Edgar Rice Burroughs was the J. K. Rowling of his day. Best known for his 1914 novel, Tarzan of the Apes, he was also a prolific author of what would come to be known as "science fiction" or "swords and sorcery."
Accomplished film and TV actor David Stifel is your host and narrator.
Join us for the adventures of a lifetime!
Before there was Hogwarts - before there was Middle Earth -
there was BARSOOM.
The MARS books, starring John Carter of Barsoom, are perhaps Burroughs' second most famous novels - but among sci-fi fans they are the number one achievement of the man many have called "the Grandfather of American Science Fiction."
Burroughs wrote swashbuckling high adventures on the dying planet of Barsoom, peopled by numerous strange creatures, multi-colored races and an ancient history rivalling that created by J.R.R. Tolkien for Middle Earth. Written almost a century ago, these novels foresaw such inventions as aircraft autopilots, radar, organ transplants, man-made brains, artificial atmosphere plants - and tissue cloning!
The first five Mars novels are all available here as unabridged audiobooks. These are the genuine article, written by a master storyteller - performed by a master actor.