I'm guessing that the reviewer didn't get very far into the story because, yes, while Mr.
Yes, I will mention something from the other reviews, I noticed that one reviewer faulted Vincent for a "meek librarian" voice and, have to say that I just didn't get that at all from listening. However your take on it, you'll find that it's super-entertaining. Yes, that's true but at it's heart it's either a rousing adventure or a classic love story or just a combo of both. I see other reviewers have talked up Burroughs "innovate" use of Science-he actually foresaw many future technological advances-and his mastery of tribal anthropological and cultural structure. In spite of the length, it seemed like the time just flew by and I was sorry to see the presentation come finally to an end.
Vincent make those stories come alive once again. Nevertheless, it was a fun time listening to Mr. Because from time to time, I would get caught up in something I was doing and realized "wait, how did we get to this part?" and either rewound to where I remember tuning out or just decided that I didn't miss much and forge ahead. I THOROUGHLY enjoyed (sorry for shouting) every minute of this entire series! Well, ok, not every minute. Vincent, a talented illustrator, comes from what can be called an "enriched environment" in that his parents were college professors in English and very active in the theater scene, so, naturally that should give him an edge in the narration department. Sure enough there were 54 hours of all the John Carter stories and, coincidentally, it turns out that I actually know of the narrator, Eric Vincent. It was while looking over available titles at Audible that I saw "The Complete Barsoom Series" and what looked like a stunning Frank Frazetta painting so naturally I clicked on that. As I aged, I moved on from Burroughs not because it wasn't entertaining to read his books but just "move on" to other things throughout your life, right? Fast-forward all these years to now (2016) and by now maybe I'm a little like you (since you are reading this) and listening to Audiobooks while working or driving. Fixing these problems and adding even “Invisible Men of Mars” to this collection would make it a phenomenal and indispensable Barsoom collection.Ĭlassic Story with Expert Narration (and with an extra benefit) I was about 12 years old (I'm 70 now) and nosed around in my parent's small library and came upon "A Princess of Mars" and pulled it out and saw the illustrations by Frank Schoonover and wondered "what IS this?" Well, I found out and became a big fan of the John Carter series. Burroughs wrote them, and it really breaks the continuity to not have “The Ancient Dead” and “The Black Pirates of Barsoom” as a part of the collection. Sure, they weren’t advertised as being a part of the package, but when “The Yellow Men of Mars” starts ‘in medias res’ it was very disappointing to not have the rest of “Llana of Gathol” as a part of the package. 5) Several important stories are missing. A couple seconds is fine, but 8-12 seconds is an eternity. 4) Also in the “production value” column is the fact that there were pauses of 8-12 seconds between chapters. I don’t blame the narrator, I blame editing. There were many many times when the narrator reads the same line twice in a row. Ok, so why the title and low ratings? 3) The “production value” of this is lacking. 1) Burroughs writing is amazingly descriptive, but we knew that 2) The narrator does a great job of making you think John Carter is in the room reading you his very own manuscripts.
#OLD BARSOOM FULL#
Experience adventures full of feats of daring and dazzling swordplay!įirst of all, I want to clarify some things. Yellow Men of Marsįollow John Carter as he travels through the desolate landscape of Mars. Enjoy these must-hear novels in a beautifully narrated audiobook. This infamous, well-written piece of literature by Burroughs has also been adapted by a number of writers in short stories, novels, films, and comics. Join John Carter as he finds himself on another planet beyond his deepest imagination - Mars, with almost a complete lack of resources.Įdgar Rice Burroughs' writings are inspired by a number of science-fiction writers and even some scientists who were dedicated to learning more about extraterrestrial life and ventures in space exploration. It will transport you to a fascinating new world unlike any other.
#OLD BARSOOM SERIES#
Barsoom Series Collection: 7 John Carter Stories is an audiobook collection of seven novels/stories of John Carter by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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