The Chessmen of Mars vs The warlord of Mars #3: Which Should You Read?

The Chessmen of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1922 ★★★★☆ 3.8 234 pages · ≈ 4 h 20 m · Challenging

“TARA of Helium rose from the pile of silks and soft furs upon which she had been reclining, stretched her lithe body languidly, and crossed toward the center of the room, where, above a large table a bronze disc depended from the low ceiling.”

SHEA had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by calling his attention to the nth time to…

The warlord of Mars #3 Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1914 ★★★★☆ 4.3 58 pages · ≈ 1 h 04 m · Challenging

“IN THE shadows of the forest that flanks the crimson plain by the side of the Lost Sea of Korus in the Valley Dor, beneath the hurtling moons of Mars, speeding their meteoric way close above the bosom of the dying planet, I crept stealthily along the trail of a shadowy form that hugged the darker places with a persistency that proclaimed the sinister nature of its errand.”

The Warlord of mars is the last book in the trilogy that Mr. Burroughs did not intend to write. The first book being: “The Princess of Mars” and the second being: “The God of Mars”. The book takes up 6 months after “The…