The Gods of Mars vs The Master Mind of Mars: Which Should You Read?

The Gods of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1918 ★★★★☆ 3.9 94 pages · ≈ 1 h 44 m · Challenging

“AS I STOOD upon the bluff before my cottage on that clear cold night in the early part of March, 1886, the noble Hudson flowing like the grey and silent spectre of a dead river below me, I felt again the strange, compelling influence of the mighty god of war, my beloved Mars, which for ten long and lonesome years I had implored with outstretched arms to carry me back to my lost love.”

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…

The Master Mind of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1928 ★★★★☆ 3.9 126 pages · ≈ 2 h 20 m · Challenging

Ulysses Paxton an American goes to Mars where he meets Ras Thavas, the greatest physician upon the planet and becomes embroiled in his grisly and amazing experiments.