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Tarzan on Mars
Gridley understood his old friend. "I'll talk for you,
Tarzan. It may help us both to assemble our thoughts."
Tarzan continued pacing, though more slowly and
thoughtfully now, as Gridley continued.
"We will keep in mind first of all that we are discussing
an entirely different world than our own. Furthermore, in a
comparative sense it is incredibly ancient. When homo sapiens
first fashioned an arrowhead of flint, on Earth, civilization on
Mars was already advanced. The Great Cataclysm that caused
the Deluge and sank Atlantis, and which almost wiped Mars
clean of life, could still not erase at least the mental aspects
of their progress.
"With the exception of the universal gift of telepathy,
most Martians are about on a level with us today, but—there
were some who seemed to ride a last wave of the olden tide.
Some Martians—perhaps living in isolated seclusion—are
frighteningly advanced—"
"Carter told me about Kar Komak and his phantom
bowmen," interposed Tarzan.
"Ah! The Lotharians! Exactly the point!"
"It was Kar Komak," said Tarzan, "who taught John
Carter the art of mental teleportation—across interplanetary
space. He has achieved it several times.
Gridley leaned forward. "Suppose, then, that we save
words, Tarzan. I'll express our mutual hypothesis: The Great
Star of Issus has psychic properties, or is attuned to frequencies
occurring on a psychic level. As such, it could work as a
medium, even an amplifier for human thought. Now—if a
great mentality on Mars tried hard enough, it might teleport
someone from Earth to Mars—particularly someone who
happened to be concentrating upon the jewel at that moment.
"Admittedly, this is quite a thin hypothesis, but how also
could you explain the peculiar circumstances surrounding the
disappearance of La of Opar and your wife, Jane?"
"These are the conclusions we arrived at in Virginia,"
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