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    The Chessmen of Mars
    The Chessmen of Mars
    The Chessmen of Mars
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Chessmen of Mars

    Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs

    Narrated by John Bolen

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    Tara, Princess of Helium-beautiful, fiery-tempered, and impetuous-found that following a whim could be dangerous. Lost in her flier in the midst of a Martian tempest, she was at the mercy of the mad wind and could only pray to be set down unharmed. Her hope of survival in the ancient, mysterious region of Barsoom would have been small indeed had she known of the strange inhuman customs of its inhabitants: A chessboard manned by humans who must contest each square to the death. Heads without bodies, and bodies without heads. And meet Gahan of Gathol, a hero worthy of the immortal warlord's daughter.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 23, 2009
    ISBN9781400179251
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    Edgar Rice Burroughs

    American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950) worked many odd jobs before professionally writing. Burroughs did not start writing until he was in his late 30s while working at a pencil-sharpener wholesaler. But after following his call to writing, Burroughs created one of America's most enduring adventure heroes: Tarzan. Along with his novels about Tarzan, Burroughs wrote the notable Barsoom series, which follows the Mars adventurer John Carter.

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    • 4/5
      This fifth volume of the Barsoom series is very entertaining. Again some very original populations of Barsoom are introduced, and in this volume the fighting and killing is not so dominant as in some previous volumes. The story has Tara, daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris as the main character. There is enough tension and - as I said - the new peoples that are introduced are quite original. A good read!
    • 2/5
      Ok, so I said in my last review (Thuvia, Maid of Mars) That I thought either book 3 or 4 was about rescuing a slave, but I think I was wrong and it was actually this one.
      It starts out promising, (sort of) with Tara (John Carter's daughter) standing up for herself and saying that she does not want to be forced to marry someone she has not chosen, and before she wants to get married. However, instead of coming off like that, she came off spoiled and pouty, like she was being a silly girl throwing a temper tantrum and ruining off because she didn't get her own way. (Which of course means, since a woman has gone off on her own, she will inevitably need rescued /sigh) Needless to say we find and declare evil a new race, (who, actually I found interesting, despite a touch of their own slavery of kind, or perhaps not?) our main man lies about who is is, and WAM! That silly girl realizes she really does love him (and is written in a nice excuse to marry him and not her betrothed).
    • 5/5
      This story focuses on Tara, daughter of John Carter and Dehah Thoris, who is captured by the warriors of the city of Manatol, where they play living games of jetan or Martian chess, in which the living pieces fight to the death. These games are used as a form of social control --criminals may fight in the games, slaves, in theory, may win their freedom in them, nobles may command teams as a form of group duel.Tara is supposed to be a prize in one if these games, to be enjoyed by the entire team f criminals who wins her, but naturally this does not happen.The story includes an appendix with the rules for Martian chess, and I can recall making a set of pieces and playing it when young. To me, this is one of the more clever concepts in the Barsoom series.
    • 2/5
      John Carter's daughter gets kidnapped, a lot.Indifferent. There are some interesting weird creatures early in the book. But most of it's garbage, with only Burroughs' ridiculous prose style to give it any entertainment value.
    • 5/5
      Out of all the John Carter books I think I enjoyed this one the best.Burroughs introduced a couple pretty strange Barsoom creatures in this story, the Kaldanes, and the Rykors. Two separate creatures but dependent on one another.The story was kind of halloweenish in one regard with the horrible looking Kaldanes and other events that involve superstitious fear of the Manatarians.The story also has a philosophical aspect of maintaining a healthy balance between mind and body.