‘The Lord Of The Spiders’

The Lord Of The Spiders

New York: Lancer, 1971 (February) mass-sized paperback (dated 1965);
original price: 75¢;
159 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 447-74736;
cover artist: “Behan”;
no (individual) hardcover edition.

Second volume in a trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiches featuring Michael Kane, The Lord Of The Spiders was retitled from Blades Of Mars (1965, as by “Edward P. Bradbury”). It was collected (as Lord Of The Spiders) in Warrior Of Mars (1981), and later in Kane Of Old Mars (1998).

(Preceded by The City Of The Beast)

**New York: DAW Books, 1979 (February) mass-sized paperback;**
as *Lord Of The Spiders* *or Blades Of Mars* on title page & cover;
original **price:** $1·50;
160 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-87997-443-5;
cover artist: Richard Hescox.

**Seattle: Paizo/Planet Stories, 2008 (March) trade-sized paperback;**
as *Lord Of The Spiders* *or Blades Of Mars* on title page;
original **price:** $12·99;
149 pages;
**includes ‘Michael Moorcock And The Spiders From Mars’** (introduction) **by Roy Thomas (pp. 9–11);**
I.S.B.N.: 978-1-60125-082-7;
cover artist: Andrew Hou.

**First British edition: London: New English Library, 1971 (June) mass-sized paperback;**
as *Lord Of The Spiders* **on title page & cover**;
original **price:** 25p;
126 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 450-00697-2;
cover artist: Richard Clifton-Dey;
**no (individual) hardcover edition.**

**New English Library p/b ed., 1975 (January) (35p), 450-02294-3, cover artist: Ray Feibush, reprinted ’75 (March).**

**New English Library p/b ed., 1979 **(February) (80p), 450-04373-8**;**
**cover artist: Tim White.**

**New English Library p/b ed., 1983 **(March) (**£1·**50)**, 0-450-00697-2.**

(Followed by Masters Of The Pit)

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The Lord Of The Spiders is also available as an e-book (as Blades Of Mars): 9780575092556.