Stories of Mars
$49.63
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
12 July 2022
Summary
John Carter, veteran of the American Civil War, finds himself transported from Arizona to Mars when hiding from attackers in a secret cave. The inhabitants greet him, referring to the planet as Barsoom, and Carter finds that he has superhuman strength and agility due to the different gravity of this new world.
After joining the nomadic tribe of green, six-limbed Martians called Tharks, he rises through the ranks and earns the respect and friendship of one of the chiefs. Until, that is…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473234826 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473234824 |
| Author: | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 12 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 40mm |
| Series: | Golden Age Masterworks |
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About The Author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a prolific American author of the ‘pulp’ era. The son of a Civil War veteran, he saw brief military service with the 7th U.S. Cavalry before he was diagnosed with a heart problem and discharged. After working for five years in his father’s business, Burroughs left for a string of disparate and short-lived jobs, and was working as a pencil sharpener wholesaler when he decided to try his hand at writing. He found almost instant success when his story ‘Under the Moons of Mars’ was serialised in ALL-STORY MAGAZINE in 1912, earning him the then-princely sum of $400.
Burroughs went on to have tremendous success as a writer, his wide-ranging imagination taking in other planets (John Carter of Mars and Carson of Venus), a hollow earth (Pellucidar), a lost world, westerns, historicals and adventure stories. Although he wrote in many genres, Burroughs is best known for his creation of the archetypal jungle hero, Tarzan. Edgar Rice Burroughs died in 1950.
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