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Barsoom

Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs. The first Barsoom tale was serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in pulp magazine The All-Story from February to July 1912 and published compiled as a novel as A Princess of Mars in 1917. It features John Carter, a late-19th-century…

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Author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Country
USA
Language
English
No. of books
11
Published
1912–1948, 1964

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Barsoom

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Edges225
Triples525
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Comic books · 122
Barsoom → ABC Magazine, Africa, Alan Moore, Along, Amazon, American Mythology Productions, Amtor, Apes, April, August, Barbarella, Barbarella/Dejah Thoris, Burroughs' Pellucidar, Carson, Carson Napier, Carter, Caspak, Culbard, Czechoslovakia, Dark Horse Comics
related to Martians · 42
Barsoom → Also, Burroughs' Martian, Carter, Carter's, Carthoris, Dejah Thoris, Fighting Man, Gahan, Gathol, Green Martian, Helium, Jed, Jeddak, John Carter, John Carter's, Lesser Helium, Like, Llana, Maid, Mars
related to Earthmen · 28
Barsoom → After, American Civil, American Indians, Barsoomian, Burroughs, Captain John Carter, Carter, Confederate, Dejah Thoris, Earthman, First World War, He, Hudson, In, John Carter, Mars, Martian, New York, On Mars, Paxton
related to Previous Mars fiction · 27
Barsoom → Across, Another Mars, Auf Zwei Planeten, Burroughs, Burroughs' Barsoom, Earth, Egyptian, Ellsworth Douglas's Pharaoh's Broker, Gustavus, It, Kurd Lasswitz, Lowell, Mars, Martian, Martians, Mr, Other, Percival Lowell, Percy Greg, Popes's Journey
related to Form · 24
Barsoom → Amazing Stories, Fighting Man, Gathol, Giant, John Carter, Jupiter, Llana, Maid, Mars, Martian, Most, Princess, Skeleton Men, Swords, Synthetic Men, Tan Hadron, The Chessmen, The Gods, The Master Mind, The Warlord
related to Environment · 22
Barsoom → Abandoned, Barsoom's, Barsoomian, Barsoomians, Burroughs, During, Earthlike, English, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Great Toonolian Marshes, Korus, Living, Lost Sea, Lowell, Mars, Martian, Once, Percival Lowell, Schiaparelli, The
related to Public figures · 21
Barsoom → Arthur, Author Edmund Morris, Burroughs, Carl Sagan, Clarke, Cornell University, Dutch, For, Jane Goodall, Mars, Memoir, Michael Crichton, Notable, Princess, Reagan's, Ronald Reagan, Sagan, Sagan's, Scientist Carl Sagan, Terry Wilcutt
related to Character focus · 18
Barsoom → Carthoris, Dejah Thoris, Dejah Thoris's, Gathol, Helium, John Carter, John Carter's, Llana, Maid, Mars, Princess, Tara, Tara's, The Chessmen, The Gods, The Warlord, Three, Thuvia
related to Excessive intellectualism · 18
Barsoom → Carthoris, Gahan, Gathol, Helium, Lotharians, Maid, Mars, One, Rykor, Tara, The, The Chessmen, The Kaldanes, The Lotharians, They, Thuvia, While Burroughs, White Martian
related to Series · 18
Barsoom → Amazing Stories, Burroughs, Collectively, Edgar Rice Burroughs, February, Gathol, John Carter, Jupiter, Llana, Mars, Martian Series, Moons, Princess, Skeleton Men, The, The All-Story, The Gods, Under

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mars john carter martians martian burroughs series first princess planet published dejah novel novels thoris men books stories also warlord

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BarsoomAuthorEdgar Rice Burroughs1.00infobox
BarsoomCountryUSA1.00infobox
BarsoomLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
BarsoomNo. of books111.00infobox
BarsoomPublished1912–1948, 19641.00infobox
Barsoomis afictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs0.90text
telepathic abilitiesinstance ofsupernatural elements0.80text
and civilizations similar to Earth in pre-technological erasinstance ofsupernatural elements0.80text
particularly with the inclusion of dynastic or religious social structuresinstance ofsupernatural elements0.80text
the architectureinstance ofand cowardice are deprecated.Typically the novels include descriptions of aspects of the Martian world0.80text
and the presence of desolate landscapes punctuated by abandoned citiesinstance ofand cowardice are deprecated.Typically the novels include descriptions of aspects of the Martian world0.80text
technological achievementsinstance ofand cowardice are deprecated.Typically the novels include descriptions of aspects of the Martian world0.80text

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