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The Chessmen of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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The Chessmen of Mars is a science fiction novel by the mental sword- and physical pen- wielding author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It the fifth installment of his Barsoom series. The Chessmen of Mars is a tale of wonder and excellence that follows John Carter and Dejah Thoris, along with their daughter Tara, princess of Helium, as she is sought after by Gahan, Jed of Gathol. Adventure and peril ensue as the story unfolds.
The Chessmen of Mars is a science fiction novel by the mental sword- and physical pen- wielding author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It the fifth installment of his Barsoom series. The Chessmen of Mars is a tale of wonder and excellence that follows John Carter and Dejah Thoris, along with their daughter Tara, princess of Helium, as she is sought after by Gahan, Jed of Gathol. Adventure and peril ensue as the story unfolds.
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"What is that noise that you are making?" it asked.
"I was but humming an air," she replied.
"'Humming an air,'" he repeated. "I do not know what you mean; but do it again, I like it."
This time she sang the words, while her companion listened intently. His face gave no indication of what was passing in that strange head. It was as devoid of expression as that of a spider. It reminded her of a spider. When she had finished he turned toward her again.
"That was different," he said. "I liked that better, even, than the other. How do you do it?"
"Why," she said, "it is singing. Do you not know what song is?"
"No," he replied. "Tell me how you do it."
"It is difficult to explain," she told him, "since any explanation of it presupposes some knowledge of melody and of music, while your very question i. . . Read More
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Just when I convinced myself that Burroughs' Mars series would decend into formulaic pulp, he pulls out some new tricks that make this fifth entry memorable, proving that the well of playful imagination that made the saga such a success was far from dry.
In the last story, we followed John Carter's s
Years after Thuvia, Maid of Mars, John Carter and Dejah Thoris have had a daughter, Tara the Princess of Helium. Like her mother, Tara is beautiful, and she is to be wed Djor Kantos, son of Kantos Kan, one of John's friends. But then the kind but naïve Gahan of Gathol comes to a party for Tara and i
I really enjoy the large cast of main characters that ERB weaves into his series. someone who was a 2nd string player in a book can be the main hero 2 books later. It makes for a nice changing and growing family of characters the drive the series along. Very recommended
I really have to say... Burroughs is consistently surprising me.
I particularly like how he's moving away from the whole Earthling god on Mars bit and focusing on Carter's kids. His daughter is a real firecracker, but only in the older sense of a noble's kid who is taught everything from her doting f
One of my two favorite Barsoom books outside of the initial trilogy. (The other being A Fighting Man of Mars.) Again it's in third person, allowing for different points of view. This time, though, we get a proper John Carter prologue/intro explaining how ERB obtained the manuscript. Very similar to
3.5 to 4 stars – I will round up here to an official 4 star rating.
Another classic sci-fi tale that brings forth black and white images from early sci-fi films of bold, muscular heroes, space-damsels in distress, and bizarre/grotesque alien creatures. When the space craft are flying, you might even
Depending on my mood, this is either my favorite or second favorite of the Barsoom books. As with my other favorite, 'A Fighting Man of Mars', the hero of the story isn't that veritable demigod Virginian, John Carter, but a native Martian - in this case Gahan the Jed (or King) of Gathol - a small bu
"The Chessmen of Mars," Edgar Rice Burroughs' 5th John Carter novel out of 11, first appeared in serial form in the magazine "Argosy All Story Weekly" from February to April 1922. It is easily the best of the Carter lot to this point; the most detailed, the most imaginative, and the best written. Ca