Gulliver of Mars (Annotated)

First published in 1905 as Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation, Gulliver of Mars is a formative work of planetary romance, blending late-Victorian adventure, fairy-tale wonder, and proto-science-fictional speculation. Its discontented American soldier is carried to Mars, where he encounters fragile civilizations, ritualized courts, strange landscapes, and the captivating Princess Heru. Arnold'...