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Forty-three million miles from the earth--a succession of the weirdest and most astounding adventures in fiction. John Carter, American, finds himself on the planet Mars, battling for a beautiful woman, with the Green Men of Mars, terrible creatures fifteen feet high, mounted on horses like dragons.
'...however, that this thought did not occur to me until the following day removes any possible right to a claim to heroism to which the narration of this episode might possibly otherwise entitle me.
I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later. My mind is evidently so constituted that I am subconsciously forced into the path of duty without recourse to tiresome mental processes. However that may be, I have never regretted that cowardice is not optional with me.
In this instance I was, of course, positive that Powell was the center of attraction, but whether I thought or acted first I do not know, but within an instant from the moment the scene broke upon my view I had whipped out my revolvers and was charging down upon the entire army of warriors, shooting...'
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; CHAPTER; I On the Arizona Hills; II The Escape of the Dead; III 11y Advent on Mars; IV A Prisoner; V I Elude My Watch Dog; VI A Fight That Won Frinds; VII Child-Raising on Mars; VI II A Fair Captive from the Sky; IX I Learn the Language; X ChamDion and Chief; XI With Dejah Thoris; XII A Prisoner with Power; XIII Love-Making on Mars; XIV A Duel to the Death; XV Sola Tells Me Her Story; XVI We Plan Escape; XVII A Costly Recapture; XVIII Chained in Warhoon; XIX Battling
Biographie de l'auteur :
'...however, that this thought did not occur to me until the following day removes any possible right to a claim to heroism to which the narration of this episode might possibly otherwise entitle me.
I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later. My mind is evidently so constituted that I am subconsciously forced into the path of duty without recourse to tiresome mental processes. However that may be, I have never regretted that cowardice is not optional with me.
In this instance I was, of course, positive that Powell was the center of attraction, but whether I thought or acted first I do not know, but within an instant from the moment the scene broke upon my view I had whipped out my revolvers and was charging down upon the entire army of warriors, shooting...'
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; CHAPTER; I On the Arizona Hills; II The Escape of the Dead; III 11y Advent on Mars; IV A Prisoner; V I Elude My Watch Dog; VI A Fight That Won Frinds; VII Child-Raising on Mars; VI II A Fair Captive from the Sky; IX I Learn the Language; X ChamDion and Chief; XI With Dejah Thoris; XII A Prisoner with Power; XIII Love-Making on Mars; XIV A Duel to the Death; XV Sola Tells Me Her Story; XVI We Plan Escape; XVII A Costly Recapture; XVIII Chained in Warhoon; XIX Battling
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American writer best known for creating Tarzan and John Carter. He wrote science fiction, fantasy, adventure, westerns, and others. His work influenced so many people, it would be impossible to name them all, but the list includes James Cameron, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Michael Crichton, Carl Sagan, George Lucas, Jack Vance, and others.
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- ÉditeurKessinger Publishing Co
- Date d'édition2004
- ISBN 10 1419102893
- ISBN 13 9781419102899
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages164
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