The Planet of Peril

The Planet of Peril, later republished as Planet of Peril, is a 1929 science fiction novel by Otis Adelbert Kline. Originally serialized in six parts in Argosy All-Story Weekly during the summer of 1929, it was published in hardcover later that year by A. C. McClurg and reissued in a lower-price edition by Grosset & Dunlap. It was revived in 1961 as an Avalon Books hardcover and saw its only mass market paperback edition from Ace Books in 1963.[1] The later editions, well after Kline's death, were revised and shortened.[2]

The Planet of Peril
First edition cover
AuthorOtis Adelbert Kline
IllustratorRobert A. Graef
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRobert Grandon
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherA. C. McClurg
Publication date
1929
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages358
OCLC1834793
Followed byThe Prince of Peril 

Planet of Peril is the first volume in Kline's "Grandon" trilogy. It is a planetary romance, telling the story of Robert Grandon, who exchanges his mind with an inhabitant of Venus, finds himself a slave, escapes his captors, and rises to leadership of an army of rebels. He eventually marries the princess of the oppressive regime and becomes a benevolent emperor.[3]

Reception

Amazing Stories described Planet of Peril as "an exceedingly well-spun yarn [which] can heartily be recommended to all our readers, and to all lovers of imagination-stirring fiction".[3] P. Schuyler Miller wrote that Planet was "an open imitation of Burroughs, though on a different planet".[4]

E. F. Bleiler found the novel to be "sword-play and fantastic adventure in imitation of Edgar Rice Burroughs, describing it as "competent pulp adventure".[2]

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gollark: There are tons of the CDs just sitting unused in school basements along with BBC micro:bits and such.
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References
  1. ISFDB publication history
  2. Science-Fiction: The Early Years, Kent State University Press, 1990 (p.409)
  3. "In the Realm of Books", Amazing Stories, March 1930, p.1188
  4. "The Reference Library", Analog, November 1963, p.91
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