A Princess of Mars

Like the movie John Carter, dislike the movie, love it, hate it, the book A Princess of Mars has stood the test of time as a seminal pulp adventure tale, one that, along with its sequels, has influenced adventure stories for the past century, including Star Wars and Star Trek, and has almost singlehandedly influenced the super hero genre.
It's one drawback is Burroughs' decision to tell the tale in the first-person narrative, which for some people makes this book annoying.
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It’s one of those books everyone should read. The story has all the twists and turns one would want. The style is straightforward. It certainly helped define a genre for modem readers. I enjoyed it much more than I expected.

This edition omits the framing preface signed byERB that sets up the narrative. It also has several typos. OTOH it is free, but one expects better of the Oxford Text Archive.
On a separate note. What a travesty was the 2014 movie-ization--painful to watch for someone (me) who has read the work probably 30 times. As thpugh the movie writers felt they could write better than Burroughs, who could seripusly outdo them in his sleep. Michael Chabon this means you.