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CM00-39 - The Chessmen of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs.txt
General Information
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Title: The Chessmen of Mars
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Read By: Unknown
Copyright: 1922
Audiobook Copyright: 1922
Genre: Sci-Fi
Series Name: John Carter of Mars
Position in Series: 05
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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ISBN: 1404343598
Media: Tape
Number of MP3s: 39
Length each: 10-15min
Source: USENET
Condition: Used
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 39
Total Duration: 9:HRS20:MIN
Total MP3 Size: 192.44
Parity Archive: Y
Ripped With: SoundForge
Encoded With: LAME 3.93
Encoded At: CBR 48 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
Normalize: Peak Normalization
Noise Reduction: Sound Forge Noise gate
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1
Comments:
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Chessmen of Mars
In this fifth installment of Burroughs' Mars series, Tara, Princess of Helium,
battles strange creatures in her effort to return to Kansas, or rather, Helium,
after a vicious storm blows her into a strange new country. John Bolen gives each
character in the intricate extraterrestrial thriller an accent from some country on Earth.
But so strongly does he perform these that dialogue is often lost to human ears.
His shrill, simpering female characters, admittedly few, all sound the same.
These problems, combined with mispronounced words and oddly accented phrases,
detract from the great story
Fifth book in the series of eleven, Chessmen of Mars paints three main charaters:
Tara (daughter of John Carter of Mars), Gahan (Jed of Gathol, disguised as Turan the panthan),
and Ghek the Kaldane (a man-like creature). It was written in 1922, but in 1996 a
Kaldane action figure along with other Mars, Pellucidor and Tarzan action figures
came on the market assocated with Tarzan, the Epic Adventures, etc. I enjoyed the
character of Ghek the Kaldane so much during my college years that I have used it as
my nickname and handle in the modem world since 1981. Storyline: Carried away in
a great storm, Tara is lost on mars with but a slim dagger to guard herself...
only to fall into the hands of the strange Kaldanes who happen to consider human
flesh a delicacy (when nicely fattened up, of course). Also visited is Manator,
where the dead are preserved as lifelike statues and where Jetan (martian chess -
rules for play are included in the book) is played with living warriors contesting
for possion of a square when a move is made. George Lucas admits that 1/3 of the
inspiration for Star Wars came from the Books of ERB, especially the Mars series
and in Robert A. Heinleins's "The Glory Road", Oscar, the main character wished
several times for the hurtling moons of (ERB's) mars...read for yourself the books
that inspired them. Love, romance, adventure, action and strange cultures are all
waiting for you
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