- Classic Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science fiction
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…
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Unpretentious, cool, classical in form and epic.
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- First published
- 1922
- Pages
- 234
- Publisher
- Bibliotech Press, IndyPublish.com, eBooksLib
- Editions
- 313
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9781594568541
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- Classic Literature
- Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Science fiction
- Barsoom
- Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure
- Barsoom (imaginary place), fiction
- Carter, john (fictitious character), fiction
- American Science fiction
- Extraterrestrial beings
- John Carter (Fictitious character)
- Dejah Thoris (Fictitious character)
“TARA of Helium rose from the pile of silks and soft furs upon which she had been reclining, stretched her lithe body languidly, and crossed toward the center of the room, where, above a large table a bronze disc depended from the low ceiling.”
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a businessman. During the Chicago influenza epidemic in 1891, he spent half a year on his brothers' ranch on the Raft River in Idaho. He attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and then the Michigan Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1895. He failed the entrance exam for West Point, and so became an enlisted soldier with the 7th U.S. Cavalry in Fort Grant, Arizona Territory. He was discharged in 1897, having been found ineligible for service due to a heart problem. He drifted, working odd jobs at ranches across Idaho, then came to work at his father's firm in 1899. He married Emma Centennia Hulbert in 19
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