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John Carter
John Carter, also known as captain Jack Carter of Virginia and Dotar Sojat, was the first man from Earth to reach Mars, and became one of the greatest Warlords in the history of Barsoom. John -
Therns
Therns are a White Martian race who inhabit the area surrounding the Valley Dor. Whether or not they have any relation to the other white races, such as the Orovar or the Lotharians, is unrevealed -
Barsoom
Barsoom (known to humans as Mars, and known as Garobus by Jupiter's inhabitants) is the fourth planet in the Solar System, and the main setting of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian novels. It is orbited -
Dejah Thoris
Dejah Thoris is the princess of Helium and the wife of John Carter. Dejah Thoris is the daughter of Mors Kajak, the Jed of Lesser Helium, and granddaughter of Tardos Mors, the empire's Jeddak -
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Thuvia, Maid of Mars is the fourth book in Burroughs' Martian series. Related in the third person, it features Carthoris, son of the warlord John Carter and his wife Dejah Thoris, and his quest to -
The Warlord of Mars
The Warlord of Mars is a science fiction novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the third of his famous Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in June, 1913, going through five working titles; Yellow Men -
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in -
Green Martian
The Green Martians are one of the predominant races of Barsoom. They are green-skinned monstrous reptilian people who stalk the dead sea bottoms. They are intelligent and capable of organizing themselves into a society -
Tars Tarkas
Tars Tarkas is the Jeddak of Thark, and a longtime ally of Warlord John Carter. Like all Tharks, he is a brute and can be cruel, but he has aspirations of raising the Tharks to -
Helium
Helium is one of the major kingdoms of Barsoom. It is ruled by the Jeddak Tardos Mors and is the residence of warlord John Carter and his wife Dejah Thoris. Helium is noted, among other -
Martian Language
The Martian language is the spoken and written language of Barsoom, used and understood by nearly all sapient-beings on the planet. It has a relatively small vocabulary, as Martians have very little need or -
The Gods of Mars
The Gods of Mars is the second book in Burroughs' Martian saga. It relates the story of how John Carter returned to Mars to liberate it from the influence of the power-mad Holy Therns -
Carthoris
Carthoris is the Red Martian/Human hybrid son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, the older brother of Tara, and a prince of Helium. His name is a combination of both Carter and Thoris' last -
Zodanga
Zodanga is a Red Martian city and nation that before John Carter's arrival on Mars had long been enemies with the red men of Helium, and the Green men of Thark. The city was -
Kaldane
Kaldanes are a highly intelligent (if rather narrowly focused) race inhabiting a small area on Barsoom known as Bantoom and unknown to the outside world. During a great storm that ravaged much of the surface -
Thark
Thark is a Green Martian tribe and kingdom founded (like all Green kingdoms) in one of the dead cities abandoned during the fall of civilization upon Barsoom. Coming soon... -
Sola
Sola was a female Green Martian from Thark. She is the daughter of Gozava and Jeddak Tars Tarkas. Sola was the daughter of Tars Tarkas and Gozava. When Sola's parents met, her mother was -
First Born
The Black Martians (more commonly referred to as the "First Born") are reputedly one of the oldest of the humanoid races on Mars. They live near the south pole. The main city lies on the -
Okar
The Okar, or Yellow Martians are an insular race living in the freezing northern regions of Mars. Their cities are built under glass domes, protecting them from the harsh arctic environment. The Yellow Martians are -
Red Martian
The Red Martians are the predominant race on Barsoom. According to the most widely-accepted histories, the Red Martian race is the result of centuries of interbreeding between the fair-skinned Orovar, the black-skinned -
Thuvia
Thuvia is a Princess, the daughter of Thuvan Dihn, the Jeddak of Ptarth. For a time, she pined for Prince Carthoris of Helium, but had been promised to Kulan Tith, the Jeddak of Kaol. This -
A Princess of Mars
A Princess of Mars is the first novel in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian series, originally published under the pseudonym Norman Bean. Presented as a book of memoirs by protagonist John Carter, it relates the story -
Thoat
Thoat is a term that refers to several closely related species of eight-legged horse-like creatures native to Barsoom. A thoat is a long, sleek creature with eight legs, a broad flat tail (that -
Plant Men
The Plant Men are a semi-vampiric race of blue-skinned bipeds who inhabit the Valley Dor on the planet Barsoom. The adults of the species can grow to a height of ten to twelve -
Calot
A calot is a Martian creature that is the world's rough equivalent of a dog, but typically only amongst the Green Martians. Calots are about the size of a Shetland pony, with ten short
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