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Violence
A lot
Significant combat violence throughout — planetary battles and individual combat are the novel's primary activity
Language
None
No profanity; 1917 adventure register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content between Carter and Dejah Thoris
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild: adventure stakes throughout
What this book is about
John Carter, a Virginian and Civil War veteran, is mysteriously transported to Barsoom (Mars), where his Earth physiology gives him extraordinary strength and the ability to leap vast distances. He encounters the various races of the dying red planet — the six-limbed Tharks and the red-skinned humanoids — falls in love with a princess, and fights across the desert landscape in the pulp adventure that launched a genre. Burroughs's 1917 novel retains its propulsive readability while carrying the racial attitudes of its era.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Period-era racial attitudes toward the non-human races of Mars
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