People of the Comet
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Not to be confused with either the 1932 film or the 2003 film titled The Blind Spot.
| People of the Comet | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | Austin Hall |
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| Illustrator | R. K. Murphy |
| Cover artist | Jack Gaughan |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Griffin Publishing Company |
| Publication date | 1948 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 131 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC | 6411492 |
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.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel concerns super-beings who reveal that our solar system is an atom is a larger universe.
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 823.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 202. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
