Barsoom 1
A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
When I joined the Science Fiction Book Club in 1970, the Barsoom books were the
first series I bought. I’d already read them at an earlier age, but how could I pass up
the Frazetta covers? Now I admit there’s not much time travelin’ on Barsoom, so I
won’t list all the books separately, but it seems to me that Captain John Carter
traveled to a different Mars, either by traveling through time or traveling to a parallel
universe.
— Michael Main
Yes, Dejah Thoris, I too am a prisoner; my name is John Carter, and I claim Virginia, one
of the United States of America, Earth, as my home; but why I am permitted to wear arms I
do not know, nor was I aware that my regalia was that of a chieftain.
Barsoom by Edgar Rice Burroughs, serialized in
All-Story, February to July 1912.