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  <title><![CDATA[The Gods of Mars (Barsoom, #2)]]></title>
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  <default_description>After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars -- an Eden from which none ever escaped alive.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1913</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 07 16:09:43 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 07 16:10:18 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1st, 1875 - March 19, 1950) continues the adventure started in &quot;A Princess on Mars&quot; in the sequel, &quot;The Gods of Mars&quot;. This novel was published from January to May of 1913 in &quot;All-Story&quot; as a serial, and then published in book form in Sep...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42270813">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 21 09:49:26 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 30 09:44:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you don't like Soap Operas or don't seek bragging rights, just stop now and find something else.<br/><br/>I tore through this book looking for some closure and satisfaction that never came.<br/><br/>It's really not that bad and if you have absolutely nothing else to do or read, why not? Burro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43816701">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27612380">
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 18 08:16:10 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 26 23:59:34 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The second book in the Mars series.  The first three books make a trilogy, and this one is very strong, perhaps even better than the first, but not quite as good as &quot;Warlord of Mars,&quot; which came next.]]></body>
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    <review id="43995100">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jan 24 06:27:02 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[An ancient yellowed edition of the first John Carter novel was one of cornerstone volumes in my family's library when I was a child. I remember liking it quite a bit -- although even then aware of its literary failings -- but for some reason I never read the others. <br/><br/>What's fantastic abou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43995100">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14809525">
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 07 07:25:33 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 07 08:14:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[These were considered &quot;planetary romances&quot; according to one source back when this series from the creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, was written.  This series of about 10 books started in 1912 and culminated around 1948.  There's an odd mention of a book in 1964, but the other had be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14809525">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12781864">
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 17 14:35:12 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read the first two novels of his Mars series, A Princess of Mars and The Gods of Mars.<br/><br/>They're pretty good, but we're seriously not talking high literature here, not even compared to Doc Savage. I know they're considered fantasy/SF &quot;classics&quot;, but some of it feels rather......<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12781864">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47567873">
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pulp fiction at its best - beautiful princesses that need to be rescued from monsters or monstrous people, ridiculous amounts of gore, great acts of bravery and a hero (the only earthman on mars) who is far superior to the rest of the martians - this book has it all. Good to read for pure, mind numb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47567873">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43354647">
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been so long since I've read these books that the details are lost in the mist of time.  That said, I'm sure there are variations in the quality of story and prose throughout this series (it's Burroughs, after all), but I choose to remember the series as a whole, and rate it as I remember it th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43354647">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52101691">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 09 14:23:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun, but the whole book is about the suspense: will Carter find Dejah Thoris? The conclusion is forgone.<br/><br/>Much of this book is about the &quot;First Born&quot; black Martians. It's more than a bit odd to read Burroughs' Carter talking about &quot;the blacks&quot;. I wonder about his person...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52101691">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50196030">
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    <name><![CDATA[Greg]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Mar 23 12:47:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved Burroughs' Mars series when I was 12 or 13 or so. I loved the covers (like the one shown, not the Frazzeta ones, though those are cool too. I bought the whole series in the early 80s, and all but two were from this printing. I haven't read one in ages for fear they won't hold up, but ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50196030">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46305889">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Mar 12 12:04:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[3.5  The book is chock full of relentless action. Fantastic sword fights and stellar air battles keep this book going non-stop.  While I absolutely appreciate ERB's desire to keep things moving, the story is rife with convenient plot twists, coincidental meet-ups, and deux ex machina up the ying yan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46305889">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75615403">
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    <name><![CDATA[Travis]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nothing but action from the very first fight, where a buck naked John Carter takes on a swarm of ugly blue monsters to the final huge epic battle.<br/><br/>Space opera that is just dripping with testosterone. Love this series.]]></body>
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    <review id="48792458">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rich]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not quite as good as the previous book in the series, but still very good. Working towards the Chessmen, which I remember from 20+ years ago as being wonderful.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="62945735">
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    <name><![CDATA[Daniele]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a great deal better than the first book. Not to miss for those who've started this series.<br/><br/>audiobook at: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.archive.org/details/gods_of_mars_librivox" title="http://www.archive.org/details/gods_of_mars_librivox">http://www.archive.org/details/gods_of_m...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51715641">
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    <name><![CDATA[Daniel]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy this series. I use them as filler books between other novels. Very quick easy reads, I have been enjoying them since I was a kid.]]></body>
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    <review id="50922074">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mackenzie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not-so-spoiler: John Carter again saves all of Mars in this, the second of the Barsoom series. I wouldn't have expected anything else of this tale, though I was surprised by the number of setbacks thrown his way. The only point at which I became frustrated was before Cathoris was known as his son. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50922074">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52272835">
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    <name><![CDATA[Adrian]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 1981</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this whole series. It's pretty sexual and macho and they're all massive page-turners.<br/><br/>Same review for each.]]></body>
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    <review id="51042579">
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    <body><![CDATA[The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (2005)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Continues the series.  Not bad.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[thumbs up for atheism (or at least anti-religiosity) ...<br/><br/>thumbs down for tedium, predictability and repetitive saving at the brink of despair.  understandable in light of the work being a serial.]]></body>
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