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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
For readers who love early science fiction, romance and the roots of planetary adventure, with strange peoples, rival powers and a magic-carpet journey to Mars.
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- A bored officer wishes himself away
- A new world with many peoples
- Love and danger draw him in
- What the book shows and how it is told
Who’s who
- Gullivar JonesAn American naval lieutenant, restless and good-humoured, who is carried to Mars and has to use wit and courage to survive.
- HeruA Martian princess whose fate draws Jones from a curious visitor into a loyal ally and protector.
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Gulliver of Mars
by Edwin Lester Arnold · 1905
A magic carpet carries a restless naval officer to Mars, where a princess draws him into a test of courage and loyalty.
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Gulliver of Mars is an adventure novel by the English writer Edwin Lester Arnold, published in 1905. It is also known under the title Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation.
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A bored officer wishes himself away
The story opens with Lieutenant Gullivar Jones, an officer in the United States Navy. He is on leave in New York and has little to do. He is restless and wants something larger than the city around him.
His name is a signal. It recalls Jonathan Swift's Gulliver, the traveller who lands among strange peoples and judges them with a plain, practical eye. Arnold sets up his hero in the same spirit. Jones is not a scientist or a conqueror. He is an ordinary man of action with a sense of humour, ready to be surprised.
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What is Gulliver of Mars about?
It tells of Lieutenant Gullivar Jones, an American naval officer who is carried to Mars on a magic carpet. There he meets strange peoples, falls for a princess and is swept into Martian conflicts.
Who wrote Gulliver of Mars and when?
Edwin Lester Arnold wrote it, and it was published in 1905. It also appeared under the title Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation.
Did Gulliver of Mars influence Edgar Rice Burroughs?
Many readers have noted similarities with Burroughs's Mars stories, which began in 1912, and some suspect influence. No one can say for sure, but Arnold's novel came first.
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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