A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Complete Unabridged Audiobook, First Barsoom installment
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A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
John Carter, an American Civil War veteran, goes prospecting in Arizona and, when set upon by Indians, is mysteriously transported to Mars, called "Barsoom" by its inhabitants. Carter finds that he has great strength on this planet, due to its lesser gravity. Carter soon falls in among the Tharks, a nomadic tribe of the planet's warlike, four-armed, green inhabitants. Thanks to his strength and combat abilities he rises in position in the tribe and earns the respect eventually the friendship of Tars Tarkas one of the Thark chiefs.
The Tharks subsequently capture Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, a member of the humanoid red Martian race. The red Martians inhabit a loose network of city states and control the desert planet's canals, along which its agriculture is concentrated. Carter rescues her from the green men to return her to her people. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Total running time: 7:18:51
Chapters 00 to 02 -- 00:36:01
Chapters 03 to 04 -- 00:31:25
Chapters 05 to 06 -- 00:20:19
Chapters 07 to 08 -- 00:26:35
Chapters 09 to 10 -- 00:33:27
ChapterS 11 to 12 -- 00:28:59
Chapters 13 to 14 -- 02:56:50
Chapters 15 to 16 -- 00:44:24
Chapters 17 to 18 -- 00:29:23
Chapters 19 to 20 -- 00:32:56
Chapters 21 to 22 -- 00:45:50
Chapters 23 to 24 -- 00:31:09
Chapters 25 to 26 -- 00:26:33
Chapters 27 to 28 -- 00:16:27
This audio recording courtesy of Librivox.
Audio and video edited by PublicAudioLibrary.
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The copyright for this story has expired in the United States and, thus, now resides in the public domain there. The text is available via Project Gutenberg. In anticipation of the 2012 Disney film John Carter, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. has trademarked the phrases "John Carter of Mars," "Princess of Mars," and "Barsoom," among others, despite the Dastar decision of the United States Supreme Court, which invalidates trademark on public domain works. 
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A timeless classic! So glad I've discovered the audiobooks on RUclips. Currently reading the 4th book, The Chessmen of Mars. Beautiful E.R. Burroughs created a wonderful universe. You can trace parallels to Star Wars, Star Trek, and many other Sci-Fi of today.
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Atavism = reversion to ancient or ancestral tendencies
Celerity = quickness, swiftness of movement
Importunity = persistence. Stubborn, annoying persistence
Accoutrements = objects worn for a particular activity
Phantasmagoria = dream-like scene
Approbation = official approval or agreement
Intresting that Paul Verhoeven's 1990 "Total Recall" took its climax from the end chapter of Edgar Rice Burroughs "A Princess of Mars".
Such a good read from a fine voice over artist.
I remember reading this as a teen so long ago. I was so captivated by the idea as NASA had just landed the VIKING mission on Mars in 1976. I loved the illustrations done by Frank Frazetta and was titillated by the idea of a race of nude warrior women.
I see now what an adolescent fantasy this story is. Nude women and super powers on an exotic planet that is like both the Arabian Knights and a Cowboy Western. I read the other books and it came on me so quickly realized how much of these ooks were plagiarized by so many other writers.
DUNE
STAR TREK
FLASH GORDON
BUCK ROGERS
AND STAR WARS Just to name a few that were created from the inspiration of ERB to dominate the idea of desert planet science fiction for the next one hundred years.
thank you for this autobook. the reader is fantastic.
A pretty good story!
This was really great! I can see now that the Disney version really didn't get a fair shake, granted, they may have dropped the ball in how they marketed it. It's a shame they won't finish the trilogy that Andrew Stanton had planned for it. I heard that people were saying it was too similar to Star Wars and Avatar. Although, I can see some aspects of what they mean, I think it's quite the opposite. Star Wars and Avatar wouldn't exist without this being written 60 years before Star Wars! Jed and Jeddaks?? Not very far from Jedi. Saving a princess on another planet? I'll definitely be checking out the rest.
"John Carter" is a great film!! It was incredibly silly to not stick with "A Princess of Mars" as the film's title. Maybe it was a rights issue since the story would then-soon (2010-2012) be in the public domain *shrug* . It is such an immediately interesting title, with "Princess" holding romance, and "Mars" communicating adventure and action, or some sort of extra planetary mystery.
At any rate, the movie we did get was indeed robbed by the marketing. But not its vista in sight and sound! The film score is absolutely magnificent; the scope of environments, characters and cultures perfectly fit puzzle pieces. The CGI and green screen were pretty tightly integrated. The near-wooden semi-Shakespearian characterization and dialogue was actually endearing in an "Oh, brother... but keep going" sentiment.
I think an actor along the lines "a Henry Caville" would have suited John Carter as an in-film physique and more noticeable in the advertising. Taylor Kitsh was lovable, but didn't have that "I will follow you into battle and take a killing blow for your sake" sort of cinema charisma. Not using Lynne Collins in the advertising to pull in eyeballs was a ridiculous business faux paux. Her beauty in this film would have made crowds of men fall like fish on a wharf.
I would love to see "John Carter" in IMAX 3D, but that's a definite pipe dream.
@@kubrickenigma7977 Some keen observations. One of the things I think they struggled with, regarding the name, was the fact that "Mars Needs Moms" was a complete failure. They probably didn't think the film would test well, since that one was such a dud. I get it.. but at the same time.. you're right. I've heard rumors that Disney is going to pick it up again.. this time as a series, a la "Mandalorian", "Obi Wan", etc.. If they do, I'll definitely be watching.
@@Kendrix_76 Thanks, man. Who's heard of "Mars Needs Moms"? Raise your hand please. Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? If that was their rational, that was a silly way of strategizing the product's release. Elon musk will be able to say that Mars Needs Moms, in a few years, and THEN such a slogan will attract interest.
It's a gamble no matter how one throws the dice. "John Carter" is fine as a working title because it is so anonymous sounding. And that's the problem. Its like naming a Superman film "Clark Kent" rather than an engaging "Man of Steel" or "Man of Tomorrow" of "The Last Son of Krypton". Gotta have a title that in some way rings like a bell. Coupled with the right imagery, and you'll get buns on seats. The Marketing of the title was figured out more more than 90 years prior in the cutthroat market of pulp magazines and monthlies, in a time before serious cinema... The publisher wouldn't have gone with the original title if they didn't think it might sell.
It's so silly, as a few years later Ridley Scott put out "The Martian", and that film was a serious success. I like it, but less than "John Carter" as entertainment.
The focus of The Martian's marketing was surviving the impossible by one's wits and with wit/optimism and escaping the red planet for home. John Carter's marketing could have focused more on a man's mysterious escape from Earth to a place of alien yet vaguely human kingdoms, romance, action, new discoveries and a heretofore unknown kingship. Nobility on a savage plain. Pulpy deco and swashbuckling masculine extension towards the gorgeous prize of the titular Martian Princess!
Humans have a primal and subliminal interest in the red planet, and it mythologically echoes in the background of many cultures' stories. It has genuinely been in humanity's background since before our beginning. For hundred of thousands of years as we developed towards civilization. A gleaming star in the tapestries of stories. That's a lot of scope to build a fantasy around.
When I was a young man, I said to my buddy "I heard on public radio that Mars will be visable in the morning sky." To which he dryly replied "It's always visible. It's there every morning."
It always has been, and always will be. Like John's ceasless yearning and tireless efforts to return to Barsoom.
THAT is the sort of romantic depth "John Carter" lacks as a title, whereas "A Princess of Mars" captures it perfectly. Who ever came up with that title in 1914 was a marketing stud.
As for the stories going onto streaming, I feel only lukewarm when considering the current sociopolitical climate of prioritising ideology over storytelling. The social and physical brutality present on Barsoom would suffer no such tomfoolry. There would be too much of an eagerness to dilute the Barsoomian alienness with contemporary Earthly politics, or to alter the character of the protagonist in unnecessary ways.
That, and the scale of ERB's story is absolutely cinematic and big screen. The time when the movie came out (2012) was good because so many Boomers and their older siblings... even their parents and grandparents (!) read APoM when they were younger and had a warm regard for it. They still were a population with a lot of purchasing power.
Ah, I'm popculture gutted over "John Carter"s spectacular marketing flub, because the production quality was top notch.
@@kubrickenigma7977 Funny you mentioned seeing Mars.. I was walking my dog earlier in the week and it was clearly visible in the night sky. Just over the eastern skyline (from me anyway). Of course the first thing I think of is John Carter. lol. Well, actually, the first thing I thought of was Dejah Thoris. lol. Hopefully Disney's plans to bring it back as a series will come to fruition. We shall see.
@@Kendrix_76 Indeed. Peace!
Excellently read.
Aprendendo inglês da forma mais difícil kk
Vale a pena cara. Só não desiste, e pode ser fluente.
7:02:27
53:10 - Chapter 4 - A Prisoner
1:07:28 - Chapter 5 - I Elude my watch dog
1:17:27 - Chapter 6
54:41
27:50
So maybe I was punished with cowardice.
Disney fcked it all up
Disney always does
@@Belicus1 It comes down to this: Leadership, courage, vision... and ambition tempered by pragmatic business practices.
Of late, the big D has been behaving foolishly and counter to these tenets.
I would love to illustrate this.
+Kapitananime you should check out the comic it does it pretty good
There are so many. which one?
I like the oldest one but it veers off pretty early i just started reading the newest one and even though it adds stuff it has pretty much all the text
If you want to make some sketches noones stopping you though
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Narrator sounds too robotic 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
Trust me, he sounds much better than some of the awkward audio readings of this series!
He's genuinely the best reader of this series. No one does it better. I'm totally serious about this as well. I've tried several versions but none of them are worth anything.