A princess of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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"A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a science fantasy novel first serialized in 1912. Confederate veteran John Carter is mysteriously transported to Mars, a dying desert planet called Barsoom. With superhuman strength from the planet's lower gravity, he becomes entangled with warlike Green Martians and rescues Dejah Thoris, a princess of the humanoid Red Martians.

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Topics: Carter, John (Fictitious character) -- Fiction · Dejah Thoris (Fictitious character) -- Fiction · Mars (Planet) -- Fiction · Princesses -- Fiction · Science fiction