A Life for Kregen, 19th volume in his Dray Prescot series John Norman's Kaissa, from his Gor series, mentioned many times, though never fully described S. M. Stirling's Atanj, from In the Courts of the Crimson Kings, his own Burroughs-influenced novel of an alternate Mars, also not fully described J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone provides a rare instance of its use in fantasy, in a scene in which her three protagonists Harry, Hermionie, and Ron must play as pieces in a lifelike game of Wizard's Chess. Dan Simmon's horror novel Carrion Comfort has Nazi chess masters with psychic powers that permits them to enter into the minds of concentration camp prisoners allowing them to be completely controlled as pawns in deadly games of chess. Copyright The copyright for this story has expired in the United States and, thus, now resides in the public domain there. The text is available via Project Gutenberg. Popular culture In the 4th season of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, the character Richard Harrow carries a copy of the book. References Sources External links ERBzine Illustrated Bibliography: The Chessmen of Mars entry Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for The Chessmen of Mars 1922 American novels 1922 fantasy novels 1922 science fiction novels American fantasy novels American science fiction novels Martian novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs Works originally published in Argosy (magazine) Novels about chess A. C. McClurg books