{"product_id":"9780615687315","title":"A Guide to Barsoom","description":"THE OFFICIAL, DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO BARSOOM AND THE WORLD OF JOHN CARTER OF MARS\u003cp\u003e**Fully Illustrated**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOME TO BARSOOM... AND ENJOY THE WONDERS OF ERB'S MARS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) wrote \"Dejah Thoris, A Princess of Mars,\" in 1911, he had no idea that he was opening a new era in the science fiction field. His account of fifteen-foot green men, eight-legged beasts, oviparous females, and swordswinging red men was an immediate success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the public clamored for more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver a period of thirty years, Burroughs wrote ten Martian tales... the story of life and death, romance and tragedy on the Red Planet is undoubtedly one of the greatest series of all time. Burroughs created a world of dead seabeds, towering mountains, polar ice caps, underground rivers ... he peopled the planet with four different human races and one semihuman. He gave Mars a history, several phases of civilization and an assortment of religions. He added dauntless heros, beautiful maidens, evil villains and fearful monsters?all the ingredients necessary for a series of thrilling adventures on any world!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing over two dozen illustrations, including maps of the North and South Poles of Barsoom, as well as of the planet's Western and Eastern Hemispheres\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e?AND IT'S ALL HERE IN THE ONLY OFFICIAL GUIDE TO BARSOOM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the 2012 by Mike Resnick\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eI ? A Brief History of Pre-Carter Barsoom\u003cbr\u003eII ? A Geography of Barsoom, Including a Gazetteer-Index and Hemispheric and Polar Maps of Its Surface\u003cbr\u003eIII ? A Biography of Barsoom, Including a Dictionary of People, Past and Present, Whose Names Appear in the Barsoomian Sagas\u003cbr\u003eIV ? The Flora and Fauna of Barsoom, Including a Dictionary of Barsoomian Plants and Animals\u003cbr\u003eV Measurements ? on Barsoom?Linear, Time, Monetary?and a List of Barsoomian Numbers\u003cbr\u003eVI ? The Language, Religions, and Customs of Barsoom\u003cbr\u003eVII ? A General Barsoomian Glossary: Terms, Titles, Organizations, Games, Weapons, Buildings, Streets, Etc.\u003cbr\u003eVIII ? Quotations, Proverbs, and Expletives?From the Rich Heritage of Barsoom and the Pen of John Carter\u003cbr\u003eIX ? Barsoomian Science and Invention\u003cbr\u003eX Through ? Space to Barsoom?\u003cbr\u003eXI ? \"Edgar Rice Burroughs\": A Brief Biographical Sketch\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments and Sources\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eILLUSTRATIONS:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Avenue of Quays in Aaanthor\u003cbr\u003ePlant Men\u003cbr\u003eThe Atmosphere Plant\u003cbr\u003eThe Zitidar (above) and the Thoat (below)\u003cbr\u003eMaps of the North and South Poles of Barsoom, as well as of the planet's Western and Eastern Hemispheres\u003cbr\u003eA Green Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Game of Yano\u003cbr\u003eA Calot (Barsoomian Watchdog) and His Red Man Master\u003cbr\u003eAn Orovar Helmet\u003cbr\u003eA Jetan Piece: Thoat\u003cbr\u003eA Jetan Piece: Warrior, or Than\u003cbr\u003eThe Banth, or Barsoomian Lion\u003cbr\u003eMan-Flowers\u003cbr\u003eArtists Conception of the Barsoomian Table of Linear Measurement\u003cbr\u003eTwo Barsoomian Watches and a Barsoomian Clock\u003cbr\u003eA Sith and Its Unidentified Victim\u003cbr\u003eA White Ape\u003cbr\u003eThe Palace of Peace in Ptarth\u003cbr\u003eA Torch of Horz\u003cbr\u003eThe Pit of Plenty in Kadabra\u003cbr\u003eThe Ulsio, Martian Rat\u003cbr\u003eA Calot Tree\u003cbr\u003eAn Apt vs. a Red Man\u003cbr\u003eA Conventional Ground Flier\u003cbr\u003eA Flier of Okar and Panar\u003cbr\u003eThe Pedestal of Truth in the Temple of Reward of Greater Helium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon't get stuck in the Valley of Lost Souls -- Learn your way around Barsoom today!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ReAnimus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027016794352,"sku":"9780615687315","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615687315_p0.jpg?v=1763599673","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615687315","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}