the gods of mars

... Tarzan of the Apes (1912) • A Princess of Mars (1912) • John Carter and the Giant of Mars (1940) • A Fighting Man of Mars (1930) • The Master Mind of Mars (1927) • Swords of Mars (1934) • The Warlord ... surface of the coin. The card might represent the section of the wall that turned and the silver dollar the section of the floor. Both were so nicely fitted into the adjacent portions of the floor ... for the source or meaning of the wail. And indeed the latter proved to be the truth, for this strange growth upon the crani- ums of the plant men of Barsoom represents the thousand ears of these 10 attack...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 14:20

... bars of the cage smacked against the cement wall of the pit, John Carter's arms shot out with the quickness of a striking snake. His fingers closed in a grip of steel about the ankle of the ... necks. They sat at a table where they had been eating, and the food was still before them. They had been the prisoners, the slaves of the rulers of the long-dead city. The dry, motionless air combined ... and lowered them so that the cage tops were a little below the surface of the ground inside the pit. Then he refastened the ropes and stood for some time on the brink looking down on the helpless...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 14:20

... of Mars, with Dejah Thoris, his mate, led in the dancing, and if there was another couple that vied with them in possession of the silent admiration of the guests it was the resplendent Jed of ... replied another of those upon the roof of the palace, "for it will not be long from the moment her cables part be- fore her crew dons the leather of the dead; but yet, Tanus, I believe they will ... into the water on either side of marble steps. A glass dome let in the sun-light, which flooded the interior, glancing from the polished white of the marble walls and the procession of bathers...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 14:20

... of the Apes (1912) • A Princess of Mars (1912) • John Carter and the Giant of Mars (1940) • The Gods of Mars (1918) • A Fighting Man of Mars (1930) • The Master Mind of Mars (1927) • Swords of ... companion when the lesser thern had quoted the words of Thurid and scoffed at them: "And what think you of the ridicu- lous matter of the light? Let the light shine with the intensity of three ... up the center of the stream, which was much narrower than the Iss. As they came nearer I heard the voices of Thurid and the Father of Therns raised in argument. "I tell you, Thern," the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 14:20

... On the ground in front of him the ants were still swarming. Hun- dreds of them were coming from the ant hill and were flying off. There were thousands of them. Eventually, in the recesses of ... was doing the shouting. The sphere was finished, done for. It was out of the fight, rolling down the vast hill of the sky, it would smash on the planet below. They were following it. There was ... attention to the conversation. But all the time they were stealing glances at the ship. With half their minds, they seemed to be listening to what was being said. But the other half of their minds...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... reposed the bodies of the ape and the man, each of which possessed half the brain of the other. Here I was forced to leave Valla Dia for the time, that I might hasten to the office and perform the ... wastes of interplanetary space. There was an instant of extreme cold and utter darkness, then—But the rest is in the manuscript that, with the aid of one greater than either of us, I have found the ... the minutest detail the nerve or tissue structure of the body. I learned also the secret of the few drops of solution which, added to the rewarmed blood before it is re- turned to the veins of...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 14:20

... DEPARTMENTS One of £10; two of £5; two of £2 10s.; ten of £1; fifteen of 10s.; thirty of 5s. GIRLS' DEPARTMENTS One of £5; two of £2; eight of £1; fifteen of 10s.; thirty of 5s. The following ... Bancroft, for instance, writing of the Maya races of the Pacific, tells us that "before planting the seed they held a festival in honour of their gods, Ekchuah, Chac, and Hobnil, who were their ... solemnize it, they all went to the plantation of one of their number, where they sacrificed a dog having a spot on its skin the colour of cacao. They burned incense to their idols, after which they gave...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 15:20

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:49

... first dead of the two… . The most dramatic of the fifty appearances was certainly that of the wasp that visited the British Museum about midday, dropping out of the blue serene upon one of the innumerable ... altogether, through the park and vil- lages and then along the green glades of the Hickleybrow preserves. The trees were all dusted with the green spangles of high spring, the hedges were full of ... at the bar and drinking his hot gin and water, with one eye roving over the things at the back of the bar and the other fixed on the Absolute, missed the psychological moment. “I thuppothe there...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... On the ground in front of him the ants were still swarming. Hun- dreds of them were coming from the ant hill and were flying off. There were thousands of them. Eventually, in the recesses of ... had gone and the cold had come. He could see Sarkoff's body lying beside one of the drivers. The two other men were across the room. A door to the stern compartment was there. They were crumpled ... setting up a device of some kind. Others of their species had joined them until there were possibly thirty or forty present. Through the the gaping hole in the hull, still others could be seen...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 14:20