THE OFFICIAL, DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO BARSOOM AND THE WORLD OF JOHN CARTER OF MARSFully Illustrated COME TO BARSOOM.
AND ENJOY THE WONDERS OF ERB'S MARSWhen Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) wrote Dejah Thoris, A Princess of Mars, in 1911, he had no idea that he was opening a new era in the science fiction field.
His account of fifteen-foot green men, eight-legged beasts, oviparous females, and swordswinging red men was an immediate success.
And the public clamored for more.
Over a period of thirty years, Burroughs wrote ten Martian tales.
the story of life and death, romance and tragedy on the Red Planet is undoubtedly one of the greatest series of all time.
Burroughs created a world of dead seabeds, towering mountains, polar ice caps, underground rivers .
he peopled the planet with four different human races and one semihuman.
He gave Mars a history, several phases of civilization and an assortment of religions.
He added dauntless heros, beautiful maidens, evil villains and fearful monsters?all the ingredients necessary for a series of thrilling adventures on any world Featuring over two dozen illustrations, including maps of the North and South Poles of Barsoom, as well as of the planet's Western and Eastern Hemispheres?AND IT'S ALL HERE IN THE ONLY OFFICIAL GUIDE TO BARSOOMCONTENTS: Introduction to the 2012 by Mike Resnick Introduction I ? A Brief History of Pre-Carter Barsoom II ? A Geography of Barsoom, Including a Gazetteer-Index and Hemispheric and Polar Maps of Its Surface III ? A Biography of Barsoom, Including a Dictionary of People, Past and Present, Whose Names Appear in the Barsoomian Sagas IV ? The Flora and Fauna of Barsoom, Including a Dictionary of Barsoomian Plants and Animals V Measurements ? on Barsoom?Linear, Time, Monetary?and a List of Barsoomian Numbers VI ? The Language, Religions, and Customs of Barsoom VII ? A General Barsoomian Glossary: Terms, Titles, Organizations, Games, Weapons, Buildings, Streets, Etc.
VIII ? Quotations, Proverbs, and Explet.
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