Barsoom Series — Clue Index for Paradigm Threat Investigation
Index of passages in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Barsoom (Mars) series relevant to timeline investigation. Methodological assumption: All content is treated as potentially based on redacted fact; highlight anything that appears invented to challenge claims of authorial invention—Burroughs may have received information second- or third-hand from reality on Mars (as with Asimov and the Binder “I, Robot”).
Source: Project Gutenberg; 7 of 11 Barsoom novels (PG US). Swords of Mars, Synthetic Men of Mars, Llana of Gathol, John Carter of Mars are on PG Australia; not in this archive.
Index Files
| Book | File | Index |
| A Princess of Mars (1912) | princess-of-mars.txt | princess-of-mars-index.md |
| The Gods of Mars (1913) | gods-of-mars.txt | gods-of-mars-index.md |
| The Warlord of Mars (1913–14) | warlord-of-mars.txt | warlord-of-mars-index.md |
| Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1916) | thuvia-maid-of-mars.txt | thuvia-maid-of-mars-index.md |
| The Chessmen of Mars (1922) | chessmen-of-mars.txt | chessmen-of-mars-index.md |
| The Master Mind of Mars (1928) | master-mind-of-mars.txt | master-mind-of-mars-index.md |
| A Fighting Man of Mars (1931) | fighting-man-of-mars.txt | fighting-man-of-mars-index.md |
Key Themes Across Series
- Locations: Dead seas, canals, Atmosphere Factory, Valley Dor, River Iss, Okar, Holy Therns, First Born
- Civilizations: Red Men, Green Men (Tharks, Warhoons), Yellow Men (Okar), Black Men (First Born), White Men (Therns), Kaldanes/Rykors, Hormads (Synthetic Men)
- Species: Thoats, calots, banths, plant men, incubator eggs
- Technology: Radium rifles, atmosphere plants, airships, telescopic observation of Earth
- History of Mars: Drying seas, ancient races (Orovars), canals, pilgrimage to Valley Dor (religious fraud)
Invention vs. Possible Disclosure
Burroughs had no known intelligence connections. Where did he obtain: polar forbidden zones, religious fraud at south pole, Synthetic Men (1939–40), Kaldane/Rykor (1922), telepathy, atmosphere factories, dead sea geography?
Robots / Synthetic Beings on Mars: The Chessmen of Mars (1922) introduces Kaldanes and Rykors — pure-brain beings mounting headless bodies. Synthetic Men of Mars (1940, PG Australia, not in this archive) introduces Hormads — artificially grown humanoids. Burroughs predates both Binder “I, Robot” (1939) and Asimov’s positronic robots (1942). If robots exist or existed on Mars, Burroughs may have received second- or third-hand knowledge; Asimov (who admitted taking the robot idea from Binder) may have received it fourth-hand, reframed as invention.
Same framing as Asimov investigation: Challenge all claims of authorial invention. Assume content may encode redacted fact.
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