| The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Science Fiction Contributor(s): Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Author), Casil, Amy Sterling (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 159224887X ISBN-13: 9781592248872 Publisher: Borgo Press OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Tara, Princess of Helium, flies into one of Barsoom's fierce storms. But the Martian storm is only the beginning: hurled half a planet off course, she's threatened by grotesque flesh eating monsters and barbarous warriors. Is the mysterious Panthan warrior friend or foe? |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.44" W x 9.3" (1.28 lbs) 260 pages |
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| Publisher Description: #5 in Burroughs's Martian Barsoom series. Tara, Princess of Helium, John Carter's impetuous and headstrong daughter, flies into one of Barsoom's rare but fierce storm defying the elements. But the Martian storm is only the beginning: hurled half a planet off course, she's threatened by grotesque flesh eating monsters and barbarous warriors. Is the mysterious Panthan warrior friend or foe? As hero battles for maiden in a deadly game of living chess, the pieces are fighting men and the stakes are life and death |
Contributor Bio(s): Burroughs, Edgar Rice: - "Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres. Burroughs was in his late 60s and was in Honolulu at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Despite his age, he applied for and received permission to become a war correspondent, becoming one of the oldest U.S. war correspondents during World War II. This period of his life is mentioned in William Brinkley's bestselling novel Don't Go Near the Water."Casil, Amy Sterling: - Amy Sterling Casil is a 2002 Nebula Award nominee and recipient of other awards and recognition for her short science fiction and fantasy, which has appeared in publications ranging from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction to Zoetrope. She is the author of 28 nonfiction books, over a hundred short stories, three fiction and poetry collections, and three novels. Amy is a founding member and treasurer of Book View Cafe and former treasurer of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, and teaches writing and composition at Saddleback College. She is the founder of Chameleon Publishing. |