Skylark of Valeron

Skylark of Valeron  

Dust-jacket from the first edition
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.

Contents

Plot introduction

The novel concerns Richard Seaton and Martin Crane, who reach new heights in superscience while fighting Blackie DuQuesne.

Reception

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]

Publication history

References

  1. ^ "Book Reviews", Astounding Science Fiction, October 1949, p.141-42

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