The Bridge of Light is a science fiction novel by American writer A. Hyatt Verrill. It was originally published in the Fall 1929 edition of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories Quarterly. It was subsequently republished in book form in 1950 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 2,556 copies.
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | A. Hyatt Verrill |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Edd Cartier |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Fantasy Press |
Publication date | 1950 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 248 |
| OCLC | 2198230 |
The novel concerns the search for a lost city in South America.
Reception
editP. Schuyler Miller received the novel favorably, saying that Verrill's "picture of the strange magnificence and incongruities of Mayan culture adds a feeling of authenticity to a rather routine plot."[1] Everett F. Bleiler, however, declared it to be "an old-fashioned work," saying it was "not as smoothly written as is usual with the author" and finding "the perils are synthetic" while "the hero's adventures in Mictolan are on the yawn-provoking side."[2] New York Times reviewer Basil Davenport panned the novel severely, saying "This is obviously literature of escape, but any occupation from which one would escape to this must be painful indeed."[3]
References
edit- ^ "Book Reviews", Astounding Science Fiction, May 1951, p.149-50
- ^ E. F. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years, Kent State University Press, 1998, p.447
- ^ "Realm of the Spacement", The New York Times, December 17, 1950
Sources
edit- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 237.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 438. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.
External links
edit- The Bridge of Light title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database