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Language English Media type Print (Hardback) ISBN 0-394-47942-4 Originally published 1976 Publisher Alfred A. Knopf OCLC 2452448 | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date 1976 Pages vii, 271 pp Dewey Decimal 813/.5/4 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Fiction, Fantasy, Short story, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar Ray Bradbury books, Short Stories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long After Midnight is a short story collection by Ray Bradbury. Several of the stories are original to this collection. Others originally appeared in the magazines Planet Stories, Collier's Weekly, Playboy, Esquire, Welcome Aboard, Other Worlds, Cavalier, Gallery, McCall's, Woman's Day, Harper's, Charm, Weird Tales, Eros, and Penthouse.
Contents
Contents
Reviews
Writing in The New York Times, Gerald Jonas gave the collection a scathing review, saying that the stories "reveal Bradbury at his worst -- dressing up the sentimental cliches of mass magazine fiction in various s.f. or fantasy disguises." Jonas noted that Long After Midnight contained little recent work, but was mostly decades-old fiction passed over when compiling prior collections. Associated Press books editor Phil Thomas, however, praised the collection as "filled with the sense of wonder that marks so much of Bradbury's work."
Awards
It was nominated for the 1977 World Fantasy Awards category of "Best Collection/Anthology".
Television miniseries
In 1979 NBC partnered with the BBC to commission The Martian Chronicles, a three-episode miniseries adaptation running just over four hours. It was written by Richard Matheson and was directed by Michael Anderson. The story "The Messiah" was incorporated into the mini-series and rewritten to be part of "The Martian" segment.
Television adaptations of individual stories
The cable television series The Ray Bradbury Theater adapted two individual short stories from Long After Midnight, "The Utterly Perfectly Murder" and "Punishment Without Crime". The 1985 The Twilight Zone revival adapted one short story from Long After Midnight, "The Burning Man".