A review by thegoodmariner
Gods of Mars: A Barsoom Novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs

2.0

I decided to read the first three John Carter books as part of a 'sci-fi classics' reading list I've put together for 2012. I will say this one was a little better than Princess of Mars, but not much. The books are terribly violent, and the protagonist is still a self-inflated white imperialist. It's fun to read the books to see what Americans thought of themselves around the time of the Great War, and to see the legacy Burroughs left on science fiction. But reading these alongside the Dune series makes it pretty hard to get excited about these antiquated tales.