Journey to Venus [SEP] publisher
Adelbert Kline, and other writers.
The original edition of "Journey to Venus" from Arena Publishing Co. featured sixteen illustrations by "Miss Fairfax and Mrs. McAuley." The ensuing "paper-covered" edition reduced the illustrations to three. After the 1896 bankruptcy of Arena Publishing, "Journey to Venus" was reprinted in 1897 by the New York firm F. T. Neely, with the reduced number of three illustrations.
External links.
- Free downloadable PDF copy, Arena Publishing edition (with all sixteen illustrations
Journey to Venus
Journey to Venus the Primeval World; Its Wonderful Creations and Gigantic Monsters is an 1895 science fiction novel written by Gustavus W. Pope. The book was a sequel to Pope's novel of the previous year, "Journey to Mars". The "Venus" volume features the same hero and heroine, Lt. Frederick Hamilton, USN, and his love interest the Martian princess Suhlamia. They travel to Venus on a Martian "ethervolt" spacecraft.
The publisher promoted the book as "full of exciting