Llana of Gathol (Mars #10) - Softcover

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345235878 ISBN 13: 9780345235879

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1973

Synopsis

Llana of Gathol is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the tenth of his famous Barsoom series. It consists of four stories that were originally published in Amazing Stories. It is the penultimate book in the Barsoom series and the last to be published during Burroughs's lifetime.

The stories in Llana of Gathol have a somewhat more humorous tone than earlier entries of the Barsoom series, and this book is considered to be an example of Edgar Rice Burroughs engaging in self-parody late in his career.

Stories:
"The Ancient Dead", originally "The City of Mummies"
"The Black Pirates of Barsoom", originally "Black Pirates of Barsoom"
"Escape on Mars", originally "Yellow Men of Mars"
"Invisible Men of Mars"

source: Wikipedia
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About this title

About the Author

Edgar Rice Burroughs fame stems from the creation of Tarzan and the Barsoom science fiction series. He was born on September 1, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois, and entered military service in 1895. Two years later, he was diagnosed with a heart problem and was discharged. He drifted from job to job and in 1911, he found work selling pencil sharpeners. Because he had plenty of free time during this period, he started reading pulp fiction magazines. He thought that if people were getting paid for writing such rot, then he could write stories which were just as rotten. After seven years of being paid low wages he began writing his own fiction. The first Tarzan and John Carter stories were published in 1912.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345235878
• ISBN 13: 9780345235879
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256