The Bird of Time

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name = The Bird of Time
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Wallace West
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cover_artist = W.I. Van der Poel, Jr.
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1959
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 191 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1295293
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"The Bird of Time" is a science fiction novel by author Wallace West. It was published in 1959 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which 2,102 were never bound. The novel is a fix-up of four of West's short stories that had originally appeared in the magazines "Astounding" and "Thrilling Wonder Stories".

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the adventures of the Martian bird-woman Yahna and Earthman Bill Newsome and the conflict between their worlds.

Contents

* "En Route to Pluto"
* "The Lure of Polaris"
* "The Bird of Time"
* "Captive Audience"

References

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