Round 11: Tossup 16

This place is in the title of the books in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series, (10[1])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 (10[1])brothers” with a (10[1])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. (10[1])For 10 points, Ray Bradbury wrote a collection of “Chronicles” (10[2])named for what (10[1])red planet? ■END■ (10[2])

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