''Escape on Venus'' is a

science fantasy Science fantasy is a hybrid genre within speculative fiction that simultaneously draws upon or combines tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy. In a conventional science fiction story, the world is presented as being scientif ...

novel by American writer

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he ...

, the fourth book in the

Venus series The Amtor or Venus series is a science fantasy series consisting of four novels and one novelette written by American author Edgar Rice Burroughs. Most of the stories were first serialized in '' Argosy'', an American pulp magazine. It is som ...

(Sometimes called the "Carson Napier of Venus series"). It consists of four interconnected stories published in ''Fantastic Adventures'' between 1941 and 1942: "Slaves of the Fish Men", "Goddess of Fire", "The Living Dead," and "War on Venus". A collected edition of these stories was published in 1946.

Copyright

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for this story has expired in Australia, and thus now resides in the

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there. The text is available via Project Gutenberg Australia.

Original stories

*"Slaves of the Fish Men", March 1941 *"Goddess of Fire", July 1941 *"The Living Dead", November 1941 *"War on Venus", March 1942

External links

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ERBzine C.H.A.S.E.R ENCYCLOPEDIA entry for ''Escape on Venus''
* 1946 short story collections 1946 fantasy novels 1946 science fiction novels American fantasy novels American science fiction novels Fantasy short story collections Science fiction short story collections Short story collections by Edgar Rice Burroughs Venus novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs {{1940s-fantasy-novel-stub