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| Gods of Mars, The |
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THE GODS OF MARS Edgar Rice Burroughs FOREWORD Twelve years had passed since I had laid the body of my great-uncle, Captain John Carter, of Virginia, away from the sight of men in that strange mausoleum in the old cemetery at Richmond. Often had I pondered on the odd instructions he had left me governing the construction of his mighty tomb, and especially those parts which directed that he be laid in an OPEN casket and that the ponderous mechanism which controlled the bolts of the vault's huge door be accessible ONLY FROM THE INSIDE. Twelve years had passed since I had read the remarkable manuscript of this remarkable man; this man who remembered no childhood and who could not even offer a vague guess as to his age; who was always young and yet who had dandled my grandfather's great-grandfather upon his knee; this man who had spent ten years upon the planet |
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Reviewer: Thomas Covenant - 12/14/2006 6:19Subject: Drivin' Crazy! O.K. The first thing I want to say is that the reader does a good job overall, he seems to have an understanding for the language and rythym of the work. However, I may be a stickler for the English language but this person does not know how to pronounce the word escape and he is driving me crazy! The word escape is pronounced as it is spelled E−S−C−A−P−E, not E−X−C−A−P−E...putting the x in the word not only sounds ghetto, it also slows down the overall meter. And to top it off it is used like 50 times in the first 5 chapters! Not cool JD. |
Reviewer: J M Fahey - 11/16/2007 11:41Subject: Excellent Job C´mon Thomas:You must be kidding!! JD made an excellent job, an incredible display of patience and goodwill for all of us to enjoy but you *have* to "find" a "problem"? Don´t be ridiculous !! Why don´t *you* read and post 10 hours (or more) worth of literature for us to enjoy? Thanks JD, keep up with the good work. |
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Reviewer: CasualListener - 11/9/2008 17:48 Subject: after a low start, it goes up to professional story telling. I must say I was quite disappointed at first: the reader starts with an uncertain reading pace, often stumbling and pausing when it's not opportune. Of course that happens, but none of those initial mistakes had been edited out for the final listener. Anyway, with my great surprise and delight, after the first 6−7 chapters the precarious reading style becomes steady and very well paced, all the stumbles gone or otherwise edited out. Then after some more reading it improves further, introducing all those features which are only common to professional and seasoned readers such as: character voices, circumstantial pacing and voicing(tuning the pace and the voice to suit a sudden gush of action in the story for example), and a great passion which binds and enraptures the reader to the story. That's awesome! Well done JD. As for the story itself it's far better than the first chapter of the series(a princess of mars). Definitely a must listen for those who started this series: four stars. |
Reviewer: Kaare Christiansen - 12/11/2008 19:47Subject: More adventure, less scifi As a sequel to "a princess of Mars", this story seems quite different. Rather than focusing on the scifi aspects, this story is more of a classic adventure, that happens to be set on Mars. To me, it didn't work quite as well as the first story, but it is still a good work. The reading is fine, although improving with the chapters, as someone else mentioned. Don't give up on the first chapter, both story and reading improves! |
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Reviewer: Beldapriest - 5/15/2009 18:23 Subject: Great story; Great reader. Kaor! I feel the love. A few mispronounced words but enough passion to more than make up for it. I love these stories and appreciate the read. Well done, i'm ready for the next one. JD obviously a hopeless romantic. Oh yes, it shows. |
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