The Iron Star

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name = The Iron Star
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = John Taine
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = E. P. Dutton
release_date = 1930
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 356 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1967264
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"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.

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.

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

References

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*cite book | last=Crawford, Jr. | first=Joseph H. |coauthors=James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant| title="333", A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel | location=Providence, RI| publisher=The Grandon Company | pages=63 | date=1953|oclc= 3924496
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=36 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1