The cover page is adapted from The Master Mind of Mars, a painting completed in 1928 by J. Allen St. John. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Allen_St._Johnwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Master Mind of Mars
章节(15)
- A Letter 0:00
- I: The House of the Dead 6:49
- II: Preferment 30:24
- III: Valla Dia 48:41
- IV: The Compact 1:19:06
- V: Danger 1:45:24
- VI: Suspicions 2:03:30
- VII: Escape 2:27:35
- VIII: Hands Up! 2:47:28
- IX: The Palace of Mu Tel 3:11:54
- X: Phundahl 3:42:36
- XI: Xaxa 4:05:40
- XII: The Great Tur 4:34:49
- XIII: Back to Thavas 4:58:15
- XIV: John Carter 5:21:51
The Master Mind of Mars is the sixth installment in the Martian series. It was published as a novel by A. C. McClurg in March, 1928, after being serialized in the magazine Amazing Stories Annual in 1927.
Ulysses Paxton, the first Earthman to follow the trail to Mars blazed by John Carter, becomes an apprentice of the brilliant, arrogant, and utterly amoral Ras Thavas, dealer of youth and beauty to the elites of Mars—until Paxton, driven by disgust with his master, rebels to seek the woman he loves.
Besides the usual swashbuckling adventure typical of the Mars books, Burroughs continues exploring the themes of mind and body introduced in The Chessmen of Mars. He also satirizes religious fundamentalism, which reputedly made it more difficult to find a publisher for this book.