Anyone ever read any Otis Adelbert Kline?

[Desdichado]

Anyone? I'm considering buying some facsimile copies of some of his stories out of the ancient pulp magazines where they were first published (copyright has expired, but no free etexts exist, as near as I can tell) but at $20+ a pop, I'm just a tad hesitant. I'm curious if anyone has read any of his work or not. It's supposed to compare well to Edgar Rice Burroughs and his Barsoom stuff.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Before you pay to get his stuff, why don't you see if your local library can get some of his works by interlibrary loan? We have two volumes here at UVA- The port of peril and The prince of peril; the weird adventures of Zinlo, man of three worlds, upon the mysterious planet of Venus

I can't help you as far as the content goes, as I have not heard of him before your post.

 

[Desdichado]

Sadly, the paperbacks that were issued (by Ace, I think?) in the sixties are drastically and brutally "edited" from the original versions.

Also, I already tried that anyway, and they didn't come.

I guess I could get those cheaper from an Amazon used book seller, though.

 

[Swoop109]

Here's a recent review of one of his stories;

http://www.swordandsorcery.org/swordsmen-grandon-of-venus.asp