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Author(s) | Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. |
Illustrator | A. J. Donnell |
Cover artist | A. J. Donnell |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Skylark |
Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
Publisher | Fantasy Press |
Publication date | 1949 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 252 pp |
ISBN | 0-515-03022-8 |
OCLC Number | 1104978 |
Preceded by | Skylark Three |
Followed by | Skylark DuQuesne |
Skylark of Valeron is a science fiction novel by author Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., the third in his Skylark series. Originally serialized through the magazine Astounding in 1934, it was first collected in book form in 1949 by Fantasy Press.
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The novel concerns Richard Seaton and Martin Crane, who reach new heights in superscience while fighting Blackie DuQuesne.
Astounding reviewer P. Schuyler Miller received the novel favorably, saying the Skylark stories "had a simple reasonableness about them which made their advent a milestone in science fiction."[1]