The Chessmen of Mars

The Chessmen of Mars
dust-jacket of The Chessmen of Mars
AuthorEdgar Rice Burroughs
LanguageEnglish
SeriesBarsoom
GenreScience fantasy
PublisherA. C. McClurg
Publication date
1922
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages375
Preceded byThuvia, Maid of Mars 
Followed byThe Master Mind of Mars 

The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921, and the finished story was first published in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial in the issues for February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1922. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in November 1922.


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