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| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Barsoom |
| Genre | Science fantasy |
| Publisher | Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. |
Publication date | 1940 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded by | Swords of Mars |
| Followed by | Llana of Gathol |
Synthetic Men of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the ninth of his Barsoom series. It was first published in the magazine Argosy Weekly in six parts in early 1939. The first complete edition of the novel was published in 1940 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Despite a successful career stretching back more than two decades, Burroughs had trouble finding a publisher for the serialized version of the novel. Both Liberty and Blue Book turned him down; Argosy was his third choice. He received US$1200 for the magazine rights.[1]
- ^ Taliaferro, J. Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Creator of Tarzan. New York: Scribner, 1999. Page 307.