The Iron Star
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| The Iron Star | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | John Taine |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton |
| Publication date | 1930 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 356 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC | 1967264 |
The Iron Star is a science fiction novel by author John Taine (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell). It was first published in 1930 by E. P. Dutton.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel concerns an African expedition. Swain, a member of the expedition, becomes demented and attempts to exterminate a peculiar species of African ape. The other members of the expedition are befriended by an intelligent ape called the Captain. The expedition discover that the apes are in fact humans that have evolved in reverse due to exposure to a meteor and that the Captain was once human.
[edit] Publication history
- 1930, USA, E. P. Dutton OCLC 1967264, Pub date 1930, Hardback
- 1943, USA, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Pub date September 1943, Magazine
- 1951, USA, Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. OCLC 50775488, Pub date 1951, Hardback
[edit] References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 271.
- Crawford, Jr., Joseph H.; James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953). "333", A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel. Providence, RI: The Grandon Company, 63. OCLC 3924496.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 36. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
