Project Gutenberg 2023-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 134 Young, Robert F. 1915 1986 Young, Robert Franklin Summers, Leo 1925 1985 Summers, L.R. Summers, L. R. Summers, Leo Ramon The blonde from Barsoom $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1962. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Blonde from Barsoom" by Robert F. Young is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around Harold Worthington Smith, a struggling science fiction writer who becomes deeply entwined in his own fantastical Martian tales. The book engages with themes of creativity, escapism, and the often comical dissonance between reality and fiction, particularly within the context of genre storytelling. In this story, Harold is frustrated by the rejection of his Martian stories, which feature exaggerated characters and improbable scenarios, notably a voluptuous Martian princess named Thejah Doris. As he writes, he inadvertently finds himself transported into his narrative, becoming his protagonist, Thon Carther. The frenzy heightens as Harold and Thejah face threats from a Tark horde, leading to several humorous and absurd plot developments. Ultimately, in a meta twist, Harold realizes he can reshape his own narrative by writing about his life instead of continuing the fictional chase, leading to a satisfying conclusion where he navigates his dual existence between reality and his imaginative storylines. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231015121545young 1962 US Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Fantasy fiction Humorous stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Science fiction -- Authorship -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: American Literature 45711 2025-07-28T13:10:08.888293 text/html 21027 2023-11-18T02:18:54 text/html 316721 2025-07-28T13:10:12.245282 application/epub+zip 315504 2025-07-28T13:10:10.323292 application/epub+zip 224822 2025-07-28T13:10:09.440289 application/epub+zip 1064827 2025-07-28T13:10:13.637287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1057779 2025-07-28T13:10:11.634287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38629 2025-07-28T13:10:08.762275 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18813 2023-11-18T02:18:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17940 2025-07-28T13:10:13.792293 application/rdf+xml 29685 2025-07-28T13:10:09.833266 image/jpeg 4525 2025-07-28T13:10:09.634292 image/jpeg 2057866 2025-07-28T13:10:08.916314 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia