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When I heard that a Disney film had been made based on this first book, `A Princess of Mars', I just knew I had to see it. I could not put the book down and immediately followed it by reading the rest of the series. I fell in love with Dejah Thoris and was blown away by the magnificent descriptions of the fight scenes. I casually started reading it and was soon completely immersed in the adventures of John Carter. At the time I was very much into `The Eagle' comic, featuring the intrepid `Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'.

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I read this book and my mind was taken back six decades, when as a twelve-year-old boy I found it and others in the `Barsoom' series in a chest full of old books that belonged to my grandfather. I felt the steel tear into my chest and all went black before me. Sarkoja, her face livid with baffled rage, whipped out her dagger and aimed a terrific blow at Dejah Thoris-and Zad was once more advancing on me with reddened blade. Then I knew what had blinded me at that crucial moment, and how Sarkoja had found a way to kill me without herself delivering the final thrust!

Standing on her chariot with Sola and Sarkoja, my beloved Dejah Thoris turned on Sarkoja with the fury of a tigress and struck something that flashed in the sunlight from her upraised hand. It caught me in the left shoulder but as my vision cleared a sight met my astonished gaze that almost made me forget the fight. The green warrior decided to close in and end the battle just as he rushed me, a blinding light struck full in my eyes, so that I could not see Zad's approach and could only leap blindly to one side to avoid his mighty blade. And between them and rescue lay a thousand miles of deadly enemies and unknown dangers. With him was Dejah Thoris, lovely Princess of Helium.

Suddenly projected to Mars, John Carter found himself captive of the savage green men of Thark.