- The Radio Man
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name = The Radio Man
title_orig =
translator =
image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author =Ralph Milne Farley
illustrator = O. G. Estes, Jr.
cover_artist =Jack Gaughan
country =United States
language = English
series = Radio Man
genre =Science fiction novel
publisher =Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
release_date = 1948
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 177 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1293452
preceded_by =
followed_by = The Radio Beasts"The Radio Man" is a
science fiction novel by authorRalph Milne Farley . It is the first book in Farley's "Radio Man" series. It was first published in book form in 1948 byFantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine "Argosy".Plot introduction
The novel concerns electrical engineer Myles Cabot, who disappears from his home in Boston while performing an experiment. He finds himself transported to the planet Venus where he is captured by the Formians, a race of ant-like creatures. After learning of the Cupians, a human-like race that is subservient to the Formians, Cabot escapes and falls in love with the Cupian princess Lilla. He goes on to introduce the Cupians to gunpowder and leads them in a revolt against their Formian masters.
Publication history
*1924, USA, "Argosy", Pub date 26 June 1924, Magazine serialization in 4 parts
*1939, USA, "Famous Fantastic Mysteries", Pub date December 1939, Magazine serialization in 3 parts
*1948, USA,Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. OCLC|1293452, Pub date 1948, Hardback, first book publication
*1950, USA, Avon 285 OCLC|82833030, Pub date 1950, Paperback, as "An Earthman on Venus"References
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=269 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Crawford, Jr. | first=Joseph H. |coauthors=James J. Donahue andDonald M. Grant | title="333", A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel | location=Providence, RI| publisher=The Grandon Company | pages=28 | 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=224 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1
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