Dust-jacket from the first edition
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| Author | Wallace West |
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| Cover artist | W.I. Van der Poel, Jr. |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Gnome Press |
Publication date | 1959 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 191 pp |
| OCLC | 1295293 |
The Bird of Time is a science fiction novel by American writer Wallace West. It was published in 1959byGnome 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.
The novel concerns the adventures of the Martian bird-woman Yahna and Earthman Bill Newsome and the conflict between their worlds.
Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale received the novel favorably, calling it "quick-paced and deftly written," but noted that the opening segment was clearly superior to the following parts.[1]
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