The Undying Land

The Undying Land

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	William Gilmour
Illustrator	Kevin Eugene Johnson
Cover artist	Kevin Eugene Johnson
Language	English
Genre	Lost race novel
Publisher	Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Publication date	1985
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	208 pp
ISBN	0-937986-62-3
OCLC	14520857
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3557.I463 U5 1985

The Undying Land is a Lost race novel by William Gilmour. It was first published in 1985 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,300 copies.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the adventures of Starrett, an aviator who becomes lost in Africa and discovers a lost civilization.

Reception

Science Fiction Review critic Darrell Schweitzer wrote, "with very minor changes, The Undying Land would pass perfectly for an obscure novel published in All Story in 1911. He has got the whole routine down perfectly: competently readable prose, wooden characterization, impossible dialogue, wild implausibilities, and even a trace of Age of Imperialism racism." ^[1] The book was reviewed by Dan Chow in Locus and Don D'Ammassa in Science Fiction Chronicle . ^{[2] [3]}

Further reading

• "William Gilmour, The Undying Land". Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. November 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento (November 20, 2007). "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)" . Retrieved June 7, 2008.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 331.

References

1. Schweitzer, Darrell (August 1986). Geis, Richard E. (ed.). "The Undying Land". Science Fiction Review . Vol. 15, no. 3 #60. pp. 46–47. ISSN   0036-8377 . Retrieved July 17, 2023– via Internet Archive.
2. Chow, Dan (January 1992). "The Undying Land". Locus . No. 372. Archived from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
3. D'Ammassa, Don (December 1986). "The Undying Land". Science Fiction Chronicle . No. 87.