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Martian Quest

Cover"Leigh Brackett's well-rounded characterizations and plots are/were a delight."
—Anne McCaffrey

". . . Of all those many science fantasies which have taken their cue from Lowell's Mars . . . Leigh Brackett's is one of the best, blended and spiced like a splendid oriental dish."
—Brian Aldiss

". . . everything about her early stories—their colour, their narrative speed, the brooding forthrightness of their protagonists—made them an ideal and fertile blend of traditional space opera and sword and sorcery. She was a marked influence upon the next generation of writers."
—John Clute, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

". . . one of the true godmothers of the New Wave. Anyone who thinks they're pinching one of my ideas is probably pinching one of hers."—Michael Moorcock

Cover Art by Doug Chaffee

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-8938-8711-4
ISBN-10: 1-8938-8711-1

"Martian Quest" Copyright © 1940, First published in Astounding Science Fiction, February 1940

"The Treasure of Ptakuth" Copyright © 1942, First published in Astounding Science Fiction, February 1942

"Water Pirates" Copyright © 1941, First published in Super Science Stories, February 1941

"The Sorcerer of Rhiannon" Copyright © 1942, First published in Astounding Science Fiction, February 1942

"The Veil of Astellar" Copyright © 1952, First published in Fantastic Story Magazine, Summer 1952

"The Beast-Jewel of Mars" Copyright © 1948, First published in Planet Stories November 1948

"The Last Days of Shandakor" Copyright © 1952, First published in Startling Stories April 1952

"Mars Minus Bisha" Copyright © 1954, First published in Planet Stories January 1954

"The Road to Sinharat" Copyright © 1963, First published in Amazing Stories May 1963

"Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon" Copyright © 1964, First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1964

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