The Chessmen of Mars (version 3): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Chessmen of Mars (version 3), credited to Edgar Rice Burroughs, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Chessmen of Mars (version 3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Read in English by Mark Nelson In the fifth book in the Barsoom series, Tara of Helium, daughter of John Carter, becomes lost in an unknown area of Mars when her single-seat flier is caught in a rare Martian hurricane. She is first captured by the bizarre and hideous Kaldanes, then the brutal Manatorians, where she is the prize in a tournament of Martian chess, jetan, that is played by live game pieces, and to the death! (Summary by Mark Nelson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Chessmen of Mars (version 3)
• Author credits: Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 9:16:17

Catalogue topics

• science fiction
• edgar rice burroughs
• barsoom
• classic sci-fi

Track guide

1. 00 - Prelude - John Carter Comes to Earth — 6:17
2. 01 - Tara in a Tantrum — 24:21
3. 02 - At the Gale's Mercy — 24:19
4. 03 - The Headless Humans — 27:44
5. 04 - Captured — 28:14
6. 05 - The Perfect Brain — 23:13
7. 06 - In the Toils of Horror — 29:11
8. 07 - A Repellant Sight — 26:35
9. 08 - Close Work — 23:25
10. 09 - Adrift Over Strange Regions — 25:57
11. 10 - Entrapped — 23:12
12. 11 - The Choice of Tara — 25:04
13. 12 - Ghek Plays Pranks — 22:20
14. 13 - A Desperate Deed — 26:04
15. 14 - At Ghek's Command — 25:23
16. 15 - The Old Man of the Pits — 23:58
17. 16 - Another Change of Name — 24:44
18. 17 - A Play to the Death — 23:20
19. 18 - A Task for Loyalty — 26:29
20. 19 - The Menace of the Dead — 20:50
21. 20 - The Charge of Cowardice — 25:12
22. 21 - A Risk for Love — 22:06
23. 22 - At the Moment of Marriage — 28:19

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