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The Gods of Mars

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First published: 1918
Pages: 205

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01 – The Plant Men
31:09
02 – A Forest Battle
25:24
03 – The Chamber of Mystery
27:05
04 – Thuvia
23:14
05 – Corridors of Peril
17:45
06 – The Black Pirates of Barsoom
15:46
07 – A Fair Goddess
21:38
08 – The Depths of Omean
24:08
09 – Issus, Goddess of Life Eternal
18:09
10 – The Prison Isle of Shador
18:06
11 – When Hell Broke Loose
24:32
12 – Doomed to Die
13:35
13 – A Break for Liberty
24:29
14 – The Eyes in the Dark
25:40
15 – Flight and Pursuit
15:46
16 – Under Arrest
19:33
17 – The Death Sentence
15:59
18 – Sola’s Story
13:33
19 – Black Despair
26:16
20 – The Air Battle
24:26
21 – Through Flood and Flame
14:39
22 – Victory and Defeat
20:57

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The Gods of Mars was published in 1913 and picks up John Carter's story ten years after the events of A Princess of Mars. Carter has been trying for a decade to return to Barsoom and finally manages it. He lands not in the safe wastes near the Thark hordes but in the legendary Valley Dor at the south pole, the supposed afterlife of the Martian religion. It turns out the religious paradise is a fraud and a slaughterhouse, run by the white-skinned Therns who use the myth to drain the souls of religious pilgrims.

Carter spends most of the novel uncovering this fraud, escaping from successive Thern strongholds, discovering the even deeper conspiracy of the First Born race of black Martians, and racing to rescue his now-grown son Carthoris and his old friend Tars Tarkas. The book ends on one of the more notorious cliffhangers in early pulp fiction, with Dejah Thoris trapped in a temple about to be killed and the reader waiting twelve months for the next book. Sequel-worthy in a way the original was not, and as foundational to planetary romance.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer, recognized for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he also wrote the Pellucidar series, the Amtor series, and the Caspak trilogy.