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Cover artist
  
Herb Arnold

Publication date
  
1972

Pages
  
291 pp

Author
  
Frank Belknap Long

Country
  
United States of America

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Originally published
  
1972

Publisher
  
Arkham House

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Genres
  
Fantasy, Short story, Horror fiction, Science Fiction, Horror, Speculative fiction

Similar
  
The Hounds of Tindalos, In Mayan Splendor, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, The Horror from the Hills, The Calm Man

The Rim of the Unknown is a collection of 23 stories by author Frank Belknap Long. It was published by Arkham House in 1972 with cover art by Herb Arnold and was the author's second collection of stories published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 3,650 copies.

Contents

The collection focusses primarily on Long's science fiction work in short form. While there is one tale ("The Man with a Thousand Legs") which appeared in Weird Tales, the other stories are reprinted from such sources as Science Fiction Plus, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Startling Stories, Astounding Science Fiction, and Fantastic Universe.

The rear flap of the book credits Long with having written various other works including the fugitive The Mystery of the Golden Butterfly. The latter appears to have been an Ellery Queen novel which remained unpublished, although it is known that Long was the author of two other Queen novels - The Golden Eagle Mystery (1942) and The Green Turtle Mystery (1944).

Contents

The Rim of the Unknown contains the following stories:

  1. "The Spiral Intelligence"
  2. "The World of Wulkins"
  3. "The Man With a Thousand Legs"
  4. "Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall"
  5. "Guest in the House"
  6. "The Trap"
  7. "Fuzzy Head"
  8. "The House of Rising Winds"
  9. "Mr. Caxton Draws a Martian Bird"
  10. "The Critters"
  11. "The Cottage"
  12. "The Man from Time"
  13. "Cones"
  14. "Preview"
  15. "Lesson in Survival"
  16. "Good to be a Martian"
  17. "Filch"
  18. "Little Men of Space"
  19. "The Spectacles"
  20. "Man of Distinction"
  21. "The Great Cold"
  22. "Green Glory"
  23. "The Last Men"

Reprints

  • New York: Condor, 1978.

    • References

    The Rim of the Unknown Wikipedia
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