Mars Attacks: War Dogs of the Golden Horde (a Del Rey Book)

Murill, Ray W.

ISBN 10: 0345404963 / ISBN 13: 9780345404961

Published by Ballantine Books May 1996, New York, 1996

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Sci-fi terror and delight. Bright crisp collectible HB 1st. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2, 281 pp, 2 plastic trading cards bound-in. Hardback in black/black boards, in glossy color-illus jacket.

Seller Inventory # 40597

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mars Attacks: War Dogs of the Golden Horde (a Del Rey Book)
• Publisher: Ballantine Books May 1996, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345404963
• ISBN 13: 9780345404961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition, 1st printing.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Criticism

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Synopsis

BANNED IN BROOKLYN
In 1962, at the height of the cold war, the Brooklyn-based Topps Chewing Gum Company released a set of trading cards that combined a classic, H.G. Wells-style alien invasion with the graphic atrocities of war. The result were the legendary Mars Attacks cards, and the reaction was immediate.
National uproar: Deemed too gruesome for innocent young minds, the cards were quickly suppressed.
But even as they disappeared from the market, their cult status grew. . . and grew. Finally, in 1995, Topps re-released the set, adding new--and equally gruesome--cards. The invasion began anew, leading to comic books, novels, a major motion picture deal (with Tim Burton directing), and other insidious means by which the Martian wave would spread across the land.
In War Dogs of the Golden Horde, the mayhem escalates to a global scale. Martian armies invade Mongolia--only to discover that the descendants of Genghis Khan are as fierce and warlike as the legendary conqueror. The merciless will win the day. The question is, who is more savage: Mongol or Martian?

From the Back Cover

OOKLYN
In 1962, at the height of the cold war, the Brooklyn-based Topps Chewing Gum Company released a set of trading cards that combined a classic, H.G. Wells-style alien invasion with the graphic atrocities of war. The result were the legendary Mars Attacks cards, and the reaction was immediate.
National uproar: Deemed too gruesome for innocent young minds, the cards were quickly suppressed.
But even as they disappeared from the market, their cult status grew. . . and grew. Finally, in 1995, Topps re-released the set, adding new--and equally gruesome--cards. The invasion began anew, leading to comic books, novels, a major motion picture deal (with Tim Burton directing), and other insidious means by which the Martian wave would spread across the land.
In War Dogs of the Golden Horde, the mayhem escalates to a global scale. Martian armies invade Mongolia--only to discover that the descendants of Genghis Khan are as fierce and warlike as the legendary conqueror. The merciless wi