Gulliver of Mars (Large Print Edition) by Edwin L. Arnold

от 558. Gulliver of Mars (Dodo Press). Edwin Lester Linden Arnold. Work from the English author considered of great import от 1262. Thrill to the fantasy of Edwin Lester Arnold. Эта книга будет изготовлена в соответствии с Вашим зак. т 1538. LibRing - система поиска книг в интернет-магазинах.

Original Title: Lieut. I Wish I were in the planet mars!" How can I describe what followed those luckless words? Even as I spokethe magic carpet quivered responsively under my feet, and an undulationwent all round the fringe as though a sudden wind were shaking it. Ithumped up in the middle so abruptly that I came down sitting with ashock that numbed me for the moment. It threw me on my back andbillowed up round me as though I were in the trough of a stormy se. uicker than I can write it lapped a corner over and rolled me in itsfolds like a chrysalis in a cocoon.

Gulliver gets to Mars, and while that may seem exciting, about 30% of the book is over-describing what he sees (which, in the land of Seth, is not that much different than Earth) as well as waiting about because the people of Seth are, well, lazy. This is supposed to be the book that directed Edgar Rice Burroughs to place his hero John Carter on Mars. But in this case our hero doesn't measure up to Carter in any sense. However, Arnolds other book, Phra the Phonecian does meet Carters requirements.

Gulliver of Mars By Edwin L. Arnold. Mars! oh, dreadful, tremendous, unexpected! With a cry of affright, and bringing my fist down on the table till all the cups upon it leapt, I told him he lied-lied like a simpleton whose astronomy was as rotten as his wit- smote the table and scowled at him for a spell, then turned away and let my chin fall upon my breast and my hands upon my. Anyway, the book is a rolicking adventure with crisply drawn characters and situations.

Author: Edwin Lester Linden Arnold; Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction; Price: Free. Original Title: Lieut.

Edwin Lester Linden Arnold (14 May 1857 – 1 March 1935) was an English author. Most of his works were issued under his working name of Edwin Lester Arnold. Arnold was born in Swanscombe, Kent, as son of Sir Edwin Arnold. Most of his childhood was spent in India, but he returned to England to study agriculture and ornithology.

Chapter one of Gulliver of Mars. This is a librivox recording. All librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer please visit librivox. Recording by James Christopher, jameschrisophero. Gulliver of Mars, by Edwin L. The moon was up as far as the church steeples; large vapoury clouds scudding across the sky between us and her, and a strong, gusty wind, laden with big raindrops snarled angrily round corners and sighed in the parapets like strange voices talking about things not of human interest. It made no difference to me, of course.