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The Radium Terrors single work   novel   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1911... 1911 The Radium Terrors
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'In The Radium Terrors the villain exposes wealthy individuals to radium so that they will have to pay extortionate priced to be cured of radiation poisoning. There is a private detective, Gifford Renwick, who chases around trying to put an end to all of this, but who is repeatedly side-tracked by his chivalrous ministrations to three women involved in the case. Dorrington locates the center for all of the mischief in the novel in Dr. Teroni Tsarka whom he identifies as a master criminal.'

Source: Panek, LeRoy Lad. After Sherlock Holmes: The Evolution of British and American Detective Stories. North Carolina: McFarland, 2014.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1911
Serialised by: The Pall Mall Magazine 1893 periodical (3 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in six parts in 1911: January p. 3-24, February p. 167-186, March p. 337-355, April p. 505-527, May p. 689-707, June p. 923-935.

Works about this Work

Fathomless Eyes : An Australian Guide to the Evil Oriental David Robert Walker , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 539-550)
The essay examines the characteristics attributed to 'orientalist' creations in Australian and English novels of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Invention and Discovery Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 136-140)

— Review of The Land of the Unseen Ernest Favenc , 1902-1903 single work short story ; The Mystery of the Luminous Ray Arthur Russell , 1935 single work novel ; The Lady Calphurnia Royal 1909 single work novel ; The Half God Albert Dorrington , 1933 single work novel ; The Radium Terrors Albert Dorrington , 1911 single work novel ; Ubique, the Scientific Bushranger Clarence W. Martin , 1910 single work novel ; A Corner in Water 1909 single work novel ; The Goldseekers : A Tale of Adventure : A Gold-extracting Motor and the Sahara Desert Robert M. MacDonald , 1910 single work children's fiction ; The Secret of the Sargasso Robert M. MacDonald , 1909 single work children's fiction ; The Moon-Dial Albert Dorrington , 1928 single work novel ; Our Lady of the Leopards Albert Dorrington , 1911 single work novel ; The Ant Men Eric North , 1955 single work novel ; The Star Germs Bernard Cronin , 1928 single work novella ; The Green Flame Eric North , 1924 single work novella ; The Story of a Lost Planet, or, The Wonderful Submarine D. Healy , 1911 single work novella ; Marama : A Tale of the South Pacific Ralph Stock , 1913 single work novel ; The Recipe for Rubber : A Romance of the South Pacific Ralph Stock , 1911 single work novel ; The Winged Avenger : A Romance and Adventure S. Herbert Mapes , 1935 single work novel
Invention and Discovery Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 136-140)

— Review of The Land of the Unseen Ernest Favenc , 1902-1903 single work short story ; The Mystery of the Luminous Ray Arthur Russell , 1935 single work novel ; The Lady Calphurnia Royal 1909 single work novel ; The Half God Albert Dorrington , 1933 single work novel ; The Radium Terrors Albert Dorrington , 1911 single work novel ; Ubique, the Scientific Bushranger Clarence W. Martin , 1910 single work novel ; A Corner in Water 1909 single work novel ; The Goldseekers : A Tale of Adventure : A Gold-extracting Motor and the Sahara Desert Robert M. MacDonald , 1910 single work children's fiction ; The Secret of the Sargasso Robert M. MacDonald , 1909 single work children's fiction ; The Moon-Dial Albert Dorrington , 1928 single work novel ; Our Lady of the Leopards Albert Dorrington , 1911 single work novel ; The Ant Men Eric North , 1955 single work novel ; The Star Germs Bernard Cronin , 1928 single work novella ; The Green Flame Eric North , 1924 single work novella ; The Story of a Lost Planet, or, The Wonderful Submarine D. Healy , 1911 single work novella ; Marama : A Tale of the South Pacific Ralph Stock , 1913 single work novel ; The Recipe for Rubber : A Romance of the South Pacific Ralph Stock , 1911 single work novel ; The Winged Avenger : A Romance and Adventure S. Herbert Mapes , 1935 single work novel
Fathomless Eyes : An Australian Guide to the Evil Oriental David Robert Walker , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 539-550)
The essay examines the characteristics attributed to 'orientalist' creations in Australian and English novels of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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