Drome (novel)
Drome is a fantasy novel written and illustrated by John Martin Leahy. Originally serialized in the magazine Weird Tales in five parts beginning January 1927, it was first published in book form in 1952 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies.
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| Author | John Martin Leahy |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | John Martin Leahy |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. |
Publication date | 1952 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 295 pp |
| OCLC | 5979793 |
Plot introduction
Two explorers travel miles beneath Mount Rainier and discover a cavernous realm, filled with glowing mist, called Drome, which is home to a lost civilization and fantastic animals including bat-apes, snake-cats and tree-octopuses.
Reception
P. Schuyler Miller described the story as quaint by 1953 standards, but praised "its classical quotations, bolstering allusions to dubious science, and real warmth and humor."[1] Everett F. Bleiler faulted the novel for doing little to explain its mysteries and for being "greatly padded with 'philosophy of life', quotations from various authorities scientific and philosophical, lists of great men, and exclamations and comments in Siwash."[2]
References
- "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, May 1953, p.145
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- Bleiler, Everett Franklin; Richard Bleiler (1991). Science-Fiction, The Early Years. Kent State University Press. pp. 430. ISBN 978-0873384162.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 271.
- Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 699. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 268. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.