tailieunhanh - Synthetic Men of Mars

The moon had risen above the rim of the canyon near the headwaters of the Little Colorado. It bathed in soft light the willows that line the bank of the little mountain torrent and the cottonwood trees beneath which stood the tiny cabin where I had been camping for a few weeks in the White Mountains of Arizona. | feedboo is Synthetic Men of Mars Burroughs Edgar Rice Published 1939 Categorie s Fiction Science Fiction Source http 1 About Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs September 1 1875 - March 19 1950 was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan although he also produced works in many genres. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes 1912 A Princess of Mars 1912 John Carter and the Giant of Mars 1940 The Gods of Mars 1918 A Fighting Man of Mars 1930 The Master Mind of Mars 1927 Swords of Mars 1934 The Warlord of Mars 1918 The Chessmen of Mars 1922 Thuvia Maid of Mars 1920 Copyright This work is available for countries where copyright is Life 50 Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Chapter 1 WHERE IS RAS THAVAS From Phundahl at their western extremity east to Toonol the Great Toonolian Marshes stretch across the dying planet for eighteen hundred earth miles like some unclean venomous Gargantuan reptile an oozy marshland through which wind narrow watercourses connecting occasional bodies of open water little lakes the largest of which covers but a few acres. This monotony of marsh and jungle and water is occasionally broken by rocky islands themselves usually clothed in jungle verdure the skeletal remains of an ancient mountain range. Little is known of the Great Toonolian Marshes in other portions of Barsoom for this inhospitable region is peopled by fierce beasts and terrifying reptiles by remnants of savage aboriginal tribes long isolated and is guarded at either extremity by the unfriendly kingdoms of Phundahl and Toonol which discourage intercourse with other nations and are constantly warring upon one another. Upon an island near Toonol Ras Thavas The Master Mind of Mars had labored in his laboratory for nearly a thousand years until Vobis Kan Jeddak of Toonol turned against him and .