Under the Moons of Mars

Posted on 16 June 2018 by John Joseph Adams

Celebrate 100 years of John Carter of Mars with this all new collection of original stories and art Readers of all ages have read and loved Edgar Rice Burroughs Barsoom series since the first book, A Princess of Mars, was published in 1912 Now, in time for the 100th anniversary of that seminal work, comes an anthology of original stories featuring John Carter of Mars in brand new adventures Collected by veteran anthology editor John Joseph Adams, this anthology features stories from titans of literature such as Peter S Beagle and Garth Nix and original art from Mark Zug, Charles Vess, and many plus an introduction by Tamora Pierce and a glossary of Mars by Richard A Lupoff.Illustrations are by prominent artists Meinert Hansen, Charles Vess, John Picacio, and.Don t miss Mars Trilogy, the companion bind up of three classic John Carter of Mars stories This book has not been prepared, approved, licensed, or authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc or any other entity associated with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. New Read [ Under the Moons of Mars ] author [ John Joseph Adams ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I ll sum up both the Intro FW by saying that if you re interested in reading this book, you ll agree with them appreciate their sentiments Yes, ERB had his faults, but he was one of my earliest introductions into SF Fantasy He ll always hold a special place my thanks for that If you didn t grow up reading Barsoom, I doubt this collection will do much for you The science is fantasy, the characters 2D, the coincidences very convenient On top of that, ERB hasn t a I ll sum up both the Intro FW by saying that if you re interested in reading this book, you ll agree with them appreciate their sentiments Yes, ERB had his faults, but he was one of my earliest introductions into SF Fantasy He ll always hold a special place my thanks for that If you didn t grow up reading Barsoom, I doubt this collection will do much for you The science is fantasy, the characters 2D, the coincidences very convenient On top of that, ERB hasn t aged well socially, although some of these stories have At least he s not particularly racist in this one The girls often need rescuing, but so do most of the boys Most handle weapons well, no matter their color or gender Lots of colors, pretty much all alike, save one that s just BAD guys another with some extra arms Good bad in most, though Still, they re fun adventures if you just go with it don t look too hard.Each story has a little introduction for those not familiar with the series They re very well ...A very mixed bag some stories I probably won t read again, and some I will I was surprised that I disliked Peter S Beagle s contribution, in which Tarzan travels to Mars, but I deeply disagreed with its portrayal of John Carter Probably my favorite was S.M Stirling s The Jasoom Project , an inge...To anyone with only a passing interest in ERB s Martian Tales, I might recommend reading just A Princess of Mars and then the better stories from this collection.I ve starred the stories that I liked and detailed my thoughts below Regarding the work as a whole, the editing could have been better e.g one story has Olovarian when Orovarian is meant one story consistentl...Typical anthology some of the stories were very fun, others were forgettable, and a very few were outright bad My favorites were the last two, Coming of Age and Death Song of Dwar Guntha most of the rest were middling, with a typical Barsoomian adventure structure There was one I couldn t finish Game of Mars Valentine seemed ...This is a nice but uneven collection of fourteen stories set on Barsoom, Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars, celebrating the centennial of the publication of the first book, A PRINCESS OF MARS And probably celebrating the release of the film that flopped The stories vary in their faithfulness to the source material I thought the Maberry story was probably best in that regard I also enjoyed the stories by Goss, Claremont, Buckell, and Lansdale, and was surprised to find that I thought the only real This is a nice but uneven collection of fourteen stories set on Barsoom, Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars, celebrating the centennial of the publication of the first book, A PRINCESS OF MARS And probably celebrating the release of the film that flopped The stories vary in their faithfulness to the source material I thought the Maberry stor...Although I m not a big fan of short stories I rarely make it thru a collection but as a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs since 8th grade, I couldn t resist this I read all the Mars books at least twice in high school and...Noteworthy for the originality of so many of the stories here, which explore different perspectives on Burroughs fictional world, frequently from the viewpoints of its non humanoid races, subverting the triumphal narrative of John Carter and his allies.Lovely nostalgia, would be even better if so much time wasn t name dropping original characters plots.This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Review on Moons of Mars Metal Men of Mars perfunctory and uninspired 2 stars Three Deaths Tale of Gar Han who lost arm to John Carter 5 stars Ape Man of Mars Tarzan comes on to Dejah Thoris, and John Carter is a jerk Desconstructionist rewrite that makes Carter a villain 0 stars A Tinker of Warhoon Warhoons perspective on Atmosphere Plant 5 stars Vengeance on Mars Sarkoja plans her revenge 5 stars Woola s Song Not usually a fan of stories from an animal s perspective This one an Review on Moons of Mars Metal Men of Mars perfunctory and uninspired 2 stars Three Deaths Tale of Gar Han who lost arm to John Carter 5 stars Ape Man of Mars Tarzan comes on to Dejah Thoris, and John Carter is a jerk Desconstructionist rewrite that makes Carter a villain 0 stars A Tinker of Warhoon Warhoons perspective on Atmosphere Plant 5 stars Vengeance on Mars Sarkoja plans her revenge 5 stars Woola s Song Not usually a fan of stories from an animal s perspective This one anthropomorphicizes Woola, basically making him human Not bad despite this 3 stars River God of Mars Starts out good, but doesn t come together 3 stars The Bronze Man of Mars Grandson of John Carter has adventure 5 stars A Game of Mars Thuvia adventure with Kaldanes a little on the soap opera side 4 stars A Sidekick of Mars This is told from the viewpoint of another transplant from Eart...Ever since The Skeleton Men of Jupiter was published in Amazing Stories in 1943, writers have turned their hands towards continuing the adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter, the ageless Earthman battling his way across the fantastic world of Barsoom what its inhabitants called the planet Mars.Some writers have simply re worked the stories in their own fashion Lin Carter moved out a ways from the sun and wrote about Jandar of Callisto, one of Jupiter s moons Others took the char Ever since The Skeleton Men of Jupiter was published in Amazing Stories in 1943, writers have turned their hands towards continuing the adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter, the ageless Earthman battling his way across the fantastic world of Barsoom what its inhabitants called the planet Mars.Some writers have simply re worked the stories in their own fashion Lin Carter moved out a ways from the sun and wrote about Jandar of Callisto, one of Jupiter s moons Others took the characters and settings of Barsoom and attempted to re imagine them with their own vision, like Andrew Stanton Some, like Michael Moorcock s Kane of Old Mars trilogy, work well Some, like Carter s and Stanton s, don t Under the Moons of Mars, a collection of short stories set on Barsoom and in some cases using Burroughs own characters, has the same collection of hits and misses Some of the writers attempt a straigh...

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16 June 2018

John Joseph Adams