Though he carried with him the loot of the ages, who in The Pass-that legalized city of vice and corruption-would dare risk his neck to help Russell, the Hard Luck Man of the Swamps?
Among the universe's civilizations, some conceive of the journey between stars as the sailing of bright ships, and others as tunneling through the crevices of night.
Collected here in this oversized omnibus edition are seven novels of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: ''A Princess of Mars,'' ''Gods Of Mars,'' ''Warlords of Mars,'' ''Thuvia, Maid of Mars,'' ''The Chessmen of Mars,'' ''The Master Mind of Mars,'' and ''A Fighting Man of Mars.
Being trapped in the steaming h-l of Venus is no excuse for forgetting one's manners-but anyone abducted, marooned, tricked, kept from tea might well crack under the strain!
A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay combines fantasy, philosophy, and science fiction in an exploration of the nature of good and evil and their relationship with existence.