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Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom
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This collection of all-new John Carter of Mars stories contains “plenty of sword work and old-style action-adventure” (Kirkus Reviews).
Ever since Edgar Rice Burroughs published A Princess of Mars in 1912, fans of all ages have marveled at the adventures of John Carter, an Earthman who suddenly finds himself in a strange new world. A century later, readers can enjoy this compilation of brand-new stories starring John Carter of Mars.
Collected by veteran editor John Joseph Adams, this anthology features a foreword by Tamora Pierce and stories and original art from titans of literature and illustration such as Peter S. Beagle, Garth Nix, Charles Vess, and many more, plus a glossary of Mars by Richard A. Lupoff.
This book has not been prepared, approved, licensed, or authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. or any other entity associated with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate.
Ever since Edgar Rice Burroughs published A Princess of Mars in 1912, fans of all ages have marveled at the adventures of John Carter, an Earthman who suddenly finds himself in a strange new world. A century later, readers can enjoy this compilation of brand-new stories starring John Carter of Mars.
Collected by veteran editor John Joseph Adams, this anthology features a foreword by Tamora Pierce and stories and original art from titans of literature and illustration such as Peter S. Beagle, Garth Nix, Charles Vess, and many more, plus a glossary of Mars by Richard A. Lupoff.
This book has not been prepared, approved, licensed, or authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. or any other entity associated with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 7, 2012
ISBN9781442420311
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5some really good stories and some that could have been left out. Couple in there that hopefully will become full length novels as they left ya hanging.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs' stories set on Barsoom came off not as well as I had hoped. One can always hope ... This love song to Barsoom has 14 stories and 14 illustrations. The stories range from bad to excellent, but most are passable unless you get tortured by bending Barsoomian canon a bit. Having recently re-read "A Princess of Mars", the timing of this new collection was perfect for me. It is nice to have each story illustrated. The illustrations could have all been fabulous, but they vary quite a bit in style and success. Each story and illustration is by someone different, so we have a total of 28 approaches to the idea. Some of the pictures are really great, but there are a few that just didn't do it for me, or were in a style that did not seem to match the Barsoomian visions created in the past.There is included a brief, heartfelt introduction by Tamora Pierce and an Appendix/Glossary/Gazetteer by Burrough's enthusiast Richard Lupoff. I won't attempt to review and rate each story here. The collection is bookended with two of the best stories starting it off and concluding with the other two best stories. Among my favorites was the leadoff story "The Metal Men of Mars" by Joe R Lansdale which immediately transported me to Barsoom with John Carter and the incomparable Dejah Thoris. Lansdale really nails Burroughs in this steampunky spin. "Three Deaths" by David Barr Kirtley follows and is yet again a great short story - one can tell that both these authors get it. Why then oh why, did Peter S. Beagle write "The Ape-Man of Mars"? Tarzan meets John Carter. Nothing wrong with that. What Beagle writes though is an epic fail - clearly no sense whatsoever of who John Carter and Tarzan are. I knew we were in trouble before the second paragraph was finished. When I read the first two stories here I thought it would take a dozen mighty Tharks to tear the smile off my face. Instead Beagle did it with less than 20 pages of stinkbomb. Tarzan, and John Carter in particular, will not be found here. There was the germ of an interesting idea, but it was rendered horribly. The story was so wrong I got mad.After the Beagle disaster poisoned the well, I approached the later stories with some internal caution. There were a couple that skewed a bit wrong for me. I expected Stirling to be good because of his own novel "The Sky People", and his entry here "The Jasoom Project" was one of the better ones. However the end was very sketchy and the story felt quite incomplete. Better though were the last two, Catherine Valente's extraordinarily moving "Coming of Age in Barsoom" and Jonathan Maberry's heroic feeling "The Death Song of Dwar Guntha". I'm not sure which of these two is my favorite of the book.I could have loved this book but a few misses in the mix leave me with just a like. I don't think I could recommend this to casual readers who did not already have a familiarity with Barsoom.A full list of the stories and contributors (from ISFD) follows:ix • Foreword (Under the Moons of Mars) • essay by Tamora Piercexiii • Introduction (Under the Moons of Mars) • essay by John Joseph AdamsStory Notes (Under the Moons of Mars) • essay by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley1 • The Metal Men of Mars • shortfiction by Joe R. Lansdale5 • The Metal Men of Mars • interior artwork by Gregory Manchess27 • Three Deaths • shortfiction by David Barr Kirtley28 • Three Deaths • interior artwork by Charles Vess45 • The Ape-Man of Mars • shortfiction by Peter S. Beagle57 • The Ape-Man of Mars • interior artwork by Jeremy Bastian65 • A Tinker of Warhoon • shortfiction by Tobias S. Buckell68 • A Tinker of Warhoon • interior artwork by Chrissie Zullo87 • Vengeance of Mars • shortfiction by Robin Wasserman92 • Vengeance of Mars • interior artwork by Misako Rocks!109 • Woola's Song • shortfiction by Theodora Goss114 • Woola's Song • interior artwork by Joe Sutphin127 • The River Gods of Mars • shortfiction by Austin Grossman128 • The River Gods of Mars • interior artwork by Meinert Hansen145 • The Bronze Man of Mars • shortfiction by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.148 • The Bronze Man of Mars • interior artwork by Tom Daly167 • A Game of Mars • shortfiction by Genevieve Valentine169 • A Game of Mars • interior artwork by Molly Crabapple187 • A Sidekick of Mars • shortfiction by Garth Nix195 • A Sidekick of Mars • interior artwork by Mike Cavallaro209 • The Ghost That Haunts the Superstition Mountains • shortfiction by Chris Claremont217 • The Ghost That Haunts the Superstition Mountains • interior artwork by John Picacio237 • The Jasoom Project • shortfiction by S. M. Stirling238 • The Jasoom Project • interior artwork by Jeff Carlisle279 • Coming of Age on Barsoom • shortfiction by Catherynne M. Valente284 • Coming of Age on Barsoom • interior artwork by Michael Kaluta [as by Michael Wm Kaluta ]293 • The Death Song of Dwar Guntha • shortfiction by Jonathan Maberry309 • The Death Song of Dwar Guntha • interior artwork by Daren Bader313 • Appendix: A Barsoomian Gazetteer, or, Who's Who and What's What on Mars • essay by Richard A. Lupoff
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