The Chessmen of Mars

About this book

SHEA had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by calling his attention to the nth time to that theory, propounded by certain scientists, which is based upon the assertion that phenomenal chess players are always found to be from the ranks of children under twelve, adults over seventy-two or the mentally defective - a theory that is lightly ignored upon those rare occasions that I win.

1. Thuvia, Maid of Mars 1920
2. The Chessmen of Mars 1922 This book
3. The Master Mind of Mars 1927
4. A Fighting Man of Mars 1930

Subjects

• american literature
• american science fiction
• barsoom
• barsoom (imaginary place), fiction
• carter, john (fictitious character), fiction
• classic literature
• dejah thoris (fictitious character)
• extraterrestrial beings
• fiction
• fiction, action & adventure
• fiction, classics
• fiction, science fiction, action & adventure
• fiction, science fiction, space opera
• historical fiction
• john carter (fictitious character)
• life on other planets
• mars (planet) -- fiction
• science fiction