The Bird of Time

The Bird of Time

Infobox Book |
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
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1959
english_release_date =
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

*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=307 | date=1998
*cite web
last = Contento
first = William G.
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title = Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
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url = http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t93.htm#A2068
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accessdate = 2008-03-04

*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=453 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8


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