Round 11: Tossup 16

This place is in the title of the books in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series, the first of which is titled for “A Princess of” this place. (10[1])Chickenpox kills many inhabitants of this place in a collection titled for this place that also contains the Poe-inspired (10[1])“Usher II.” A protagonist from this place uses the word “grok” and (10[1])becomes “water brothers” with a nurse. A collection named for this place features a story that is titled for a Sara Teasdale poem called “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Valentine Michael Smith is raised by people from this place in Stranger in a Strange Land. For 10 points, Ray Bradbury wrote a collection of “Chronicles” (10[3])named for what red planet? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Mars [accept A Princess of Mars or The Martian Chronicles]
<Editors, American Literature> | Packet L
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Southern CaliforniaMain7100%0%83.14
Eastern Canada (2)Main9100%22%103.89
Great LakesMain12100%17%90.25
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain6100%17%53.67
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain12100%0%74.17
MidwestMain9100%0%78.56
NortheastMain12100%8%85.58
PacificMain9100%11%81.00
SoutheastMain12100%17%79.00
Upstate NYMain5100%0%71.80
UK (North)UK5100%20%115.40
UK (South)UK8100%13%94.88