Books like John Carter's Chronicles of Mars

Whatever you do, do not read all three books one after the other without pause. I did and by the end had developed an overwhelming urge to punch a certain Virginian gentleman in the face.Yes, the writing is from a different time when attitudes were substantially different to what they are now. Yes, these novels are an early example of the sci-fi genre so we can expect them to be a bit formulaic.But after a while the whole "supremacy of man" schtick, (particularly white anglo-saxon man) gets a little bit tiresome. And it's made worse by the complete and utter lack of suspense. It becomes remarkably apparent very early on that Messr Carter and his friends are all but invulnerable while those who play the role of the villains will meet a messy, and terminal, end.