| 词条 | The Iron Star |
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| name = The Iron Star | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:Iron star.jpg | caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition | author = John Taine | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Science fiction | publisher = E. P. Dutton | release_date = 1930 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Hardback) | pages = 356 | isbn = | oclc = 1967264 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} The Iron Star is a science fiction novel by American writer John Taine (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell). It was first published in 1930 by E. P. Dutton. Plot introductionThe novel concerns an African expedition. Swain, a member of the expedition, becomes demented and attempts to exterminate a peculiar species of African ape. The other members of the expedition are befriended by an intelligent ape called the Captain. The expedition discovers that the apes are in fact humans that have evolved in reverse due to exposure to a meteor and that the Captain was once human. ReceptionOne newspaper review of the original edition described The Iron Star as "a fantastic thriller along unusual lines, clever and well done, but with a repulsive theme."[1] Boucher and McComas faulted the novel as "poorly written," but characterized the central idea as "curious and effective.".[2] P. Schuyler Miller, however, rated the novel as "Taine's greatest book, and one of the greatest in all science fiction"; he praised its "daring scientific concept" and its "perplexing mystery," as well as "a smoothness which none of [Taine's] other books quite show."[3]Everett F. Bleiler reported that "The idea is interesting, despite Taine's ignorance of zoology and his shocking racial intolerance," but that "the literary development is fumbling."[4]References1. ^"Reviews in Brief," Hartford Courant, February 2, 1930, p.E8 2. ^"Recommended Reading," F&SF, April 1952, p.95 3. ^"The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, April 1952, p.113 4. ^Everett F. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years, Kent State University Press, 1990, p.731 Sources
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