Burroughs, Edgar Rice  <br/><br/>
Master mind of Mars and A fighting man of Mars 
Edgar Rice Burroughs 
 -  Nelson Doubleday & C  1958 
 - 348 p 
<br/><br/> In The Mastermind of Mars": On Mars, Earthman Ulysses Paxton is taken in by elderly mad scientist Ras Thavas, who educates him in the ways of Barsoom and bestows on him the Martian name Vad Varo. Ras has perfected techniques of transplanting brains, which he uses to provide rich elderly Martians with youthful new bodies for a profit. Distrustful of his fellow Martians, he trains Paxton as his assistant to perform the same operation on him. But Paxton has fallen in love with Valla Dia, one of Ras' young victims. In "A fighting man of Mars ": Ulysses Paxton tells the tale of Tan Hadron of Hastor, a lowly, poor padwar (a low-ranking officer) who is in love with the beautiful, haughty Sanoma Tora, daughter of Tor Hatan, a minor but rich noble. As he is only a padwar, Sanoma spurns him. Then Sanoma Tora is kidnapped, and Tan Hadron sets out to rescue her 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science Fiction<br/>Extraterrestrial beings<br/>Planet Mars
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Bur   33