Otis Adelbert Kline was a songwriter, an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this remarkable author for your enjoyment: - The Corpse on the Third Slab. - The Man from the Moon. - The Cup of Blood. - Mignight Madness. - The Malignant Entity. - The Bird-People. - The Thing of a Thousand Shapes.
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels ofOtis Adelbert Kline wich are The Swordsman of Mars and The Outlaws of Mars. Otis Adelbert Kline was a songwriter, an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price. Novels selected for this book: - The Swordsman of Mars. - The Outlaws of Mars.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
An adventure novelist, Otis Adelbert Kline was a leading light of the pulp era, producing science fiction and fantasy masterpieces for magazines like ‘Weird Tales’ and ‘Argosy’. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, who was largely inspired by the fantasy novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. He also worked as a literary agent, most famously for fellow ‘Weird Tales’ author Robert E. Howard, the pioneer sword and sorcery writer. This eBook presents Kline’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Kline’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * Almost all the novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare stories appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Lord of the Lamia’ * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Includes Kline’s rare non-fiction * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, the Dragoman stories and the novels ‘The Prince of Peril’, ‘The Outlaws of Mars’ and ‘Maza of the Moon’ cannot appear. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update. CONTENTS: The Venus Books The Planet of Peril (1929) The Port of Peril (1932) The Mars Novel The Swordsman of Mars (1933) Jan of the Jungle Series The Call of the Savage (1931) Jan in India (1935) Other Novels The Bride of Osiris (1927) The Secret Kingdom (1929) Tam, Son of the Tiger (1931) The Metal Monster (1931) Other Short Stories The Thing of a Thousand Shapes (1923) The Phantom Wolfhound (1923) The Corpse on the Third Slab (1923) The Cup of Blood (1923) The Malignant Entity (1924) The Phantom Rider (1924) The Radio Ghost (1927) Treasure Accursed — and Mescal (1928) The Demon of Tlaxpam (1929) The Bird-People (1930) Spawn of the Comet (1930) The Man from the Moon (1930) The Vengeance of Sa’ik (1931) The Thing That Walked in the Rain (1931) Midnight Madness (1932) A Vision of Venus (1933) Flaming Notes (1934) City Slickers (1934) Office Flirt (1934) Canine Sleuth (1934) Lord of the Lamia (1935) The Fang of Amm Jemel (1935) The Revenge of the Robot (1936) An Eye for an Eye (1937) The Iron World (1938) Servant of Satan (1939) Stolen Centuries (1939) Race around the Moon (1939) The Robot Beasts (1941) Stranger from Smallness (1941) Meteor Men of Mars (1942) The Non-Fiction Why Weird Tales? (1924) Writing the Fantastic Story (1931) The Modern Detective Story (1937) I Have a Radio Mind, (1938) Prophets of Science (1939) What is the Source of Prophecy? (1939)
An adventure novelist, Otis Adelbert Kline was a leading light of the pulp era, producing science fiction and fantasy masterpieces for magazines like ‘Weird Tales’ and ‘Argosy’. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, who was largely inspired by the fantasy novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. He also worked as a literary agent, most famously for fellow ‘Weird Tales’ author Robert E. Howard, the pioneer sword and sorcery writer. This eBook presents Kline’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Kline’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All the novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare stories appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Lord of the Lamia’ * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Includes Kline’s rare non-fiction * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: Kline’s collaborations with Frank Belknap Long and E. Hoffmann Price cannot appear due to copyright restrictions. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update. CONTENTS: The Venus Books The Planet of Peril (1929) The Prince of Peril (1930) The Port of Peril (1932) The Mars Novels The Swordsman of Mars (1933) The Outlaws of Mars (1933) Jan of the Jungle Series The Call of the Savage (1931) Jan in India (1935) Other Novels The Bride of Osiris (1927) The Secret Kingdom (1929) Maza of the Moon (1930) Tam, Son of the Tiger (1931) The Metal Monster (1931) The Dragoman Stories Dragoman Stories Other Short Stories The Thing of a Thousand Shapes (1923) The Phantom Wolfhound (1923) The Corpse on the Third Slab (1923) The Cup of Blood (1923) The Malignant Entity (1924) The Phantom Rider (1924) The Radio Ghost (1927) Treasure Accursed — and Mescal (1928) The Demon of Tlaxpam (1929) The Bird-People (1930) Spawn of the Comet (1930) The Man from the Moon (1930) The Vengeance of Sa’ik (1931) The Thing That Walked in the Rain (1931) Midnight Madness (1932) A Vision of Venus (1933) Flaming Notes (1934) City Slickers (1934) Office Flirt (1934) Canine Sleuth (1934) Lord of the Lamia (1935) The Fang of Amm Jemel (1935) The Revenge of the Robot (1936) An Eye for an Eye (1937) The Iron World (1938) Servant of Satan (1939) Stolen Centuries (1939) Race around the Moon (1939) The Robot Beasts (1941) Stranger from Smallness (1941) Meteor Men of Mars (1942) The Non-Fiction Why Weird Tales? (1924) Writing the Fantastic Story (1931) The Modern Detective Story (1937) I Have a Radio Mind, (1938) Prophets of Science (1939) What is the Source of Prophecy? (1939)
Far from the world of his white parents, the sixteen-year-old youth, Jan, was raised in a cage under the watchful eye of half-crazed Dr. Bracken. Guided by his foster mother, Chicma the Chimpanzee, Jan was destined to execute the doctor's fanatical plot for revenge against Jan's real mother. A monster with the mind of an ape and the body of a man, that was his part in Bracken's twisted scheme. But just on the eve of the intended onslaught, Jan and Chicma escaped to the jungle and emerged near the Lost Empire of Mu. There, Jan must do battle with the gigantic puma, the grotesque thunder bird, and the god-monster Sebek. With all his fighting skill, there remained only one challenge to Jan: trace his origins and locate his man-parents.
Science-Fantasy Classics, Sword & Sorcery Tales, Adventure Novels, Weird Stories: Complete Venus Trilogy, Jan of the Jungle Series, The Swordsman of Mars, The Outlaws of Mars…
Science-Fantasy Classics, Sword & Sorcery Tales, Adventure Novels, Weird Stories: Complete Venus Trilogy, Jan of the Jungle Series, The Swordsman of Mars, The Outlaws of Mars…
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Greatest Works of Otis Adelbert Kline - 18 Books in One Edition". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Introduction Writing the Fantastic Story The Venus Trilogy The Planet of Peril The Prince of Peril The Port of Peril The Mars Series The Swordsman of Mars The Outlaws of Mars The Call of the Savage Series Jan of the Jungle Jan in India Other Novels Maza of the Moon The Metal Monster Stranger from Smallness Short Stories The Malignant Entity The Thing That Walked in the Rain Spawn of the Comet The Man from the Moon A Vision of Venus The Revenge of the Robot Stolen Centuries Otis Adelbert Kline (1891-1946) was an adventure and science-fiction novelist of the pulp era. He is best known for his interplanetary adventure novels set on Venus and Mars, which instantly became science-fiction classics. Because of these, and several jungle-adventure novels also, Kline is often compared to Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Time Travel Adventures, Sword & Sorcery Tales & Space Fantasies: The Complete Venus Trilogy, The Swordsman of Mars, The Outlaws of Mars, Maza of the Moon, The Metal Monster, The Revenge of the Robot…
Time Travel Adventures, Sword & Sorcery Tales & Space Fantasies: The Complete Venus Trilogy, The Swordsman of Mars, The Outlaws of Mars, Maza of the Moon, The Metal Monster, The Revenge of the Robot…
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Greatest Sci-Fi & Fantasy Works of Otis Adelbert Kline - 16 Books in One Edition". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: The Venus Trilogy: The Planet of Peril The Prince of Peril The Port of Peril The Mars Series: The Swordsman of Mars The Outlaws of Mars Maza of the Moon The Metal Monster Stranger from Smallness The Malignant Entity The Thing That Walked in the Rain Spawn of the Comet The Man from the Moon A Vision of Venus The Revenge of the Robot Stolen Centuries Writing the Fantastic Story Otis Adelbert Kline was an adventure and science-fiction novelist, best known for his interplanetary adventure novels set on Venus and Mars, which instantly became science-fiction classics.
Science-Fantasy Collection, Including The Complete Venus Trilogy, The Swordsman of Mars, The Outlaws of Mars, Maza of the Moon, The Man from the Moon & A Vision of Venus
Science-Fantasy Collection, Including The Complete Venus Trilogy, The Swordsman of Mars, The Outlaws of Mars, Maza of the Moon, The Man from the Moon & A Vision of Venus
This unique collection of "The Complete Space Adventure Books of Otis Adelbert Kline – All 8 Novels in One Edition" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Otis Adelbert Kline was an adventure and science-fiction novelist, best known for his interplanetary adventure novels set on Venus and Mars, which instantly became science-fiction classics. Introduction Writing the Fantastic Story The Venus Trilogy The Planet of Peril The Prince of Peril The Port of Peril The Mars Series The Swordsman of Mars The Outlaws of Mars Other Tales Maza of the Moon The Man from the Moon A Vision of Venus
A simple help wanted ad, leads a expert climber to the elixir of life... or is it?excerptExcerptHe had never saved his money, had learned no other trade or profession, and with millions of trained men jobless, he found it impossible to get work. He soon found himself flat broke. He then took to panhandling, usually getting enough nickels and dimes in a day for his food and a cheap flop. His last dime was now gone. Soon he must leave the languid comfort of the park bench and resume his panhandling, in order to obtain the food and the flophouse bunk that would see him through the night.A discarded newspaper lay on the bench beside him, and picking it up, he glanced idly through the "Help Wanted" columns of the classified section. Suddenly, a small ad caught and held his attention: WANTED: Experienced mountain climber. Easy work. Excellent pay. Applicants call in person, 1332 Poinsetta Drive, and ask for Professor Hartwell.Jorgeson frowned and considered. That address would be at least a five mile walk from where he sat. But didn't he walk a good fifteen to twenty miles a day, anyway? And the panhandling might even be better out Poinsetta way, whether he landed the job or not.He tore the ad from the paper, thrust it into his coat pocket, lurched to his feet, and slouched off on his way.1332 Poinsettia Drive was a typical California bungalow, set in a spacious grounds, dotted with trees and surrounded by a high, woven wire fence.Jorgeson stood for a moment, peering through the wire meshes of the gate, trying to gather courage to enter. He was painfully conscious of his unshaven, unkempt appearance. For a moment, he was tempted to turn away and give up the quest.Then he saw a white-haired, bespectacled man of about his own size and build emerge from a side door and walk out into the yard. He made a queer, clucking noise, and a squirrel came scampering down the nearest tree, then ran toward him and halted with bushy tail arched.The man produced an acorn from a bulging coat pocket, and handed it to the squirrel, which sat there on its haunches, nibbling and jerking its tail. It was soon followed by another and another, until no less than a dozen squirrels surrounded the old man.This sight decided Jorgeson. Undoubtedly, this was Professor Hartwell. A man who was kind to animals would also be likely to be kind to a fellow human being in distress. The Fly opened the gate and entered.The squirrels scampered away at his approach. The old man rose to his feet, rattling the acorns in his pocket as he appraised the Fly with keen gray eyes that looked out through his gold-rimmed glasses from beneath bushy white brows."Well, what can I do for you?" he asked crisply."I've come in answer to your ad in today's paper," Jorgeson replied."You are an experienced mountain climber?" the old man asked."I can climb anything that's climbable," Jorgeson responded.
Otis Adelbert Kline (1891-1946) was an American adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline is best known for an apocryphal literary feud with fellow author Edgar Rice Burroughs, in which he supposedly raised the latter's ire by producing close imitations of Burroughs's Martian novels, though set on Venus -Planet of Peril, followed by Prince of Peril, and concluding with The Port of Peril.
This volume assembles three of Otis Adelbert Kline's classic pulp tales from the 1920s. Here are "The Dragoman's Secret" and "The Dragoman's Confession," both from Oriental Stories, and "The Thing of a Thousand Shapes" from Weird Tales .
Swordsman of Mars, Harry Thorne, outcast scion of a wealthy East Coast family, seeks the greatest adventure of his life. He exchanges bodies with his look-alike, Martian Sheb Takkor, and is transported millions of years into the past to a Mars peopled with mighty warriors, beautiful women, and fearsome beasts. Sheb Takkor, a great swordsman in his own right, must fight his way across the deserts and jungles of ancient Mars to save the lovely Princess Thane and to defeat his arch-enemy Sel Han -- or die trying! Edgar Rice Burroughs was the first great writer of planetary adventures. His one true rival and equal at writing planet stories was Otis Adelbert Kline.
This astonishing science-fiction classic begins like a prophecy of today's space achievements--a missile is fired from Earth to hit the surface of the Moon. It is successful and the misslemen are heroes, until...the Moon fires back!
What was the origin of races? Did all of us--Yellow, Black and White--start our generations in similar manner? How far afield of the truth are anthropologists?excerptExcerptWe stood on the eastern rim of Crater Mound--my friend Professor Thompson, the noted selenographer, and I. Dusky shadows lengthened and grew more intense in the great, deep basin before us, as the Sun, his face reddened as if from his day's exertions, sank slowly beyond the western rim.Behind us, Alamo Edwards, the dude wrangler who had brought us out from Canyon Diabolo two weeks before, was dividing his time between the chuck wagon and our outdoor cookstove in the preparation of our evening meal, while our hobbled horses wandered about near-by, searching out clumps of edible vegetation."How is the story progressing, Jim?" asked the professor, referring to a half finished novel I had brought out with me to occupy my time with, while my friend puttered among the stones and rubble in the vicinity."I've reached an impasse--" I began."And so have I," rejoined my friend dejectedly, "but of the two, mine is far the worst, for yours is in an imaginary situation, while mine is real. You will eventually solve your problem by using your imagination, which has no fixed limitations. I can only solve mine by using my reason, which is limited to deductions from facts. If I do not find sufficient facts either to prove or disprove my theory, what have I? A hypothesis, ludicrously wobbling on one puny leg, neither able to stand erect among established scientific truths nor to fall to dissolution among the mistaken ideas of the past.
Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #37. Another hefty issue is in hand, featuring novels and novellas by some of the greats of the mystery and science fiction fields. And, as expected, our acquiring editors have found some true gems. Michael Bracken has selected an original suspense tale from from N. M. Cedeño, Barb Goffman has a mystery from the always-superb Janice Law, and Cynthia Ward has Naomi Kritzer’s “Evil Opposite”—a great alternate-universe tale (and our featured story this issue). Of course, there’s lots more—including a tale of the Mounties by Hulbert Footner, a historical adventure from Otis Adelbert Kline, a detective novel featuring Nick Carter, and science fiction and fantasy from George R. Smith (his classic novel The Fourth “R”), Malcolm Jameson, and A.R. Morlan. Plus a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles! Here’s the lineup: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “Serenity, Courage, Wisdom,” by N. M. Cedeño [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “A Ring of Truth,” by Hal Charles [solve-it-yourself mystery] “Good Girl,” by Janice Law [Barb Goffman Presents short story] The Case of Adam Tasker, by Hulbert Footner [novel] An Unsolved Mystery, by Nicholas Carter [novel] “The Dragoman’s Confession,” by Otis Adelbert Kline [novella] “Murder in the Time World,” by Malcolm Jameson [short story] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “Evil Opposite,” by Naomi Kritzer [Cynthia Ward Presents short story] “A Little Pinch Is All You Need,” by A.R. Morlan [short story] “Murder in the Time World,” by Malcolm Jameson [short story] The Fourth “R”, by George O. Smith [novel]
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