all the SJ crap, we see it every single day and this is meant to be a escape from today's "triggered culture"

classic books are already being banned because of the way people thought in another time
Mark Twain
Dr. Seuss
Dick and Jane were pulled from every library yeas ago because they were politically incorrect

how many more classics do you want removed from existence because you felt the need to inform everyone that people in the past thought differently

we already knew that

in the future just read the story and let people escape reality for a while

great narrarator, and a addictive storyline

loved it. the narrarator has a great story telling voice tjat gives you a great head movie. looking foward to reading more from this author