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A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
From a cave in Arizona, former confederate soldier John Carter mysteriously transports to the surface of Mars. After a few successful trials with the local Martian population called Tharks, a nomadic green-skinned race with six limbs, he finds himself as a new, and respected, member of the tribe. Soon after, the Tharks capture a humanoid red-Martian named Dejah Thoris, who is a princess among her people. It is then that John Carter must choose to either ignore the captured princess or take action.
Year: 1912
Genre: Action & Adventure SF, Sword and Planet
John Carter: Barsoom Series
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
7 Novels including: A Princess of Mars; Gods of Mars; Warlord of Mars; Thuvia, Maid of Mars; Chessmen of Mars.
Year: 1912
Genre: Action & Adventure SF, Sword and Planet
The Sunset Warrior
by Eric Van Lustbader
Centuries after an ecological calamity turned the surface of the world to ice, mankind has retreated beneath the earth’s crust. In the contained environment of the Freehold, civilization reverts to feudalism and lords known as Saardin maintain their grip on power through the strength of their Bladesmen. Among these subterranean samurai is Ronin, an unaffiliated warrior who lives by his blade alone. When war threatens to engulf the Freehold, this wandering fighter will be called on to save mankind.
Year: 1977
Genre: Sword and Planet, Sword and Sorcery
Shallows of Night
by Eric Van Lustbader
onin never believed there could be life on the surface of the earth. He was a Bladesman of the Freehold, a subterranean city built centuries ago to shelter civilization from the ecological catastrophe that coated the world with ice. But when the rulers of the Freehold turned on him, Ronin fled the only way he could: up, to the frozen surface.
Year: 1978
Genre: Sword and Planet, Sword and Sorcery
| Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1912 | A Princess of Mars | by Edgar Rice Burroughs | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1912 | John Carter: Barsoom Series | by Edgar Rice Burroughs | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1977 | The Sunset Warrior | by Eric Van Lustbader | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1978 | Shallows of Night | by Eric Van Lustbader | ||||||