Thuvia,_Maid_of_Mars_by_Edgar_Rice_Burroughs

作者：Edgar Rice Burroughs

播音：Scott Merrill

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CarthoristriedtosupportThuvia,buthimselfcommencedtoslideandsliptowardtheever-enlargingaperture.Bettertoclingtothesmoothstonehekickedoffhissandalsofzitidarhideandwithhisbarefeetbracedhimselfagainstthesickeningtilt,atthesametimethrowinghisarmssupportinglyaboutthegirl.Inherterrorherownhandsclaspedabouttheman'sneck.Hercheekwasclosetohis.Death,unseenandofunknownform,seemedcloseuponthem,andbecauseunseenandunknowableinfinitelymoreterrifying."Courage,myprincess,"hewhisperedcheeringly.~~~EdgarRiceBurroughscreatedoneofthemosticonicfiguresinAmericanpopculture,TarzanoftheApes,anditisimpossibletooverstatehisinfluenceonentiregenresofpopularliteratureinthedecadesafterhisenormouslywinningpulpnovelsstormedthepublic'simagination.Thuvia,MaidofMars,firstpublishedin1920,isthefourthbookinBurroughs'Marsseries.Here,heroCarthorisgoesinsearchofthekidnappedThuvia,princessofPtarth,encounteringstrangeMartiancreaturesandromanticrivalsalongtheway.AmericannovelistEDGARRICEBURROUGHS(1875-1950)wrotedozensofadventure,crime,andsciencefictionnovelsthatarestillbelovedtoday,includingTarzanoftheApes(1912),AttheEarth'sCore(1914),APrincessofMars(1917),TheLandThatTimeForgot(1924),andPiratesofVenus(1934).Heisreputedtohavebeenreadingacomicbookwhenhedied.