| The Forbidden Garden | |
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Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author(s) | John Taine |
| Illustrator | A. J. Donnell |
| Cover artist | A. J. Donnell |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Fantasy Press |
| Publication date | 1947 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 278 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC Number | 1895266 |
The Forbidden Garden is a science fiction novel by author John Taine (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell). It was first published in 1947 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 3,029 copies.
The novel concerns the search for soil from a remote part of Asia for the cultivation of weird flowers that can destroy humanity.
P. Schuyler Miller reviewed the novel favorably, saying "[Taine] is standing at your elbow, nudging you with evident relish when you come to passages that were fun to write."[1]