The Swordsman of Mars

Name: The Swordsman of Mars
Brand: Oasis Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Otis Adelbert Kline
ISBN: 9781645551102

Author: Otis Adelbert Kline

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Paperback Classics

Published: 06/30/2020

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

In Swordsman of Mars, Harry Thorne, outcast scion of a wealthy East Coast family, seeks the greatest adventure of his life. He exchanges bodies with his look-alike, Martian Sheb Takkor, and is transported millions of years into the past to a Mars peopled with mighty warriors, beautiful women, and fearsome beasts. Sheb Takkor, a great swordsman in his own right, must fight his way across the deserts and jungles of ancient Mars to save the lovely Princess Thane and to defeat his arch-enemy Sel Han -- or die trying!

About The Author

Otis Adelbert Kline (July 1, 1891 – October 24, 1946) born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was a songwriter[1], an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandy

A few weeks back, I had some words to say about a book that was supposedly a major inspiration for Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars series, particularly the first two of the 11: "A Princess of Mars" (1912) and "The Gods of Mars" (1913). The book was Edwin L. Arnold's "Gulliver of Mars" (190......more

Goodreads review by Charles

The first in Otis Adelbert Kline's two book Martian series. Sword and Planet like Burroughs, but not as imaginative, I thought. Still, good reading. I have two versions of this, the old Ace edtion and a facsimile edition from James Van Hise.......more

Goodreads review by Leothefox

Ah, there's nothing like a good unapologetic planetary romance. I read the ACE edition, which invites comparison between Otis Adelbert Kline and Edgar Rice Burroughs. On reading the book, I can see why Kline was considered serious competition for Burroughs. “The Swordsman of Mars” is more than a Ba......more