White Christians in his time and before his time used Christianity to justify their "owning" of black slaves. I think this is an especially important theme because John Carter is a confederate soldier. Gods of Mars also examines how religion is used to justify the demeaning and degradation of others. Gods of Mars examines how so many different cultures believe their religion or faith is the "right" faith without deeply exploring and examining it or what else exists in the world. This is science fiction at its best, an out of this world story to examine very real world issues. It's so improbable and ridiculous, but you end up loving it because the boys are back in town and they're about to kick some ass.Īs fun as this novel is it also does a great examination of religion. Every few chapters or so John Carter finds himself in a dangerous situation, turns around and is surprised to find one of his old friends from the last novel there just in time to help him save the day. This book feels like the song The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy. The entire book is basically John Carter's journey to reunite with his Princess / Wife / Baby Mama Deja and it is so glorious. He's landed in what many Barsoomians imagine to be heaven, but it's more like a hell on Mars. John Carter finds himself returned to Barsoom (Mars) at the beginning of this novel. However, a couple of chapters in I knew I would love this book. While I enjoyed the first novel in this series, Princess of Mars, it didn't blow me away and I expected more of the same from The Gods of Mars.
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