A worthwhile introduction (or, for adult readers, a return) to one of Burroughs's most imaginative universes. John Joseph Adams is the editor of the anthologies By Blood We Live, Federations, The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Living Dead, Seeds of Change, and Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse. The works closely honor Burroughs's own, with self-assured characters, concrete storytelling, high adventure, and touches of tongue-in-cheek humor. And in Garth Nix's "A Sidekick of Mars," a gold prospector transported to Mars by an old Indian curse explains in colorful Western lingo what it was like to be Carter's sidekick and to later discover that Burroughs omitted him when retelling the tales. Beagle's "The Ape-Man of Mars," Tarzan is transported to Barsoom where he meets John Carter and the two alpha males find it hard to coexist on the same planet. The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams, Simon Vance (Read by), Anne Flosnik (Read by) 3.7 (16) Audio MP3 on CD (MP3 on CD - Unabridged) 9.99 Paperback 17.99 eBook 11.49 Audiobook 46.99 Audio MP3 on CD 9.99 Audio CD 29. Lansdale's "The Metal Men of Mars," Carter is captured by a monstrous, Borglike, steampunk society planning to conquer the planet and turn everyone into machines. Taking advantage of the big-screen release of the film John Carter, this competent anthology, set on Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom, includes stories featuring the eponymous hero of the series, plus other characters now brought more fully to life in tales of their own.
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