Fields of Sleep

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Fields of Sleep
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Author E. C. Vivian
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy
Publisher Hutchinson
Publication date
1923
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages288
Followed byPeople of the Darkness 

Fields of Sleep is a fantasy novel by British writer E. C. Vivian. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1923 by Hutchinson. In the United States, the novel first appeared in the magazine Famous Fantastic Mysteries under the title The Valley of Silent Men. An edition with illustrations by Thomas Canty was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1980. A sequel, People of the Darkness, appeared in 1924. An omnibus edition of the two volumes was published by Arno Press as Aia in 1978. [1]

Contents

Plot introduction

The novel concerns English adventurer Victor Marshall who is hired to find a fellow Englishman who is lost in Asiatic Sapelung. Marshall discovers a hidden valley and is imprisoned by its inhabitants who are descended from ancient Chaldean colonists. The inhabitants are dependent on a narcotic flower whose fragrance produces ecstasy. Marshall finds his countryman living among the inhabitants. After a flood, the flowers are destroyed and without it, the inhabitants including Marshall's countryman perish. Not dependent on the flower, Marshall survives.

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Fields of Sleep was reprinted in the August 1949 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries, under the title "The Valley of Silent Men" Famous fantastic mysteries 194908.jpg
Fields of Sleep was reprinted in the August 1949 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries , under the title "The Valley of Silent Men"