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Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars (Classic Reprint) by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars (Classic Reprint) written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chessmen of Mars None other, my son, he replied, taking my hand in one of his and placing the other upon my shoulder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades in its original form. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades in its original form. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1921 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Held captive by grotesque bodiless heads, Princess Tara of Helium was rescued by a warrior who dared not reveal his name.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A freak storm on Mars throws Tara, Princess of Helium and beautiful daughter of John Carter, wildly off course after she embarks on an imprudent flight. Gahan, Jed of Gathol, her new admirer, takes off in pursuit and they soon find themselves in a land of bodies without heads and heads without bodies. In Chessmen of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs once again whirls the reader into an entertaining maelstrom of breakneck action. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars - The Original Classic Edition by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars - The Original Classic Edition written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Tebbo. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burroughs' Best Martian Tale - Conventional wisdom has it that the first three books of Burroughs' Martian series, 'A Princess of Mars, ' 'The Gods of Mars, ' and 'The Warlord of Mars' form an excellent trilogy and all the rest of the Martian tales are quite poorly done in comparison. You will disagree. Here are two examples as to why 'Chessmen' is Burroughs' best work in this series. [1] You can hardly conceive of a more ghastly creature than a spider-being who lives as a parasite on headless human bodies, but that is a perfect description of Ghek the Kaldane, one of the central figures of the book. Burroughs takes this repulsive monstrosity and makes him such a loveable character that you cannot help but like him. [2] Burroughs not only wrote a good yarn, he wrapped his tale around a striking boardgame that he had invented--jetan, or Martian chess. It's no real trick to invent a chess variant. There are thousands of them, and most of them are rubbish. What is so singular about jetan is that it is a good chess variant. I read 'Chessmen' as a child, and after reading it, the first thing I had to do was make a jetan set and play the game. I whiled away several enjoyable hours with the game. John Gollon, a noted authority on chess variants, had a similar experience when he was writing 'Chess Variations.' He thought he'd include a chapter on jetan for some comic relief, so he made a jetan set and played a few games. He found jetan 'quite good--very playable and interesting.' He then pronounced jetan 'not a mere novelty, but ... a respectable game.' These two singular achievments (Ghek and jetan) are not the only details that make 'Chessmen' so enjoyable. Gahan of Gathol (aka Turan the Panthan) makes for a satisfying hero, and Tara of Helium fills the bill quite nicely for a damsel in distress. The heros are noble, the villians are wicked, the cause is just, and the action is nonstop. Great escapist reading.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars (Annotated) by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars (Annotated) written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel American wrtier Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars - Large Print Edition by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars - Large Print Edition written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The is the Large Print Edition presented in easy to read 16 point type In the fifth Barsoom adventure, Tara, the daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris takes center stage. Tara meets Gahan of Gathol, but she's not impressed. When Tara is stranded in an unfamiliar part of Barsoom and captured, Gahan sets out to rescue her. When he saves her, she doesn't recognize him as the prince she'd met earlier, so he introduces himself as a warrior named Turan. He's fallen for her, and is hoping to win her hand. Things take a turn for the worse when they end up in a game of Jetan (similar to chess) where living people take the place of the pieces in a battle to the death!
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-27 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars Illustrated by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars Illustrated written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921, and the finished story was first published in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial in the issues for February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1922. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in November 1922.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars (Illustrated Edition) by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars (Illustrated Edition) written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921, and the finished story was first published in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial in the issues for February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1922. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in November 1922.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars (Barsoom #5) by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars (Barsoom #5) written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Barsoom series continues: A princess is taken prisoner by aliens and forced to play a deadly game in this classic sci-fi fantasy novel. The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January 1921, and the finished story was first published in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial in the issues for February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18, and 25, 1922. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in November 1922. In this novel, Burroughs focuses on a younger member of the family established by John Carter and Dejah Thoris, protagonists of the first three books in the series. The heroine this time is their daughter Tara, princess of Helium, whose hand is sought by the gallant Gahan, Jed (prince) of Gathol. Both Helium and Gathol are prominent Barsoomian city-states. Tara meets Prince Gahan of Gathol, and is initially unimpressed, viewing him as something of a popinjay. Later she takes her flier into a storm and loses control of the craft, and the storm carries her to an unfamiliar region of Barsoom. After landing and fleeing from a pack of ferocious Banths (Martian lions), she is captured by the horrific Kaldanes, who resemble large heads with small, crab-like legs. The Kaldanes have bred a symbiotic race of headless human-like creatures called Rykors, which they can attach themselves to and ride like a horse. The Kaldanes imprison Tara, intending to fatten her up, then eat her. While imprisoned, Tara manages to win over one of the Kaldanes, Ghek, with her lovely singing voice. Gahan, who has fallen in love with Tara, sets out to find her, only to find himself caught up in the same storm, and he falls overboard while attempting to rescue one of his crew. He stumbles upon Bantoom, the realm of the Kaldanes, and manages to rescue Tara, and together with Ghek, they flee in Tara's crippled flier. Tara doesn't recognize Gahan as the prince she met earlier, as he is worn from his ordeals and no longer dressed in his fancy clothes. In light of her earlier reaction to him, Gahan decides to keep his identity secret and identifies himself instead as a Pathan (warrior) called Turan. The three of them manage to reach the isolated city of Manator. Gahan ventures into the city seeking food and water, but is tricked and taken prisoner by the inhabitants. Tara and Ghek are also captured. In Manator, captives are forced to a fight to the death in the arena, in a modified version of Jetan, a popular Barsoomian board game resembling Chess; the living version uses people as the game pieces on a life-sized board, with each taking of a piece being a duel to the death.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-03-23T22:39:07Z with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chessmen of Mars, the fifth installment in the Martian series, was originally serialized in six parts in Argosy All-Story Weekly before being published as a novel in 1922. It introduces Tara, Princess of Helium, the headstrong daughter of John Carter, the Warlord of Mars. Just like the rest of the novels in the series, this one is packed with imaginative characters and locations. In true Barsoomian fashion, Burroughs regales us with an action-packed adventure: planet-shaking storms, daring swordfights, horrific dungeons, complex alien cultures, and wild escapes. While the story may be considered a standard pulp adventure, it also introduces a bit of philosophy by exploring the connection between the mind and the body. Of special note is Jetan, or Martian chess, which holds a central place in the storyline. Burroughs includes an appendix so that interested readers may play the game themselves. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by 谷月社. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shea had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by calling his attention for the nth time to that theory, propounded by certain scientists, which is based upon the assertion that phenomenal chess players are always found to be from the ranks of children under twelve, adults over seventy-two or the mentally defective—a theory that is lightly ignored upon those rare occasions that I win. Shea had gone to bed and I should have followed suit, for we are always in the saddle here before sunrise; but instead I sat there before the chess table in the library, idly blowing smoke at the dishonored head of my defeated king. While thus profitably employed I heard the east door of the living-room open and someone enter. I thought it was Shea returning to speak with me on some matter of tomorrow's work; but when I raised my eyes to the doorway that connects the two rooms I saw framed there the figure of a bronzed giant, his otherwise naked body trapped with a jewel-encrusted harness from which there hung at one side an ornate short-sword and at the other a pistol of strange pattern. The black hair, the steel-gray eyes, brave and smiling, the noble features—I recognized them at once, and leaping to my feet I advanced with outstretched hand. "John Carter!" I cried. "You?"...
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Anam MANSOOR
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Anam MANSOOR and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-12 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921, and the finished story was first published in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial in the issues for February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1922. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in November 1922.
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fifth Barsoom adventure, Tara, the daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris takes center stage. Tara meets Gahan of Gathol, but she's not impressed. When Tara is stranded in an unfamiliar part of Barsoom and captured, Gahan sets out to rescue her. When he saves her, she doesn't recognize him as the prince she'd met earlier, so he introduces himself as a warrior named Turan. He's fallen for her, and is hoping to win her hand. Things take a turn for the worse when they end up in a game of Jetan (similar to chess) where living people take the place of the pieces in a battle to the death!
Book Synopsis The Chessmen of Mars by : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1979-04-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impetuous and headstrong, Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter, defies the elements by flying into a rare, fierce Martian storm. Hurtled half a planet from her home she is threatened by grotesque, flesh eating monsters and barbarous warriors.
