The Throne of Saturn

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The Throne of Saturn

Jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for The Throne of Saturn by S. Fowler Wright
Author S. Fowler Wright
Cover artist Ronald Clyne
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date 1949
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages viii, 186 pp
ISBN NA

The Throne of Saturn is a collection of science fiction short stories by author S. Fowler Wright. It was released in 1949 and was the author's first American book and his only collection published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 3,062 copies.

The book is an expansion of The New Gods Lead published by Jarrolds in 1932 by the addition of two stories.

[edit] Contents

The Throne of Saturn contains the following tales:

  1. "Foreword"
  2. "Justice"
  3. "This Night"
  4. "Brain"
  5. "Appeal"
  6. "Proof"
  7. "P.N. 40"
  8. "Automata"
  9. "The Rat"
  10. "Rule"
  11. "Choice"
  12. "The Temperature of Gehenna Sue"
  13. "Original Sin"

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[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 37-38. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 34. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 55. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 72. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.