Northwest of Earth is a 1954 collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by C. L. Moore. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1954 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The collections contains stories about Moore's characters Northwest Smith and Jirel of Joiry. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Northwest of Earth
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorC. L. Moore
Cover artistRic Binkley
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
PublisherGnome Press
Publication date
1954
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages212 pp
OCLC1826570

Contents

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  • "The Cold Gray God"
  • "The Dark Land"
  • "Dust of Gods"
  • "Hellsgarde"
  • "Julhi"
  • "Lost Paradise"
  • "Yvala"

Reception

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P. Schuyler Miller praised the collection as "full of the lush, colorful tapestry of words which Merritt did best of all, and which we lack in most modern science fiction."[1] J. Francis McComas reviewed it favorably in The New York Times, but noted that it represented Moore's "youthful" work.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Miller, P. Schuyler. "The Reference Library," Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1955, pp.148-49.
  2. ^ "Spacemen's Realm", The New York Times Book Review, November 4, 1954, p.21

Sources

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  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 303.
  • Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-02-28.