A Medicine for Melancholy
 Dust-jacket illustration from the first edition | |
| Author | Ray Bradbury |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Soft science fiction |
| Publisher | Doubleday & Company |
Publication date | 1959 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 0-380-73086-3 (paperback reprint) |
| OCLC | 38229379 |
A Medicine for Melancholy (1959) is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was first published in the UK by Hart-Davis in 1959 as The Day It Rained Forever with a slightly different list of stories. All of the included stories were previously published.
Contents
The British and American editions each had a different selection of stories, as well as ordering.
| Story | US Edition | UK Edition |
|---|---|---|
| "In a Season of Calm Weather" (filmed as The Picasso Summer, 1969) | 1 | 4 |
| "The Dragon" | 2 | 9 |
| "A Medicine for Melancholy" | 3 | |
| "The End of the Beginning" | 4 | 18 |
| "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit" | 5 | 15 |
| "Fever Dream" | 6 | 2 |
| "The Marriage Mender" | 7 | 12 |
| "The Town Where No One Got Off" | 8 | 7 |
| "A Scent of Sarsaparilla" | 9 | 5 |
| "Icarus Montgolfier Wright" | 10 | 3 |
| "The Headpiece" | 11 | 13 |
| "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" | 12 | 17 |
| "The Smile" | 13 | 11 |
| "The First Night of Lent" | 14 | |
| "The Time of Going Away" | 15 | 14 |
| "All Summer in a Day" | 16 | |
| "The Gift" | 17 | 10 |
| "The Great Collision of Monday Last" | 18 | |
| "The Little Mice" | 19 | 16 |
| "The Shore Line at Sunset", vt "The Sunset Harp" (UK ed.) | 20 | 22 |
| "The Strawberry Window" | 21 | 6 |
| "The Day It Rained Forever" | 22 | 1 |
| "Referent" | 21 | |
| "Almost the End of the World" | 20 | |
| "Here There Be Tygers" | 8 | |
| "Perchance to Dream" | 23 | |
| "And the Rock Cried Out" | 19 |
Reception
Floyd C. Gale rated the collection four stars out of five, writing that "Bradbury's touch breathes fantasy into his most prosaic items ... all have an intense emotional impact".[1]
See also
References
- ^ Gale, Floyd C. (1959). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy. pp. 146–150. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition". Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 63. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External links
- A Medicine for Melancholy title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- A Medicine for Melancholy publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Day It Rained Forever title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Day It Rained Forever publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database