- The Port of Peril
Infobox Book
name = The Port of Peril
title_orig =
translator =
image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author =Otis Adelbert Kline
illustrator =J. Allen St. John
cover_artist =J. Allen St. John
country =United States
language = English
series = Robert Grandon
genre =Science fiction novel
publisher =The Grandon Company
release_date =1949
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 218 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1145489
preceded_by = The Prince of Peril
followed_by ="The Port of Peril" is a
science fiction novel byOtis Adelbert Kline . It was first published in book form in 1949 byThe Grandon Company in an edition of 3,000 copies. The novel was originally serialized in six parts in the magazine "Weird Tales " beginning in November, 1932 under the title "Buccaneers of Venus".Plot introduction
Set on
Venus , the novel concerns Robert Grandon whose wife Vernia is kidnapped by the Huitsenni, a race of pirates. Grandon pursues them to their hidden port where, after joining forces with rebels, he overthrows their king. He discovers that Vernia has been taken to the north. He follows and eventually rescues his bride. They are both then captured by the Huitsenni and must be rescued by an army of allied nations working with the Huitsenni rebels.Publication history
*1932, USA, "
Weird Tales ", Pub date November 1932, magazine serialization in 6 parts as "Buccaneers of Venus"
*1949, USA,The Grandon Company OCLC|1145489, Pub date 1949, Hardback, first book publication
*1964, USA,Ace Books F-294 OCLC|10823054, Pub date 1964, PaperbackReferences
*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=316 | 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=38 | 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=255 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1
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