Book 5 in the Barsoom series, The Chessmen of Mars shifts to Tara. and had a great influence on many important writers. A game of Martian chess using live people as the pieces in a battle of mortal combat. A master of the pulp-fiction world which was so popular during the early 20th century, his work was lapped up by magazines like Argosy, The All-Story, etc. Besides sci-fi, he wrote historical and romantic fiction, westerns and jungle adventures. playing a deadly game of Martian chess for possession of the princess of Helium. In the Chessmen of Mars, the daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, restless and proud, sets out at night for adventure. death in an arena while partaking in a modified version of Jetan, a popular Barsoomian board game that resembles Chess. They fall into the hands of another set of monsters whose native sport is a game resembling chess, which is played in an arena using live creatures!Įdgar Rice Burroughs is best known for his Tarzan series, but few know that he was a multi-talented writer who penned books spanning several genres. More stories followed after this one in the Barsoom series but with one. Together with one of the Kaldanes who proves to be different from his fellows, they escape only to get into an even more hazardous situation. Jetan, or Martian Chess Barsoom (1922) essay by Edgar Rice Burroughs 11 The Chessmen of Mars Barsoom 5 (1922) novel by Edgar Rice. Prince Gahan, who is actually a heroic superman in his own kingdom, but prefers to keep it a secret, arrives in time to help her. However, when her vehicle breaks down in a lonely part of Barsoom and she is attacked by the ferocious Kaldanes, it takes all her wits to survive the encounter. Here, John Carter's daughter Tara meets Prince Gahan of the Gathol kingdom, but takes an instant dislike to the young and fashionable man, feeling that he is just a shallow youth. The Chessmen of Mars is the fifth book in the Barsoom set, written in 1921 and published in serial form in Argosy magazine over the period of a year. love with Llana of Gathols image as a Jetan (Martian Chess) piece is a little extreme. In the novel, gambling is at the heart of Jetan. Set in the “dying planet” Mars, the ten books in the series portray an Earthman, John Carter and his astral journey to the Red Planet, his marriage with a native princess and his descendants. John Carter, however, is pretty clearly not a Barsoomian somehow. Thus the pieces now represent these ancient extinct races of Barsoom. If you are looking for new, secondhand or out-of-print books then AbeBooks UK may be able to help.Īlternatively, you can search and order through you're a sci-fi fan, then you've probably heard of Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous Barsoom series of science fiction fantasy novels. The chiefs of Manator play for great stakes, but the most closely fought contest in the huge arena was that in which the prize was Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of the Warlord of Mars – a prisoner and slave in Manator. The chiefs of Manator play with living pieces – criminals, slaves, or warriors eager for fame – and the opposing chessmen duel to the death for possession of their squares. The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American wrtier Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. The Martians call it jetan, and it is as old as the civilisation of Barsoom.īut in the Martian city of Manator jetan is no game. without thinking of Tara of Helium and what befell her among the chessmen of Barsoom. There is a game on Mars similar to chess – very similar, save that it is played on a board of a hundred squares, and with ornate pieces. We have a game on Mars similar to chess, he said, very similar. also in 1922.įirst issued by New English Library in 1973. The Chessmen of Mars, a Barsoom novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.įirst published as a serial in Argosy All-Story Weekly magazine in 1922 and as a complete novel by A.C.
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