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Para quién es
For readers who love early science fiction, planetary romance and the odd humor of adventure tales, with strange civilizations, interplanetary travel and bold gambles in trade.
De qué trata este libro
Pharaoh's Broker is an early science fiction adventure by Ellsworth Douglass, an American author who died in 1933. It belongs to the age of pulp and scientific romance, when writers sent ordinary men to other planets and set them among strange old civilizations.
The title points to three things at once: a voyage to Mars, an ancient society, and a bold gamble in the grain trade. If you like period adventure that mixes travel, business and wonder, this book offers a taste of how readers a century ago pictured other worlds. Let us begin with the kind of story this is.
En este resumen
- 1An early planetary adventureFree
- 2Old worlds meet new ideas
- 3Wheat, trade and risk
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An early planetary adventure
Pharaoh's Broker comes from the tradition of scientific romance. In those stories, a traveler leaves Earth and finds a world with its own peoples, customs and dangers. Mars was a favorite setting, because astronomers of the time spoke of canals and possible life there.
Travel and discovery sit at the center of the book. The reader is meant to feel the thrill of leaving the known world behind.
This kind of tale often asks little of the reader beyond curiosity. You accept the marvel and follow the traveler through it.
That’s 1 of 3 key points.
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