Skylark Of Valeron

'Valeron' takes us more or less straight on from the end of the last volume, although we see the denouement from the perspective of Duquesne, who has captured a Fenachrone war-vessel and is hiding among their fleet. Thus, he witnesses the destruction of the entire Fenachrone race. While Seaton and h......more

The Skylark of Valeron is the third novel of the original Skylark Series. It is basically a continuation of The Skylark of Space and Skylark Three as Seaton and the gang continue their adventure in interstellar space. As was the case in his first two novels, “Doc” leans heavily on the science in his......more

This is a quaint book. One written just prior to the Science Fiction revolution that occurred at the end of the Thirties and brought us Asimov and Heinlein, "hard science" fiction and a hint of things to come. How a food engineer (donuts) could have had his finger on the pulse enough to predict ur......more

This, the third in the Skylark series (previously reviewed by me the first novel, The Skylark of Space, and also the second, the confusingly named Skylark Three) opens to reveal that Richard Seaton’s Nemesis, Marc C DuQuesne did not die at the hands of the Fenachrone supermen in Skylark Thre......more