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What if a wish to escape your dull life carried you to Mars on a magic carpet?
Lieutenant Gullivar Jones has little to do on leave in New York. Then a magic carpet carries the restless American naval officer to Mars. In Edwin Lester Arnold’s Gulliver of Mars, an idle wish opens onto an old, dry world of ancient works, watercourses, strange peoples, and rival powers.
Jones arrives as a curious visitor, but his feelings for the Martian princess Heru give him a reason to stay involved. Her fate draws him into local quarrels, where wit and courage matter. Beneath the romance and danger, Arnold explores tired societies, the grip of custom, and what happens when an outsider enters their world.
What you’ll discover
- A most unlikely departure Follow a bored naval officer from New York into an adventure carried by magic.
- An ancient Martian landscape Explore a dry world whose ancient works and watercourses invite curiosity at every turn.
- A princess worth defending Meet Heru, whose fate turns Jones from a wandering visitor into a loyal protector.
- Courage with good humour Join a restless hero who relies on wit and courage among unfamiliar peoples.
- Earth seen from elsewhere Look beyond the adventure to societies held by custom and challenged by an outsider.
Who will love it
You will love this if you enjoy planetary romance, flying carpets, daring rescues and a hero who jokes his way through danger. Fans of early science fiction and Victorian adventure will feel at home.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A careless wish wakes a dead man's rug
- Mars greets him with kindness and a language lesson
- Martian life is idle, and slaves do the work
- A rescue and a lottery win Heru's love
- Hairy envoys seize Heru and Gulliver gives chase
- The River of the Dead leads to a frozen crowd
- The wild lands hold dangers and unexpected friends
- The quest tests Gulliver's reasons for going on
- A sailor's tale of love, laughter and courage
Who’s who
- Gulliver JonesA poor, restless Navy lieutenant from New York who wishes himself to Mars and fights to win a princess.
- HeruThe soft, loving princess of Seth, who reads fate in a glass globe and falls for the stranger who saves her.
- AnA kind, yellow-robed slave who teaches Gulliver the Martian tongue and guides him through the city.
- HathThe gaunt, learned king of the Hither people, who lives half drunk in his library and envies Gulliver.
- Ar-hapThe huge, shrewd wood king of the Thither people, who collects tribute and wants the loveliest woman for himself.
- PollyThe freckled sweetheart in a southern port whom Gulliver hopes to marry once he is promoted.
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Gulliver of Mars
by Edwin Lester Arnold · 1905
A lieutenant wishes aloud for Mars, and a dead man's rug carries him across space.
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What would you do if a wish could carry you to another planet? Lieutenant Gulliver Jones, a poor and bored Navy officer in New York, finds out.
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A careless wish wakes a dead man's rug
Gulliver Jones, a Navy lieutenant with five dollars and a pile of unpaid bills, walks home through a New York slum. He is angry at his superiors, who have refused him promotion, and he misses Polly, the girl he hopes to marry. His mind is on steak and tomatoes.
A flying shape drops an old man onto the pavement, and the man dies at once. Gulliver takes the body to a hospital and brings home the stranger's rug, which is woven with a strange map of the sun and its planets. That night he cries out that he wishes he were on Mars. The rug rolls him up like a cigar and hurls him out of the window.
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What is Gulliver of Mars about?
It follows Gulliver Jones, a Navy lieutenant in New York who is carried to Mars by a magic rug. There he rescues Princess Heru and sets out to save her from the wood king Ar-hap.
What is the difference between the Hither and Thither people?
The Hither folk are the gentle, idle, slender people of Seth who have lost their strength. The Thither folk are the rough, hairy woodmen who conquered the land and collect tribute from Seth.
Who wrote Gulliver of Mars and when was it written?
Edwin Lester Arnold writes a fantasy about travel to Mars. It is a made-up tale, not a true story, and it blends planetary romance with sailor humor.
The author
Edwin Lester Arnold
1857–1935 · English novelist
Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935) was a British writer born in Kent, England. He lived in England and wrote fiction and books about travel and natural history. His novels include The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician (1890) and Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation (1905), later published as Gulliver of Mars.
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