Viking, Otto
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1885-1966) Danish Catholic bishop, associated with Theosophy, and author whose sf novel is A klode griber ind (written 1954; 1961; trans as A World Intervenes 1964). A young Danish couple is recruited by a secret organization based on Venus that makes use of flying saucers (see UFOs) and has planted a hidden colony in Antarctica, aiming to help Earth through its crisis of development and guide its nations to world peace; the foundations of this ideal are duly laid. [DRL/JC]
Bishop Otto Emil Viking
born Denmark: 2 October 1885
died 8 August 1966
works
- A klode griber ind (Denmark: private published, 1961) [illus/Martin Poser: binding unknown/]
- A World Intervenes (New York: Exposition Press, 1964) [trans of the above: hb/]
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