Round 12: 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[3])Chickenpox kills many inhabitants of this place in a collection titled for this place that also contains the Poe-inspired “Usher II.” A protagonist from this place uses the word “grok” and becomes “water brothers” with a nurse. (10[2])A collection named for this place features a story that is titled for a Sara Teasdale poem called “There Will Come Soft Rains.” (-5[1])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” named for what red planet? ■END■ (10[1])

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