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.
Author | Ray Bradbury |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Soft science fiction |
Publisher | Doubleday & Company |
Publication date | 1959 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 240 |
ISBN | 0-380-73086-3 (paperback reprint) |
OCLC | 38229379 |
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