People of the Comet

Infobox Book
name = People of the Comet
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Austin Hall
illustrator = R. K. Murphy
cover_artist = Jack Gaughan
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Griffin Publishing Company
release_date = 1948
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 131 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 6411492
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"People of the Comet" is a science fiction novel by Austin Hall. It was first published in book form in 1948 by Griffin Publishing Company in an edition of 900 copies. The novel was originally serialized in two parts in the magazine "Weird Tales" beginning in September, 1923 under the title "Hop O' My Thumb".

Plot introduction

The novel concerns super-beings who reveal that our solar system is an atom is a larger universe.

Publication history

*1923, USA, "Weird Tales", Pub date September 1923, magazine serialization in 2 parts, as "Hop O' My Thumb"
*1948, USA, Griffin Publishing Company OCLC|6411492, Pub date 1948, Hardback, first book publication
*1950, Belgium, "Bravo", Pub date 23 November 1950, magazine, as "La comète rouge".

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=823 | date=1998
*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