''A Medicine for Melancholy'' (1959) is a collection of short stories by American writer
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...
. It was first published in the UK by
Hart-Davis in 1959 as ''The Day It Rained Forever'' with a slightly different list of stories. All of the included stories were previously published.
Contents
The British and American editions each had a different selection of stories, as well as ordering.
Reception
Floyd C. Gale
''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Edit ...
rated the collection four stars out of five, writing that "Bradbury's touch breathes fantasy into his most prosaic items ... all have an intense emotional impact".
See also
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Ray Bradbury bibliography
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Ray Bradbury short fiction bibliography
This is a chronological list of short fiction by American writer Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked ...
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1959 short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Science fiction short story collections
Short story collections by Ray Bradbury
Doubleday (publisher) books
Rupert Hart-Davis books