Live Blogs Let's Read John Carter of Mars

DrRockopolis2010-12-09 10:18:37

Well, I'm waiting for the train, watching the freight trains go by, and reading ebooks on my phone. I downloaded the first few John Carter Of Mars books from Project Gutenberg to read on my trip, and I figured I'd pass the time by liveblogging them.

I've never read any of Burroughs' work; the closest I've come is watching Disney's Tarzan. Nevertheless, I've heard they were quite good.

This would probably be easier if I had Wifi for my computer and weren't trying to do this on my phone, but I'll give it a shot.

Edit; You know, I've also got the audiobook of the first one from Project Gutenberg, and the narrator has a groovy Scottish accent; I might try that, too.

Edit Edit: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Project Gutenberg Mobile entry; m.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search.mobile/?default_prefix=author_id&sort_order=downloads&query=48

Comments

TheGirlWithPointyEars Since: Dec, 1969

Dec 11th 2010 at 7:57:34 PM

Tar Tarkas is the main character of his own story, an epic of love, loss, and revenge; is there a trope for that?

Hero Of Another Story perhaps? Anyway, it is a bit of a Luke You Are My Father twist, isn't it? Interesting. Definitely fleshes out Dejah's character, and Tarkas'... :)

callsignecho Since: Dec, 1969

Feb 15th 2011 at 8:25:59 PM

Definitely Hero Of Another Story. (Sorry, know I'm late to the party, but I didn't hear about it until it already got started! :) Keep liveblogging, Burroughs is one of my favorites!