My God, what a hack.

I found these to be dull, pulpy, sexist, etc. Very much a product of their time, but not really an exemplary product by the standards of that time.

ERB is the king of cliffhangers. Not a huge fan of the book as it's very much of it's era, but I need to know what happens next.

I can't believe it ended the way it did. Now I have to read the next one!!!

I loved the ending. But I found the sane dullness in the first edition. I'm not sure if it's the authors fault or mine for not liking science fiction. But the ending is worth it. The suspense leaves you on your toes. And although I promised I'd pick a book by the same author if I happened to like another book. Which I did. I loved Tarzan of the apes. So I gave this a chance and to my surprise. It wasn't so bad at all. I like it. I might read the third chapter of this story.

Is Edgar Rice Burroughs the master of the cliffhanger?!

Love how wacky this story is and I really really dig the crazy way Burroughs describes Barsoom and all of its inhabitants. Issus in particular is INSANE!

John Carter = boring. Dejah Thoris = not worth the fuss. Kantos Kan and Tars Tarkas = awesome.

Continuing the story from [b:A Princess of Mars|40395|A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)|Edgar Rice Burroughs|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1332272118l/40395._SY75_.jpg|1129624] in more or less the same style.

After dying on earth John Carter finds himself back on mars where he has to overcome one incredible obstacle after the other, leaving him in a cliffhanger every second chapter (and at the and of the novel).

Even though the style is the same, the narrative feels more chunky and some of descriptions of the various races dwellings and hideouts was hard to follow.

I might give the next novel a go at some time but for now i'm giving John Carter a well deserved break.

As much as I loved A Princess of Mars, its sequel is an even better adventure. It seems less segmented than its predecessor and follows an exciting trajectory that includes everything you'd expect from the originator of the sword & planet genre. As a player of Pathfinder, Dungeons & Dragons, and other RPGs, I loved seeing the dark-skinned, subterranean matriarchal society, as it seemed an obvious inspiration for the now iconic drow. The only down-side to this book is that it ends on an annoying cliffhanger that doesn't adequately pay off the building tension as the plot draws to its climax. Clearly, Burroughs wanted to make people buy his subsequent book (which, of course, I have already done and will read soon), but it makes what would otherwise be a near perfect adventure lack the ability to stand on its own as a standalone book.