A Medicine for Melancholy
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Author | Ray Bradbury |
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Language | English |
Genre | Soft science fiction |
Publisher | Doubleday & Company |
Publication date | 1959 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 240 |
ISBN | 0-380-73086-3 (paperback reprint) |
OCLC | 38229379 |
A Medicine for Melancholy (1959) is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was first published in the UK by Hart-Davis in 1959 as The Day It Rained Forever with a slightly different list of stories. All of the included stories were previously published.
Contents
[edit]The British and American editions each had a different selection of stories, as well as ordering.
Story | US Edition | UK Edition |
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"In a Season of Calm Weather" (filmed as The Picasso Summer, 1969) | 1 | 4 |
"The Dragon" | 2 | 9 |
"A Medicine for Melancholy" | 3 | |
"The End of the Beginning" | 4 | 18 |
"The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit" | 5 | 15 |
"Fever Dream" | 6 | 2 |
"The Marriage Mender" | 7 | 12 |
"The Town Where No One Got Off" | 8 | 7 |
"A Scent of Sarsaparilla" | 9 | 5 |
"Icarus Montgolfier Wright" | 10 | 3 |
"The Headpiece" | 11 | 13 |
"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" | 12 | 17 |
"The Smile" | 13 | 11 |
"The First Night of Lent" | 14 | |
"The Time of Going Away" | 15 | 14 |
"All Summer in a Day" | 16 | |
"The Gift" | 17 | 10 |
"The Great Collision of Monday Last" | 18 | |
"The Little Mice" | 19 | 16 |
"The Shore Line at Sunset", vt "The Sunset Harp" (UK ed.) | 20 | 22 |
"The Strawberry Window" | 21 | 6 |
"The Day It Rained Forever" | 22 | 1 |
"Referent" | 21 | |
"Almost the End of the World" | 20 | |
"Here There Be Tygers" | 8 | |
"Perchance to Dream" | 23 | |
"And the Rock Cried Out" | 19 |
Reception
[edit]Floyd C. Gale rated the collection four stars out of five, writing that "Bradbury's touch breathes fantasy into his most prosaic items ... all have an intense emotional impact".[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gale, Floyd C. (1959). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy. pp. 146–150. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 63. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External links
[edit]- A Medicine for Melancholy title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- A Medicine for Melancholy publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Day It Rained Forever title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Day It Rained Forever publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database