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What if the Moon hides a living world—and the greatest threat to Earth's freedom?
Julian 5th leaves Earth aboard the Barsoom, bound for another planet. The ship never reaches its destination. Instead, the crew discovers a vast world inside the Moon. Here, among unfamiliar peoples, Julian meets Nah-ee-lah, the Moon Maid, whose fate becomes bound to his own.
In The Moon Maid, Edgar Rice Burroughs follows a line of men named Julian across centuries. A voyage into the unknown opens into a struggle over power and freedom. The harsh, warlike Kalkars seek to rule others, while the story asks how a peaceful, advanced people can become vulnerable to conquest.
What you’ll discover
- A world beneath the crust Explore a hollow Moon where the silent surface conceals a vast, inhabited inner world.
- A bond across worlds Meet Nah-ee-lah, whose connection with Julian brings a love story into the strange lunar landscape.
- One family through centuries Follow successive Julians as their family's story stretches from space travel into a harsh future.
- The struggle against power Encounter the Kalkars and a political vision in which the few demand obedience from the many.
- Freedom under threat Consider what happens when a free people lose the strength to defend their way of life.
Who will love it
For readers who love early science fiction, fast adventure on strange worlds with a political edge, and love stories across worlds, and for fans of Burroughs.
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- A ship leaves Earth and loses its way
- The Moon hides a world inside it
- Julian meets the Moon Maid
- The enemy from the Moon reaches Earth
- A fallen people and a hero named Red Hawk
- What the story argues and how it is told
Who’s who
- Julian 5thA man of Earth who sails with the crew of the ship Barsoom and meets the peoples of the inner Moon.
- Nah-ee-lahThe Moon Maid of the title, a woman of a gentle Moon people who becomes bound to Julian's fate.
- The KalkarsA harsh and warlike people of the Moon who prize power and seek to rule others.
- Julian 20th, called Red HawkA far descendant of Julian 5th who must unite scattered people against the Kalkars in a broken world.
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La fanciulla della Luna
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1926
A spaceship veers toward a hollow Moon, where Julian meets Nah-ee-lah and a warlike people who seek to rule others.
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A ship leaves Earth and loses its way
The story opens in a future that Burroughs imagines as peaceful and advanced. Nations have joined in a strong alliance, and the arts of flight have reached out beyond the air. A crew is chosen to fly a great ship named Barsoom into space, and the hero of the first part is a man named Julian 5th, who is part of this daring plan.
The name Barsoom will be familiar to readers of Burroughs, because it is the name John Carter's people give to Mars. The choice shows how Burroughs ties his tales together and how he wants the voyage to feel like a true successor to those earlier adventures. The ship is meant for a long flight, and the crew understand the danger.
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What is The Moon Maid about?
It is a three part science fiction novel about a family of men named Julian. It moves from a voyage to a hollow Moon, to an invasion of Earth by Moon conquerors, to a distant future struggle for freedom.
Who are the Kalkars in The Moon Maid?
The Kalkars are a warlike people of the Moon who prize power and conquest. They are the main enemy of the story and the threat that links its three parts.
When was The Moon Maid written?
Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote it in the early 1920s, and it first appeared in magazine parts before being published as one book in 1926. It is fiction, not a true story.
The author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1875–1950 · American adventure novelist
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer born in Chicago in 1875. He wrote novels about Tarzan and novels set on Mars. His first Mars story appeared in 1912 and became the book A Princess of Mars in 1917. He later lived in California and died in Encino in 1950.
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