The Chessmen of Mars
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Cover: The Planet Mars, 3 September 1877 (1881-82), lithograph by �tienne L�opold Trouvelot (1827-1895) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1895)
The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921, and the finished story was first published in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial in the issues for February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1922. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in November 1922.
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Table of contents
- 1: Tara in a Tantrum
- 2: At the Gale's Mercy
- 3: The Headless Humans
- 4: Captured
- 5: The Perfect Brain
- 6: In the Toils of Horror
- 7: A Repellent Sight
- 8: Close Work
- 9: Adrift Over Strange Regions
- 10: Entrapped
- 11: The Choice of Tara
- 12: Ghek Plays Pranks
- 13: A Desperate Deed
- 14: At Ghek's Command
- 15: The Old Man of the Pits
- 16: Another Change of Name
- 17: A Play to the Death
- 18: A Task for Loyalty
- 19: The Menace of the Dead
- 20: The Charge of Cowardice
- 21: A Risk for Love
- 22: At the Moment of Marriage