tailieunhanh - The Chessmen of Mars

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 | feedboo is The Chessmen of Mars Burroughs Edgar Rice Published 1922 Categorie s Fiction Action Adventure 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 Thuvia Maid of Mars 1920 Synthetic Men of Mars 1939 Copyright This work is available for countries where copyright is Life 50 or in the USA published before 1923 . Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 PRELUDE - John Carter Comes to Earth 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 to 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 livingroom 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 .

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• Edgar Rice Burroughs
• hero Tarzan
• Synthetic Men of Mars
• A Princess of Mars
• the Master Mind of Mars
• Science Fiction
• Tarzan of the Apes
• A Fighting Man of Mars
• The Gods of Mars
• Swords of Mars
• The Warlord of Mars
• The Chessmen of Mars
• Maid of Mars
• the Master Mind of Marshero Tarzan
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