Long After Midnight
 dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | Ray Bradbury |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Henry Fuseli The Nightmare - 1781 |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 1976 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | vii, 271 pp |
| ISBN | 0-394-47942-4 |
| OCLC | 2452448 |
| 813/.5/4 | |
| LC Class | PZ3.B72453 Lo PS3503.R167 |
Long After Midnight is a short story collection by American writer 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
- "The Blue Bottle"
- "One Timeless Spring"
- "The Parrot Who Met Papa"
- "The Burning Man"
- "A Piece of Wood"
- "The Messiah"
- "G.B.S.-Mark V"
- "The Utterly Perfect Murder"
- "Punishment Without Crime"
- "Getting Through Sunday Somehow"
- "Drink Entire: Against the Madness of Crowds"
- "Interval in Sunlight"
- "A Story of Love"
- "The Wish"
- "Forever and the Earth"
- "The Better Part of Wisdom"
- "Darling Adolf"
- "The Miracles of Jamie"
- "The October Game"
- "The Pumpernickel"
- "Long After Midnight"
- "Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You!"
Reception
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.[1] 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."[2]
Awards
It was nominated for the 1977 World Fantasy Awards category of "Best Collection/Anthology".[3]
Adaptations
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".[4] The 1985 The Twilight Zone revival adapted one short story from Long After Midnight, "The Burning Man".
References
- ^ "Of Things to Come", The New York Times Book Review, October 17, 1976
- ^ "Terrorists, Science Fiction Key to Crosby's, Bradbury's Work", Meriden Record-Journal, November 6, 1976
- ^ "1977 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- ^ Ray Bradbury Theater Episode Guide
Sources
- "Library of Congress Online Catalog". Retrieved 2007-12-11.
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition". Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
External links
- Long After Midnight title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Long After Midnight publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database