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THE AVENGING MARTIAN by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "In the remote past, the evil super-scientists of Venus had totally destroyed Mars to ensure their planet's survival. But the doomed Martians set in motion events involving the sending of two of their race to Earth, which results in their being avenged by a present-day descendent. This is an expanded and rewritten version of 'Red Heritage,' which appeared in ASTOUNDING, January 1938, as by John Russell Fearn. An archetypal Staten novel which was reprinted in the United States as 'Survivor of Mars,' TWO COMPLETE SCIENCE ADVENTURE BOOKS, Spring 1953." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A126.
THE CATALYST by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "Scott and Nancy Andrew bring back a small cinder rock from Mercury, not knowing that it is a catalyst which will turn water into gold. It is lost in the sewers of London, and Earth is threatened. An ingenious SF re-working of the King Midas Legend." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A132.
THE CATALYST by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "Scott and Nancy Andrew bring back a small cinder rock from Mercury, not knowing that it is a catalyst which will turn water into gold. It is lost in the sewers of London, and Earth is threatened. An ingenious SF re-working of the King Midas Legend." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A132.
THE COSMIC FLAME by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1950]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "The inhabitants of a synthetic world beyond the orbit of Pluto come to the aid of Earth when renegade scientists utilize a natural cosmic lens to back up an ultimatum to the world. An entertaining space opera." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A133.
INFERNO by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1950]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." In the year 2150 A.D. immortal Atlanteans living underground on the planet Saturn help a stranded astronaut and his girl friend overthrow the ruthless Earth dictator who tried to kill them. The main part of the plot involves super science, dopplegangers and matter transmission. "A grandiose interplanetary adventure." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A144.
NEBULA X by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1950]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." The scattered atoms of the long-dead sole survivor of a peaceful alien race annihilated by the super science of an ancient pre-antediluvian Earth civilization are reunited by Earth scientists during a laboratory experiment. The super intelligent, amoral, and totally evil alien assumes the form of a beautiful woman, Nebula, and makes plans to exterminate mankind to avenge its dead race. "The basic plot of this story is based on 'The Multillionth Chance' which appeared in the September 1946 issue of THRILLING WONDER STORIES, as by John Russell Fearn." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A155.
THE RENEGADE STAR by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "When the Solar System is doomed to absolute destruction by the close passage of a renegade star, super scientist Evelyn Stokes is Earth's only chance of survival. An audacious novel that sends Earth on a titanic voyage through the universe, the story is a slightly expanded and rewritten version of 'The Blue Infinity,' which was published in the September 1935 issue of ASTOUNDING under Fearn's own name." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A162.
SPACE WARP by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Limited. [1952]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "A fault in the ether causes temperatures to rise to record levels all over the world as the endless day gets under way. The lives of a number of people are affected in different ways by this strange and terrifying metamorphosis in nature." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A164.
WANDERER OF SPACE by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., n.d., [1950]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "Deep in space a son is born to the Queen of Earth, while back on the politically unstable homeworld, an exact twin is created by synthesis, giving rise to interplanetary intrigue and adventure. An SF variant of Alexandre Dumas's THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A172.