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Down towards the lowest sea bottoms other ruins mark the tragic trail that that ancient civilization had followed in pursuit of the receding waters of its ocean to where the last city finally succumbed, bereft of commerce, shorn of power, to fall at last an easy victim to the marauding hordes of fierce, green tribesmen, whose descendants now are the sole rulers of many of these deserted sea bottoms. Even in their ruins there is a grandeur and magnificence that still have power to awe a modern man. Upon the edges of plateaus that once had marked the shore-line of a noble continent I passed above the lonely monuments of that ancient prosperity, the sad, deserted cities of old Barsoom. However, I set it roughly at a point about thirty degrees south latitude, thirty-five degrees east longitude, as I believed that Jahar lay somewhere to the south-west of that point.įlying at high speed I had long since left behind the cultivated areas near Helium and was crossing above a desolate and deserted waste of ochre moss that clothed the dead sea bottoms where once rolled a mighty ocean bearing upon its bosom the shipping of a happy and prosperous people, now but a half-forgotten memory in the legends of Barsoom. In the adventure upon which I had embarked the destination control compass was of little value to me, since I did not know the exact location of Jahar. Let me quote a three-paragraph passage from A Fighting Man of Mars. We're given the known and the unknown, together, in the right degree of balance.
#Burroughs barsoom series
Emblematic of the series is that image of flight into mystery.Īnd yet it's not a blank mystery. " The thin air of dying Mars" - that's what is cleaved by the prow of your flier as you rise from the ground in search of adventure. In fact, the most vital issue remains to be addressed. Zendexor : Plenty remains to be said, I assure you. Stid : So much has already been written about them, that I question our ability to add anything useful to the sum of critiques.