![]() The relevant aspect of this book was the invention, and presentation in great detail, of a chess variant, Martian Chess or Jetan.ī u rroughs introduced the game, Jetan, right in the introduction (but goes into greater detail later in the book and in the appendix) : It was published in book form the following year. 25, M arch 4, March 11, March 18 and March 25 of 1921. T he Chessmen of Mars was a 6-part story published in the pulp-fiction magazine, Argosy on Feb. The first was an article called, " Is There Chess on Mars?" by Taylor Kingston and the second was an e-text of the book itself. Serendipitously, I ran across two distinct references to this book in as many days. The Chessmen of Mars, the fifth title in the series, is the reason for this essay. ![]() This series includes the following titles : It's this series, called the Barsoom Series that concerns us at the moment. Most remembered for his Tarzan tales, his John Carter stories weren't far behind. ![]() It's only fitting that the planet named for him would develop the most war-like variation of the Chess, the game of war.Įdgar Rice Burroughs was an extremely prolific and popular author in the fantasy genre. ![]()
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