Gulliver of Mars

Gulliver of Mars is the last novel by Edwin Lester Arnold, combining elements of both fantasy and science fiction, first published in 1905. Gulliver Jones is a U.S. army man going to Mars who explores strange civilizations and falls in love with a princess. Excerpt: «Dare I say it? Dare I say that I, a plain, prosaic lieutenant in the republican service have done the incredible things here set out for the love of a woman—for a chimera in female shape; for a pale, vapid ghost of woman-loveliness?»