Just before turning eight, I got a little brother, Fin, the only sibling I grew up with. Mom and Dad were lucky because I was generally bored and, so, actually wanted to spend time with him when he got old enough to toddle about and talk. I read to him, but mostly I told him stories, crazy stories featuring lots of naughty things that little kids delight in like poop and farting and talking animals.Since I was into the John Carter books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the whole Mars/Barsoom thing, sill...

His book finishes off the story lines from the first 2 books. What a ride and you can see all the books that were inspired by the Barsoom books.

Continuing the series with the third of Burroughs's pulp-science-fiction 'romance' novels, Warlord of Mars follows on immediately from The Gods of Mars. Having torn down the Martian's false religion, and rescuing several damsels in distress, he is rewarded by one of them dragging his beloved Dejah Thoris into a revolving dungeon (that not only happens to be open at just that time, but also doesn't open again for a whole Martian year) all because he wouldn't return her affections. Talk about bein...

Our tale picks up months after the cliffhanger ending of The Gods of Mars, with John Carter prowling for a way to get into the Temple of the Sun.He backfills how he stopped anarchy by persuading the black men to accept Xodar as jeddak, and the city of Helium, Cathoris. But he's bent on the villains from last time. Indeed, finding his way into the cell leads only to his knowing that all three of the women were taken out by his enemies -- though for Phaidor he need not fear.The tale involves getti...

Barring a couple more unlikely coincidences to drive the plot, this was a solid finish for the trilogy.

Cliff clinging adventure. As should be, the end of the trilogy is the best of three, fulfilling the rising action. The Fountainhead Prime of so much, yet ignored by so many: the incomparable John Carter of Barsoom. If only the people of earth were such as these.

2012 John Carter re-read, part 3 -With Warlord of Mars the original John Carter trilogy concludes. In this volume, Burroughs discards the complexity, intrigue, and world-building that made Gods of Mars stand out in favor of a straightforward, rip-roaring action novel. From the beginning, John Carter is cut off from all of his friends and allies as he and his faithful Mars-dog Woola set out in pursuit of Dejah Thoris, now in the clutches of the few remaining villains left over from the previous b...

A rousing end to the first Martian trilogy featuring John Carter. Burroughs does a good job of opening up new Martian territory with each tale, and this one explores the uncharted North Pole. While I loved the first novel, liked the second one, this third novel is a bit of a problem in certain aspects. One is the fact that Dejah Thoris, John Carter's wife, is primary in the role of the MacGuffin for books 2 & 3. I appreciated her strong headed sensibility in the first novel. I suppose I came to

In the last book John Carter overcame all odds and was victorious. The only problem was, his wife - a beautiful Princess Dejah Thoris remained out of his reach. This tale begins with him trying to rescue the love of his life. Doing this he stumbles upon a conspiracy and his rescue attempt (and its consequences) took the whole book. He risked his life countless number of times, he destroyed everything that stood on his way, he converted some deeply religious people to atheism only to be late in h...

John Carter returns to rescue his wife from her horrible fate. In disguise, Carter infiltrates the enemy where he witnesses some sort of injustice, to which his blood boils, his natural fighting man instincts take over, and so he employs his unique fighting style which, much to his surprise and dismay, is instantly recognized by the enemy and said enemy sees through his disguise and escapes (with Carter's wife in tow) while Carter is busy battling other evildoers (which often results in Carter b...

"Too close a scrutiny of my mental activities might prove anything but flattering," said John Carter. If any trait exceeds his partial prowess it must be his impulse to combat. Time and again throughout the Barsoom chronicles Carter rushes to fight--for freedom, for the love of his life, for his friends, or just for the fun of a good fight.Burroughs has, perhaps, descended to the level of Saturday afternoon matinee serials, but its good, clean fun. And, this time he manages to finish his story.A...

SUPER MARIO BROTHERS OF MARSThis is a bizarre book by all means. It doesn't really have any kind of plot but is just a series of chapters where John Carter fights his way through an environment to rescue his girlfriend, but then at the very last moment she gets spirited away to another location by the bad guy. This happens over and over again, one chapter after the next. It's like watching someone else play an old Arcade machine. It's Mario trying to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. It's not a...

More hectic adventures for John Carter on Mars Barsoom! He jumps right back into the action, immediately following the crazed cliffhanger of the preceding Gods of Mars! He's going to save his wife and mother of his son Dejah Thoris and her new bff Thuvia come hell or high water! He's no wimpy regular sorta guy, he's the greatest warrior of two worlds! He's going to hop all over Mars with his super-powered leaps, wearing nothing but his skin! Pity the fool that gets in his way! He won't take n...

It's really funny, now that I think about it, that John Carter of Mars has so much more in common with Conan the Barbarian than anything out of an SF magazine.I mean, he's not a barbarian, but you wouldn't know it by his extremely violent American ways, how good he is with a barbarian sword, how he always acts before he thinks, and how he pines for his lost love. It's like the sappiest of love ballads. Now, just be sure to cleave through a couple of thousand men with your barbarian strength, you...

I have enjoyed this series, and I am going to tell you what I specifically like about this series as a whole. It feels like classic (kinda cheesy) serial sci-fi. I picture the main characters in outlandish costumes fighting rubbery monsters while the rocky landscape shakes when they bump it. When they are flying, I can see the strings holding up the little spacecraft model while it is manipulated in a jerky fashion for long shots. I picture scantily clad space Queens with too much makeup swoonin...

"The Warlord of Mars" (1914) is the 3rd of ll John Carter novels from the pen of Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is a direct continuation of the first two in the series--"A Princess of Mars" and "The Gods of Mars"--and a reading of those earlier titles is absolutely essential before going into this one. Here, Carter tries to rescue his princess, Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of some particularly nasty villains. In his relentless pursuit, one that makes Indiana Jones look like a slacker, Carter travel...

This is NOT really book 3, it's the end of book 2 & a fine way to wrap it up, too. There aren't any surprises, but it is a lot of fun.

This books are just fun to read! Lots of excitement and action!

In some ways, this book is the mirror image of the previous book in the series, THE GODS OF MARS. That had the repetitious plot of John Carter being chased by malevolent forces chapter after chapter. While there were occasional rests between scenes of him fleeing, it became tedious. This finally stopped well into the book when Carter came to a palace and there was intrigue. This book is structured with John Carter chasing malevolent forces chapter after chapter. While there are occasional rests

Edgar Rice Burroughs can weave a tale of excitement for sure but his characters leave much to be desired. After three books, I was hoping for a bit of character development but none was forthcoming. There's also a noticeable plot pattern that the three books share, which I wouldn't mind so much if it weren't for:1. The Perpetual Damsels in DistressLed by the most distress-y damsel of them all, Dejah Thoris. She has honor, pride, and plenty of sass but she went from likeable in book one to thorou...