“Astounding Stories,” Vol. 9, No. 1 (January, 1932). “Angry Ape” cover by H. W. Wesso from a scene in “The Mind Master,” a two-part novel by Arthur J. Burks.
“. . . Bentley himself had had a horrible adventure. Caleb Barter, a mad scientist, had drugged him and exchanged his brain with that of an ape, and for hours Bentley had roamed the jungles hidden in the great hairy body, the only part of him remaining ‘Bentley’ being the Bentley brain which Barter had placed in the ape’s skull-pan. Bentley would never forget the horror of that grim awakening, in which he had found himself walking on bent knuckles, his voice the fighting bellow of a giant anthropoid . . .”
(In case you're wondering, this giant ape story predated the movie "King Kong," which wasn't released until March 2, 1933.)
"The Mind Master" is a sequel to Arthur J. Burks' "Manape the Mighty" which was published in the June 1931 issue of "Astounding Stories."
“Astounding Stories,” Vol. 9, No. 1 (January, 1932). “Angry Ape” cover by H. W. Wesso from a scene in “The Mind Master,” a two-part novel by Arthur J. Burks.
“. . . Bentley himself had had a horrible adventure. Caleb Barter, a mad scientist, had drugged him and exchanged his brain with that of an ape, and for hours Bentley had roamed the jungles hidden in the great hairy body, the only part of him remaining ‘Bentley’ being the Bentley brain which Barter had placed in the ape’s skull-pan. Bentley would never forget the horror of that grim awakening, in which he had found himself walking on bent knuckles, his voice the fighting bellow of a giant anthropoid . . .”
(In case you're wondering, this giant ape story predated the movie "King Kong," which wasn't released until March 2, 1933.)
"The Mind Master" is a sequel to Arthur J. Burks' "Manape the Mighty" which was published in the June 1931 issue of "Astounding Stories."