Bill Hillman's Volume 078 ERB ORBS The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Martian stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs have been called, and rightly, the greatest sustained pieces of imaginative fiction in literary history. In Barsoom ERB created an entire culture with a history going back thousands of years, and peopled this planet with a large number of strange races and equally strange fauna and flora.

This glossary first appeared, in much abbreviated form, as an appendix to THUVIA, MAID OF MARS, in 1920. I have greatly expanded it, including a number of terms not found in the earlier version, as well as enlarging it to cover the many terms introduced in the eight stories written since the glossary was first published. The finished product is a compilation which will, I feel be useful to the advanced Burroughs reader and the new ERB fans as well.

I have combined the four short stories which make up LLANA OF GATHOL, but have not done so for the two in JOHN CARTER OF MARS, as there is no direct connection between them. After each entry I have inserted in parentheses the abbreviation of the story in which the term is first introduced. The stories, with their abbreviations, and dates of writing, are as follows: I have combined the four short stories which make up LLANA OF GATHOL, but have not done so for the two in JOHN CARTER OF MARS, as there is no direct connection between them.
                                                                                                ---J. G. H.

[Editor's Note: Each of the following titles is linked to our cover gallery where the book's art is displayed - the reader might also be interested in visiting the ERB LifeLine where events surrounding the writing of these books are chronicled]

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A PRINCESS OF MARS (PM) -- 1911

CHAPTER TITLES
Foreword // 1. On the Arizona Hills // 2. The Escape of the Dead // 3. My Advent on Mars // 4. A Prisoner // 5. I Elude My Watch Dog // 6. A Fight That Won Friends // 7. Child-Raising on Mars // 8. A Fair Captive from the Sky // 9. I Learn the Language // 10. Champion and Chief // 11. With Dejah Thoris // 12. A Prisoner with Power // 13. Love-Making on Mars // 14. A Duel to the Death // 15. Sola Tells Me Her Story // 16. We Plan Escape // 17. A Costly Recapture // 18. Chained in Warhoon // 19. Battling in the Arena // 20. In the Atmosphere Factory // 21. An Air Scout for Zodanga // 22. I Find Dejah // 23. Lost in the Sky // 24. Tars Tarkas Finds a Friend // 25. The Looting of Zodanga // 26. Through Carnage to Joy // 27. From Joy to Death // 28. At the Arizona Cave
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      THE GODS OF MARS (GM) -- 1912

CHAPTER TITLES
Foreword // 1. The Plant Men // 2. A Forest Battle // 3. The Chamber of Mystery // 4. Thuvia // 5. Corridors of Peril // 6. The Black Pirates of Barsoom // 7. A Fair Goddess // 8. The Depths of Omean // 9. Issus, Goddess of Life Eternal // 10. The Prison Isle of Shador // 11. When Hell Broke Loose // 12. Doomed to Die // 13. A Break for Liberty // 14. The Eyes in the Dark // 15. Flight and Pursuit // 16. Under Arrest // 17. The Death Sentence // 18. Sola's Story // 19. Black Despair // 20. The Air Battle // 21. Through Flood and Flame // 22. Victory and Defeat
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THE WARLORD OF MARS (WM) -- 1913

CHAPTER  TITLES
1. On the River Iss // 2. Under the Mountains // 3. The Temple of the Sun // 4. The Secret Tower // 5. On the Kaolian Road // 6. A Hero in Kaol // 7. New Allies // 8. Through the Carrion Caves // 9. With the Yellow Men // 10. In Durance // 11. The Pit of Plenty // 12. "Follow the Rope!" // 13. The Magnet Switch // 14. The Tide of Battle // 15. Rewards // 16. The New Ruler
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THUVIA, MAID OF MARS (TMM) -- 1914

CHAPTER  TITLES
Carthoris and Thuvia // Slavery // Teachery // A Green Man's Captive // The Fair Race // The Jeddak of Lothar // The Phantom Bowmen // The Hall of Doom // The Battle in the Plain // Kar Komak, the Bowman // Green Men and White Apes // To Save Dusar // Turjun, the Panthan // Kulan Tith's Sacrifice
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THE CHESSMEN OF MARS (CM) -- 1921

CHAPTER  TITLES
Prelude: John Carter Comes To Earth // 1. Tara In A Tantrum // 2. At the Gale's Mercy // 3. The Headless Humans // 4. Captured // 5. The Perfect Brain // 6. In the Toils of Horror // 7. A Repellent Sight // 8. Close Work // 9. Adrift Over Strange Regions // 10. Entrapped // 11. The Choice of Tara // 12. Ghek Plays Pranks // 13. A Desperate Deed // 14. At Ghek's Command // 15. The Old Man of the Pits // 16. Another Change of Name // 17. A Play to the Death // 18. A Task for Loyalty // 19. The Menace of the Dead // 20. The Charge of Cowardice // 21. A Risk for Love // 22. At the Moment of Marriage // Jetan, or Martian Chess
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THE MASTER MIND OF MARS (MMM) -- 1925

CHAPTER  TITLES
A Letter // 1. The House of the Dead // 2. Preferment // 3. Valla Dia // 4. The Compact // 5. Danger // 6. Suspicions // 7. Escape // 8. Hands Up! // 9. The Palace of Mu Tel // 10. Phundahl // 11. Xaxa // 12. The Great Tur // 13. Back to Thavas // 14. John Carter

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A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS (FMM) -- 1929

CHAPTER  TITLES
Foreword // 1. Sanoma Tora // 2. Brought Down // 3. Cornered // 4. Tavia // 5. To the Pits // 6. Sentenced to Die // 7. The Death // 8. The Spider of Ghasta // 9. Phor Tak of Jhama // 10. The Flying Death // 11. "Let the Fire Be Hot!" // 12. The Cloak of Invisibility // 13. Tul Axtar's Women // 14. The Cannibals of U-Gor // 15. The Battle of Jahar // 16. Despair // 17. I Find a Princess

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SWORDS OF MARS (SM) -- 1933

CHAPTER  TITLES
Prologue // 1. Rapas the Ulsio // 2. Fal Sivas // 3. Trapped // 4. Death by Night // 5. The Brain // 6. The Ship // 7. The Face in the Doorway // 8. Suspicion // 9. On the Balcony // 10. Jat Or // 11. In the House of Gar Nal // 12. "We Must Both Die!" // 13. Pursued // 14. On to Thuria // 15. Thuria // 16. Invisible Foes // 17. The Cat-Man // 18. Condemned to Death // 19. Ozara // 20. We Attempt Escape // 21. In the Tower of Diamonds // 22. In the Dark Cell // 23. The Secret Door // 24. Back to Barsoom

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SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS (SMM) -- 1938

CHAPTER  TITLES
1. Where is Ras Thavas? // 2. The Mission of the Warlord // 3. The Invincible Warriors // 4. The Secret of the Marshes // 5. The Judgement of the Jeds // 6. Ras Thavas, Master Mind of Mars // 7. The Vats of Life // 8. The Red Assassin // 9. Man Into Hormad // 10. I Find Janai // 11. War of the Seven Jeds // 12. Warrior's Reward // 13. John Carter Disappears // 14. When the Monster Grows // 15. I Find My  Master // 16. The Jeddak Speaks // 17. Escape Us Never // 18. Treason Island // 19. Night Flight // 20. The Mighty Jed of Gooli // 21. Duel to the Death // 22. Off for Phundahl // 23. Captives of Amber // 24. Caged // 25. Prince in a Zoo // 26. The Bite of the Adder // 27. Flight Into Jeopardy // 28. The Great Fleet // 29. Back Toward Morbus // 30. The End of Two Worlds // 31 Adventure's End

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JOHN CARTER AND THE GIANT OF MARS (JCGM) -- 1939

CHAPTER  TITLES
1. Abduction // 2. The Search // 3. Joog, The Giant // 4. The City of Rats // 5. Chamber of Horrors // 6. Pew Mogel // 7. Flying Terror // 8. The Reptile Pit // 9. Attack on Helium // 10. Two Thousand Parachutes // 11. A Daring Plan // 12. The Fate of a Nation // 13. Panic // 14. Adventure's End

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LLANA OF GATHOL (LG) -- 1940

CHAPTER  TITLES
Foreword // Book 1: The Ancient Dead (The City of Mummies) // Book 2: The Black Pirates of Barsoom // Book 3: Escape On Mars (Yellow Men of Mars) // Book 4: Invisible Men of Mars 

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SKELETON MEN OF JUPITER (SMJ) -- 1941

CHAPTER  TITLES
Forward // 1. Betrayed // 2. U Dan // 3. The Morgors of Sasoom // 4. ...and the Savators // 5. I Would Be A Traitor // 6. Escape // 7. Pho Lar // 8. In the Arena // 9. To Zanor!

CARTOGRAPHY REFERENCES Featured at Bruce Wood's  Atlas of Edgar Rice Burroughs Huck's Mercator Map of Barsoom Huck's Barsoom Polar Maps Barsoom From "The Readers Guide to Barsoom and Amtor" Barsoom From Jeff Kazmierski's website Barsoom map by Frank Brueckel Barsoom's Valley Dor Barsoom In Two Hemispheres by David Bruce Bozarth Barsoom In Two Hemispheres by John F. Roy & E. Campbell