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Chapter I
ACE BOOKS, INC. 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York 36, N.Y. This Ace edition follows the text of the original magazine novel first published in 1933. Cover art and title-page illustration by Frank Frazetta. Other Interplanetary Novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs in Ace Editions:
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an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
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Bound written or printed works.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
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Bound written or printed works.
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showing who or what does the action
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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