Posts Tagged ‘Fantasy’
Wednesday Words: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
May 2, 2012 | 
Author “I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later. My mind is evidently so constituted that I am subconsciously forced into the path of duty without recourse to tiresome mental processes. however that may be, I have never regretted that cowardice is not optional with me. ”
“Fear is a relative term and so I can only measure my feelings at that time by what I had experienced in previous positions of danger and by those that I have passed through since; but I can say without shame that if the sensations I endured during the next few minutes were fear, then may God help the coward, for cowardice is of a surety its own punishment. ”
“Few western wonders are more inspiring than the beauties of an Arizona moonlit landscape; the silvered mountains in the distance, the strange lights and shadows upon hog back and arroyo, and the grotesque details of the stiff, yet beautiful cacti form a picture at once enchanting and inspiring; as though one were catching for the first time a glimpse of some dead and forgotten world, so different is it from the aspect of any other spot upon our earth. ”
-A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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John Carter Books-to-Movie Intro
Novel Reaction is excited to be once again doing the Books-to-Movie Challenge. This month we are going to be reading and watching John Carter by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Originally published as a serial novel in 1912, A Princess of Mars is the first book in the Barsoom series. There are eleven books in the series with the last one being published in 1943. The books are all public domain, meaning there are no rights retained by the author’s estate, so you can get the first book free here.
In the spring of 1866, John Carter, a former Confederate captain prospecting for gold in the Arizona hills, slips into a cave and is overcome by mysterious vapors. He awakes to find himself naked, alone, and forty-eight million miles from Earth—a castaway on the dying planet Mars. Taken prisoner by the Tharks, a fierce nomadic tribe of sixlimbed, olive-green giants, he wins respect as a cunning and able warrior, who by grace of Mars’s weak gravity possesses the agility of a superman. He also wins the heart of fellow-prisoner Dejah Thoris, the alluring, red-skinned Princess of Helium, whose people he swears to defend against their grasping and ancient enemy, the city-state of Zodanga.John Carter first appeared in 1912 in the pages of The All-Story magazine and immediately entered the dream-life of American readers young and old. He was Edgar Rice Burroughs’s favorite among his many creations and remains a favorite of lovers of science fiction and fantasy everywhere. On the occasion of John Carter’s centenary, The Library of America invites readers to rediscover A Princess of Mars, the adventure-pulp classic that gave the world its first great interplanetary romance.
We are watching the 2012 version of the film starring Taylor Kitsch as John Carter, Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris and William Defoe as Tars Tarkas. The film also stars Mark Strong as Matai Shang, I have to admit that Mark Strong is one of my favorite villain actor, he was fabulous in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and The Green Latern (2011).
So pull up a book, a bucket of popcorn and let the fun begin!
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Review
A mysterious circus appears in the middle of the night and as patrons are invited in they notice the entire circus is black and white. In The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Celia and Marco are the masterminds behind the circus. In a battle of wits Celia and Marco are slowly falling in love while unbeknownst to them they are fighting in a deadly game under the instruction of their magician teachers. Each person in the circus is a pawn as well and slowly Celia and Marco are growing weary of this game. Will Marco and Celia be able to bear the burden of the circus?
I really enjoyed The Night Circus. I think I enjoyed it so much due to listening to it as an audio. I’m not sure I would have liked it as well if I would have read it myself. The narrator is the same as the Harry Potter novels so he brings you to England, Scotland, and even Germany with his many accents. The story is a bit descriptive and it does jump around in narration. The characters are a fun group and with such a unique setting Erin is able to create a fun atmosphere. There is some language so readers to be aware. All in all I would recommend listening to this book.
You can read an excerpt here.
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Title: The Night Circus
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Format: Audiobook
Page #’s: 387
ISBN: 0385534639
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: September 13th 2011
Available for Purchase: Amazon
Reviewer: Megan
The Host by Stephanie Meyers Trailer
While I am not a Twilight fan, I am a huge fan of The Host (I felt like Stephanie Meyers showed she could actually write in it) and the first teaser trailer has been released. Novel Reaction will be doing a Books-to-Movie Challenge on this film when it is finally released in 2013, until then enjoy this teaser of what is to come.
- A Night Like This by Julia Quinn Review
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