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100 1 _aYoung, Robert F.,
_d1915-1986
245 1 4 _aThe blonde from Barsoom
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from Amazing Stories July 1962.
500 _aRelease date is 2023-11-17
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Blonde from Barsoom" by Robert F. Young is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around Harold Worthington Smith, a struggling science fiction writer who becomes deeply entwined in his own fantastical Martian tales. The book engages with themes of creativity, escapism, and the often comical dissonance between reality and fiction, particularly within the context of genre storytelling. In this story, Harold is frustrated by the rejection of his Martian stories, which feature exaggerated characters and improbable scenarios, notably a voluptuous Martian princess named Thejah Doris. As he writes, he inadvertently finds himself transported into his narrative, becoming his protagonist, Thon Carther. The frenzy heightens as Harold and Thejah face threats from a Tark horde, leading to several humorous and absurd plot developments. Ultimately, in a meta twist, Harold realizes he can reshape his own narrative by writing about his life instead of continuing the fictional chase, leading to a satisfying conclusion where he navigates his dual existence between reality and his imaginative storylines. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aFantasy fiction
653 _aHumorous stories
653 _aMars (Planet) -- Fiction
653 _aScience fiction -- Authorship -- Fiction
700 1 _aSummers, Leo,
_d1925-1985
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories July 1962.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72149
999 _c112875
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