The Radio Man

{{short description|1924 novel by Ralph Milne Farley}} {{about|the Ralph Milne Farley novel|other uses|radio man (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{infobox book |  | name = The Radio Man | title_orig = | translator = | image = Radio man.jpg | caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition | author = Ralph Milne Farley | illustrator = O. G. Estes, Jr. | cover_artist = Jack Gaughan | country = United States | language = English | series = Radio Man | genre = Science fiction | publisher = Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. | release_date = 1924 in ''Argosy'', 1948 as a novel | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Hardback) | pages = 177 | isbn =  | oclc = 1293452 | preceded_by = | followed_by = The Radio Beasts }} '''''The Radio Man''''' is a science fiction novel by American writer Ralph Milne Farley. It is the first book in Farley's ''Radio Man'' series. The novel was originally serialized from the June 28, 1924 issue of ''Argosy''. It was first published in book form in 1948 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies. Modern publishers often release ''The Radio Man'' under the title ''An Earth Man on Venus''.

==Plot introduction== The novel concerns electrical engineer Myles Cabot, who disappears from his home in Boston while performing an experiment. He finds himself transported to the planet Venus where he is captured by the Formians, a race of ant-like creatures. After learning of the Cupians, a human-like race that is subservient to the Formians, Cabot escapes and falls in love with the Cupian princess Lilla. He goes on to introduce the Cupians to gunpowder and leads them in a revolt against their Formian masters.

==Adaptations==

Wally Wood illustrated a 26-page adaptation of the story in a one-shot comic book entitled ''An Earth Man on Venus'' for Avon Periodicals in 1951, with cover by Gene Fawcette. The story was reprinted in ''Strange Planets'' #11 from I.W. Enterprises in the early 1960s. with cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.

==See also== *Planetary romance *Venus in fiction

==Sources== *{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=269 | date=1998}} *{{cite book | last=Crawford, Jr. | first=Joseph H. |author2=James J. Donahue |author3=Donald M. Grant |author3-link=Donald M. Grant |name-list-style=amp| title="333", A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel | location=Providence, RI| publisher=The Grandon Company | pages=28 | date=1953|oclc= 3924496}} *{{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=224 | date=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1}}

==External links== * {{FadedPage|id=20171236|name=The Radio Man}} * {{librivox book | title=An Earth Man on Venus | author=Farley}} * {{ISFDB title|11188}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radio Man, The}} Category:1948 American novels Category:1948 English-language novels Category:American science fiction novels Category:Novels first published in serial form Category:Novels set on Venus Category:Works originally published in Argosy (magazine) Category:Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. books