The Red Peri (collection)
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | John T. Brooks |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Fantasy Press |
Publication date | 1952 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 252 |
| OCLC | 2338364 |
The Red Peri is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Stanley G. Weinbaum. It was first published in 1952 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 1,732 copies. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Amazing Stories, Astounding and Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Contents
[edit]- "Smothered Seas" (with Ralph Milne Farley)
- "Revolution of 1950" (with Ralph Milne Farley)
- "The Red Peri"
- "Proteus Island"
- "The Brink of Infinity"
- "Shifting Seas"
- "Flight on Titan"
- "Redemption Cairn"
Reception
[edit]Boucher and McComas, although noting that The Red Peri was "a collection of Weinbaum's lesser work", still praised it as an interesting selection of work from "one of the most original and stimulating forerunners of contemporary science fiction."[1] P. Schuyler Miller, similarly noting that Weinbaum's best work had already been collected in A Martian Odyssey and Others, found nevertheless that "Any of these stories would stand up today."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, April 1953, p.99
- ^ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, May 1953, p.151
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 238.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 447. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.