The Thirty-First of February
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Author | Nelson Bond |
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Cover artist | James Gibson |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Gnome Press |
Publication date | 1949 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 272 |
The Thirty-First of February is a collection of fantasy stories by American writer Nelson Bond. It was released in 1949 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies. Most of the stories had previously appeared in the magazines Blue Book, Unknown, Fantastic Adventures, Esquire and Amazing Stories.
Contents[]
- Introduction, by James Branch Cabell
- "The Sportsman"
- "The Mask of Medusa"
- "My Nephew Norvell"
- "The Ring"
- "The Gripes of Wraith"
- "The Cunning of the Beast"
- "The Five Lives of Robert Jordan"
- "Take My Drum to England—"
- "Saint Mulligan"
- "The Monster from Nowhere"
- "The Man Who Walked Through Glass"
- "The Enchanted Pencil"
- "Pilgrimage"
Reception[]
Astounding reviewer Forrest J Ackerman punningly praised the collection as "first-class funtasy, leavened with a soupcon of sobriety."[1]
References[]
- ^ "Book Reviews", Astounding Science Fiction, June 1950, p.100
Sources[]
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 298.
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-02-23.
External links[]
- The Thirty-first of February title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:
- 1949 short story collections
- Fantasy short story collections
- Works by Nelson S. Bond
- Gnome Press books
- Fantasy short story collection stubs
- 1940s short story collection stubs