Guide to John Carter of Mars, Book 2: The Gods of Mars

The Gods of Mars is a 1918 Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the second of his famous Barsoom series. It was first published in All-Story as a five-part serial in the issues for January-May 1913.It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in September, 1918.

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John Carter Books, Revived Modern English Version^TM

Coming soon from author Chris Rodin, enjoy the classic adventures of John Carter on Barsoom without the sometimes outdated language!  Try this preview, which includes the Foreward and Chapters I-IV translated, followed by the remainder of the book in its original text:

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While reading the books again in anticipation of the new Disney™ movie, author Chris Rodin wanted to share these classic stories with his young boys, who are already fans of action/adventure fiction from authors ranging from J.R.R. Tokein to Rick Riordin.  As he read on with this thought in mind, Chris realized that to many people, and especially children, Edgar Rice Bourroughs' text may be less accessible than more modern fiction.  Though his narrative remains vivid and engaging to the seasoned reader, language has changed in the past century, and to many people the vintage writing may actually hinder their sense of immersion in the adventure.

Chris Rodin wondered if it might be possible to revise the texts of these beloved classic works so that modern readers could experience them with the easy escapism that "pulp fiction" was meant to be enjoyed when it was first written, without fealing like a dreary classroom reading of Moby Dick.  Thus was born the Gutenberg Revival Project, through which classic texts will be restored to modern relevance without loss of fidelity to the original author's sensibilities or excessive paraphrasing or abridgement.

In a nutshell, the Revived and Modernized versions of the John Carter of Mars series aim to give you and your children the same relevant and engrossing experience that a child would have enjoyed back in 1914 reading a pulp fiction rag under his covers with a flashlight.

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