Fantasy fiction enthusiasts will recognize the common interest they share with the author after reading this unusual book. The merging of fact and fancy is so deftly executed by the author one would not know where one stops and the other begins if he did not read cautiously. Mr. Heuer has carefully arranged his fact and fiction and always warns you when his imaginative mind takes over factual information, drawing a distinct line between the two.

He discusses the possibility of life on other planets, moons and asteroids, the possibility of solar trips, variety of climate and atmosphere, these all being scientific facts discovered to up now. He theorizes, on the basis of these facts, about the types of people, animals and vegetation possible on the numerous bodies with their variations of atmospheric conditions. Some readers will be delighted with the astronomical facts set forth by Mr. Heuer, while others will be fascinated with the fantasy, and the book has a generous sprinkling of both.

Charles H. Smiley who contributed the forward says in part, "Astronomy, often credited with being the oldest of the sciences, should form a part of every educated person's background. It has the broadening influence that one associates with travel. Men of Other Planets not only is fascinating reading but it also possesses cultural values which should not be underrated."

The full page illustrations in scratchboard are by R. T. Crane, and are the most unusual and most interesting your reviewer has recently experienced. The artist worked closely with the author in producing these illustrations and the vivid imaginations of both are obvious at first glance,

Pelligrini & Cudahy, 41 East 50th St., New York, N.Y., 160 pages, illustrated. Price $3.

Hobbies Magazine, July 1951