Polyphemus (book)

Polyphemus (book)

Infobox Book
name = Polyphemus
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Harry O. Morris for "Polyphemus"
author = Michael Shea
illustrator = John Stewart
cover_artist = Harry O. Morris
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1987
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = x, 245 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-155-2
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Polyphemus" is a collection of Science fiction, fantasy and horror stories by author Michael Shea. It was released in 1987 by Arkham House . It was published in an edition of 3,528 copies and was the author's first hardcover book. Most of the stories originally appeared in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction".

Contents

"Polyphemus" contains the following stories:

# "Foreword", by Algis Budrys
# "Polyphemus"
# "The Angel of Death"
# "Uncle Tuggs"
# "The Pearls of the Vampire Queen"
# "The Horror on the #33"
# "The Extra"
# "The Autopsy"

Reprints

*London: Grafton, 1990.

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=141 | date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=56 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=157 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=134 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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