The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Year's Best SF 17

I've mostly been reading books in the Sword of Truth series and I may or may not make a long post about that, but I also read these two. I'm intrigued enough that I really do want to finish the Edgar Rice Burroughs series eventually. As for the science fiction anthology, which was something I checked out in a hurry to have for reading in hotels while out of town for work, it was tolerable, but not good enough to make me want to pick up more anthologies like this. However, I was impressed with Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Judith Moffett, Madeline Ashby, and Pat MacEwen.