

A Princess of Mars starts slow, its prose is wordy and archaic, dialogue is cheesy and performative, pacing jumps around, and the whole thing reads like a travel journal. But Edgar Rice Burroughs's quaint, retrofuturistic vision of Mars and the non-stop action makes it very fun to read.
A Princess of Mars starts slow, its prose is wordy and archaic, dialogue is cheesy and performative, pacing jumps around, and the whole thing reads like a travel journal. But Edgar Rice Burroughs's quaint, retrofuturistic vision of Mars and the non-stop action makes it very fun to read.