- Synthetic Men of Mars
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name = Synthetic Men of Mars
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image_caption = dust-jacket of "Synthetic Men of Mars"
author =Edgar Rice Burroughs
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country =United States
language = English
series =Barsoom
genre =Science fiction novel
publisher =Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
release_date =1940
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
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isbn = NA
preceded_by =Swords of Mars
followed_by =Llana of Gathol "Synthetic Men of Mars" is an
Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the ninth of his famous "Barsoom " series. It was first published in the newspaper "Argosy Weekly" in six parts in early1939 . The first complete edition of the novel was published in1940 .One notable aspect of the novel is that it explores potential dangers of
cloning andgenetic engineering years before these themes became commonplace in science fiction.Copyright
The
copyright for this story has expired inAustralia , and thus now resides in thepublic domain there. The text is available viaProject Gutenberg Australia .External links
* [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100231.txt Text file] at
Project Gutenberg Australia
* [http://www.erblist.com/erblist/syntheticsum.html Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for "A Fighting Man of Mars"]
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