RAS THAVAS AN D THE C AL O T David Bruce Bozarth Copyright 2006 This PDF version contains revisions not f ou nd in the on- l ine short stories and rep l aces the R TF version p reviou sl y p osted . Cov er Art Dav id Bu rton Table of Contents EEEE XXXX PPPP LLLL OOOO RRRR IIII NNNN GGGG BBBB AAAA RRRR SSSS OOOO OOOO MMMM . 1 THHHH EEEE NNNN EEEE WWWW CIIII TYYYY . 4 AFTERWORD: . 26 AAAA MMMM OOOO NNNN GGGG THHHH EEEE THHHH EEEE RRRR NNNN SSSS . 28 EX P L ORI N G : REL I G I ON . 42 THHHH EEEE BBBB OOOO WWWW MMMM AAAA NNNN . 43 EX P L ORI N G : MEN TA L I S TS . 8 THHHH EEEE DDDD EEEE SSSS EEEE RRRR T . ! EX P L ORI N G : COM M I TM EN TS . 68 THHHH EEEE GGGG RRRR EEEE AAAA T AAAA PPPP EEEE . 6! EX P L ORI N G : CON S EQ U EN C ES . 82 THHHH EEEE AAAA RRRR EEEE NNNN AAAA . 83 EX P L ORI N G : BA RB A RI A N S A N D CON C EP TI ON . 102 THHH EEE MMM OOO RRR GGG OO RR . 103 EX P L ORI N G : MI L I TA RY A N D "U P ER "C I EN C E . 12! THHHH EEEE OOOO DDDD WWWW AAAA RRRR '''' SSSS WWWW IIII FFFF EEEE . 130 EX P L ORI N G : #I DN A P I N G A N D RA P E . 143 THHHH EEEE MMMM OOOO THHHH EEEE RRRR . 144 EX P L ORI N G : REG RET . 1 0 THHHH EEEE HHHH NNNN TEEEE DDDD . 1 1 EX P L ORI N G : "EC RETS A N D MU RDER . 188 LLLL OOOO SSSS T IIII NNNN THHHH EEEE MMMM AAAA RRRR SSSS HHHH . 18! EX P L ORI N G : $OON OL I A N MA RS H . 212 THHHH EEEE MMMM RRRR DDDD EEEE RRRR EEEE SSSS SSSS . 213 EX P L ORI N G : %M EA N A N D MU RDER . 241 THHHH EEEE !!!! AAAA LLLL DDDD AAAA NNNN EEEE . 242 EX P L ORI N G : BA N TOOM A N D $RA DE . 2&3 THHHH EEEE PPPP AAAA NNNN THHHH AAAA NNNN . 2&4 EX P L ORI N G : MERC EN A RI ES . 30 THH EE DD NN GG EE OO NN . 306 EX P L ORI N G : MI N D A N D CON C L U S I ON S . 320 THHHH EEEE HHHH EEEE LLLL PPPP EEEE RRRR . 321 EX P L ORI N G : CON S TRU C TI ON DETA I L S . 340 Re' u ire(en t) an d "pe*i+i*ation ) +or , arti*ipatin g Au thor): . 341 - . %""AR/ . 344 R as Thavas and the C al ot EEEE XXXX PPPP LLLL OOOO RRRR IIII NNNN GGGG BBBB AAAA RRRR SSSS OOOO OOOO MMMM Notes r eg ar d i n g th e or i g i n s of th e Ras Th av as an d th e C al ot ser i es. Th e f ol l ow i n g i s a b r i ef ov er v i ew of th e b ac k g r ou n d an d c h ar ac ter of Ras Th av as, as c r eated b y E d g ar Ri c e B u r r ou g h s i n h i s M ar ti an n ov el s, w h i c h ar e r ec ommen d ed r ead i n g Edgar Ri*e Bu rrou gh) e0 p1ored Bar)oo( in hi) e1ev en )torie)2 ta3in g u ) to p1a*e) e0 traordin ary in v i)ta an d v ie4 56u t he did n ot )tay ov er1on g in an y on e p1a*e: hi) heroe) an d heroin e) 4 ere a14 ay) in a hu rry to get )o(e4 here e1)e7 $he Ra) $hav a) an d the Ca1ot )torie) )tarted 4 ith the pre(i)e o+ e0 p1orin g Bar)oo(. $he in terp1ay 6et4 een the (a)ter (in d o+ Mar) an d hi) 4 i+e 4 a) in ten ded to 6e the g1u e that he1d the )torie) together. Ra) $hav a)5on e o+ the (o)t in trigu in g *har8 a*ter) in the Martian )erie) 6y Bu rrou gh). A )*ien 8 ti)t o+ )u perior 3n o4 1edge a61e to do 6rain tran )8 p1an t) +ro( on e 6ody to an other2 4 ho 4 a) a (a)ter phy)i*ian 2 an d in te11e*tu a11y )u perior to an y )*ien 8 ti)t on the p1an et Mar). Ra) $hav a) )in g1e8 (in ded1y pu r)u ed the )*ien *e)9 yet2 6y the ti(e he had 1earn ed en ou gh to a**o(p1i)h hi) a(6ition ) he had 1iv ed 6eyon d the 12000 year 1i+e )pan o+ Bar8 )oo(ian ). :u )t a) it )ee(ed he (ight o6tain a11 he de)ired hi) 6ody 6etrayed hi( 4 ith o1d age. 1 R as Thavas and the C al ot ; hen < 1y))e) , a0 ton o+ Earth arriv ed on Mar) =M aster M i n d of M ar s> hi) en try poin t pu t hi( in to the han d) o+ Ra) $hav a). , a0 ton 54 ho too3 the Martian n a(e ? ad ? aro5)oon 6e*a(e a *on +idan t an d a))i)tan t to Ra) $hav a). ? ad ? aro 4 a) ev en tu 8 a11y tau ght the )e*ret) o+ 6rain tran )p1an t) an d56e8 *au )e the Earth(an 4 i)hed to )av e a 4 o(an 4 ron ged5 tran )+erred the 6rain o+ Ra) $hav a) in to the )pe*ta*u 1ar 6ody o+ a (an Ra) $hav a) had (u rdered to po))e)) hi) 6ody. $he operation 4 a) )u **e))+u 1. $he 6rain an d in te11e*t o+ Ra) $hav a) 4 a) hou )ed in a )o1id2 )tron g2 han d)o(e 6ody 4 hi*h 6egan to re@ u v en ate hi) (en ta1 pro*e))e). ? ad ? aro2 (ean 4 hi1e2 e(6ar3ed on hi) adv en tu re to )av e ? a11a Dia a) *hron i*1ed in the re(ain der o+ M aster M i n d of M ar s. Ra) $hav a) appeared 1ater in !y n th eti c M en of M ar s, 4 here he i) portrayed a) a 4 ou 1d8 6e 4 or1d *on ' u eror54 ho)e ar(ie) o+ arti+i*ia1 6ein g) hav e 6e*o(e u n (an agea61e. At the *on *1u )ion o+ !y n " th eti c the 4 or1dA) greate)t )*ien ti)t had a *han ge o+ heart2 v o4 in g to ta3e a path 6en e+i*ia1 to Bar)oo(. Bt i) thi) re(or)e+u 1 an d *on trite Ra) $hav a) 4 ho i) the *en tra1 *hara*ter in the Ra) $hav a) an d the Ca1ot )erie). $he )torie) +o11o4 the (a)ter (in d throu gh per)on a1 an d e(otion a1 gro4 th an d +ro( on e en d o+ Bar)oo( to an other a) an e0 p1orer an d o6)erv er o+ the p1an et an d *u 1tu re). $he R$C )torie) hav e a 1in ear progre))ion 2 6u t other than CD e4 CityC2 4 hi*h i) the +ir)t2 an d C#a1dan eC2 CE u n tedC2 C, an than C2 an d CDu n geon 2C 4 hi*h *on )ti8 tu te 1in ear ev en t) in on e (a@ or *hara*terA) 1i+e2 the re(ain der o+ the )torie) *an 6e read ou t o+ order. 2 R as Thavas and the C al ot $he Ra) $hav a) an d the Ca1ot pre(i)e pro8 v ided an opportu n ity to rev i)it p1a*e) ERB an d 4 ritten a6ou t in 6rie+ +a)hion an d to e0 p1ore o6)er8 v ation ) o+ the e(otion a1 an d p)y*ho1ogi*a1 a)pe*t) o+ the *hara*ter) 4 hen they 4 ere in ti(e) 1e)) dra(ati* than 4 ar. $he pre(i)e a1)o prov ided a(p1e opportu n ity +or (e to *reate p1a*e) an d peop1e 1ogi*a1 to the Martian )erie) 6y Bu rrou gh). Bu t there 4 a) (ore to the pre(i)e than that5 there 4 a) a +or(u 1a7 $he +or(u 1a 4 a) )i(p1e. "hort )torie) o+ ap8 pro0 i(ate1y &2000 4 ord) that )tood in depen den t1y. $hi) (ean t ea*h )tory had to *arry in *ap)u 1e v er)ion ; E / an d E %; $ha)a Ra) en ded u p a) )he did. $he per)on a1 in terp1ay 6et4 een her an d Ra) $hav a).