_High Adventure and Strange Romance on a World of Mystery_ When Myles Cabot accidentally transmitted himself to the planet Venus, he found himself naked and bewildered on a mystery world where every unguarded minute might mean a horrible death. Man-eating plants, tiger-sized spiders, and dictatorial ant-men kept Myles on the run until he discovered the secret of the land—that humanity was a slave-race and that the monster ants were the real rulers of the world! But Cabot was resourceful, and when his new found love, the Kewpie-doll princess Lilla, called for help, the ant-men learned what an angry Earthman can do. AN EARTHMAN ON VENUS is a science-fiction adventure packed with the excitement of an Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the science-vision of an H. G. Wells. You won’t be able to put it down once you start it. AN EARTHMAN ON VENUS {_Originally titled “THE RADIO MAN”_} by RALPH MILNE FARLEY AVON PUBLISHING CO., INC. 119 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. _Published by Arrangement with the Author_ On the planet _VENUS_ you will meet— _THIS EARTHMAN_ MYLES CABOT, a good-looking young Boston radio experimenter, who accidentally broadcast himself bodily to another world. _THESE GIANT ANTS_ QUEEN FORMIS, a twelve-foot-high monster, who ruled a world from an egg-laying couch, and could conceive of no mercy for her human slaves. DOGGO, who became Myles Cabot’s friend through a curious accident and who first showed Myles the ropes on that queer planet. SATAN, who was given that name by Myles for the unpleasant reason that he deserved it—and who lived up to it. _THESE VENUSIAN PEOPLE_ PRINCESS LILLA, the lovely girl with the Kewpie wings, who held the key to the throne of Venus and the key to Myles’ heart simultaneously. YURI, the suave scoundrel who wouldn’t hesitate to sell out his whole race to get Lilla’s hand by force. TORON, who tipped Myles off to Lilla’s private intentions in order to save himself from slavery. BTHUH, the beautiful lady who conspired to win Myles for herself, though she had to help his deadliest enemies to do it. [Illustration: COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED: This AVON book contains the entire text as published in the original edition.] The Radio Man. Copyright, 1924 and 1939, by Frank A. Munsey Company. Copyright, 1948, by Ralph Milne Farley. _Avon Reprint Edition_ An Earthman on Venus. Copyright, 1950, by Avon Publishing Co., Inc. PRINTED IN U.S.A. contents