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FIVE AGAINST VENUS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Virgil Finlay, cloth. Later, fourth printing. A Robinsonade in which an "average American family" on their way to the Moon is stranded on Venus, an unpleasant, unexplored planet with a hostile environment including bat people and flesh eating plants. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 5-54.
MISSING MEN OF SATURN.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
MISSING MEN OF SATURN.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. Later, second printing. A hundred years after the members of the first expedition to the dreaded planet Saturn vanished one by one, the second expedition's spaceship lands on its moon Titan. "Subsequently, the crew is exposed to a series of terrifying incidents, and members disappear. Gradually, it becomes apparent that Saturn is inhabited, and both the Saturnians, an old civilized race, and the descendants of Captain Dearborn, first explorer of Saturn who disappeared mysteriously, do not want any interlopers. The crew, however, is set free as the Saturnians decide rapprochement is inevitable. Suspenseful, well-written mystery for two-thirds of the book; then speculation about the possibility of life on Saturn intrudes." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-90. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 5-55.