Mullen wrote that Smith's "great success" was "surely due first of all to the skill with which Smith mixed elements of the spy thriller and the western story . . . with those of the traditional cosmic voyage. In the science fiction novel Islands in the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke a starship is named The Skylark of Space, "a name apparently taken from a famous old science fiction story". Sequels The novel was followed by three sequels: Skylark Three (Amazing Stories, Aug–Oct 1930) Skylark of Valeron (Astounding Stories Aug 1934 – Feb 1935, Fantasy Press 1949) Skylark DuQuesne (Worlds of If Jun–Oct 1965, Pyramid Books 1966) - Hugo Award nominee See also 1928 in science fiction References Sources External links (transcribed from Amazing Stories'' 1928 publication) 1928 American novels 1928 science fiction novels Novels first published in serial form Skylark series Works originally published in Amazing Stories