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Loading... The outlaws of Mars (Ace D-531) (edition 1961)by Otis Adelbert Kline
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A very good follow up to The Swordsman of Mars. Here Richard Morgan, the brilliant scientist who initiated the events of that great novel, has figured out how to send his falsely disgraced soldier nephew Jerry Morgan bodily to Mars. Not an exchange of minds like before. Jerry Morgan lands straight in the middle of misunderstandings, political intrigue and lots of deadly action. This novel moves fast but very logically. The fighting is fierce and the women while very beautiful are far from demure, de-clawed and dumb. The supporting cast is wonderful if not fully as fleshed out as could be. This is a very fun planetary romance read no reviews | add a review
Jerry Morgan, a man with no future on Earth, is offered a new life on Mars. He starts out on the wrong foot, meeting a princess and killing the fearsome-looking Martian beast he takes to be menacing her, which actually turns out to be her pet. From there Morgan becomes entangled in the politics of the Byzantine Martian royal court, spurns the advances of a would-be lover, escapes his hosts and role as an expendable political pawn. Various adventures follow, with dazzling swordplay, feats of strength, and other trials, tribulations and treacheries. Kline's Mars has multiple parallel canals, surrounded by walls and terraces, and the construction of the canals by Martian machines is described. The story has a race-war element that may jar the modern reader. Jerry Morgan, a man with no future on Earth, is offered a new life on Mars. He starts out on the wrong foot, meeting a princess and killing the fearsome-looking Martian beast he takes to be menacing her, which actually turns out to be her pet. From there Morgan becomes entangled in the politics of the Byzantine Martian royal court, spurns the advances of a would-be lover, escapes his hosts and role as an expendable political pawn. Various adventures follow, with dazzling swordplay, feats of strength, and other trials, tribulations and treacheries. No library descriptions found. |
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I read a 1961 Ace paperback edition. It shows the original publication was 1933. ( )