The Bird of Time

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The Bird of Time
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Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author Wallace West
Cover artistW.I. Van der Poel, Jr.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Gnome Press
Publication date
1959
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages191 pp
OCLC 1295293

The Bird of Time is a science fiction novel by American writer Wallace West. It was published in 1959 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which 2,102 were never bound. The novel is a fix-up of four of West's short stories that had originally appeared in the magazines Astounding and Thrilling Wonder Stories .

Contents

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the adventures of the Martian bird-woman Yahna and Earthman Bill Newsome and the conflict between their worlds.

Contents

Reception

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale received the novel favorably, calling it "quick-paced and deftly written," but noted that the opening segment was clearly superior to the following parts. [1]

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References

  1. Gale, Floyd C. (August 1960). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 117–121.

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