The Blind Spot

The Blind Spot

Infobox Book
name = The Blind Spot
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint
illustrator = Hannes Bok
cover_artist = Hannes Bok
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Prime Press
release_date = 1951
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 293 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 7329780
preceded_by =
followed_by = The Spot of Life

"The Blind Spot" is a science fiction novel by authors Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint. It was first published in book form in 1951 by Prime Press in an edition of 1,500 copies, though fewer than 800 were bound and the remainder are assumed lost. The novel was originally serialized in six parts in the magazine "Argosy" beginning in May, 1921. The sequel, "The Spot of Life", was written by Hall alone.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns an interdimensional doorway between worlds.

Publication history

*1921, USA, "Argosy", Pub date May 1921, magazine serialization in 6 parts
*1940, USA, "Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Pub date March 1940, magazine serialization in 3 parts
*1940, USA, "Fantastic Novels, Pub date July 1940, magazine
*1950, USA, Prime Press OCLC|7329780, Pub date 1951, Hardback, first book publication
*1953, UK, Museum OCLC|222434536, Pub date 1953, Hardback
*1964, USA, Ace Books OCLC|7326942, Pub date 1964, Paperback

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=532 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute |coauthors=Peter Nicholls| title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | location=New York| publisher=St. Martin's Griffin | pages=535 | date=1995|id=ISBN 0-312-13486-X
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=202 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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