The Forbidden Garden (novel)
OCLC 1895266 | | |
The Forbidden Garden is a
John Taine (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell). It was first published in 1947 by Fantasy Press
in an edition of 3,029 copies.
Plot introduction
The novel concerns the search for soil from a remote part of Asia for the cultivation of weird flowers that can destroy humanity.
Reception
Thrilling Wonder Stories also received the novel favorably, declaring that the author "proves his right to the semi-legendary eminence he holds for followers of the fantastic presented via plausible pseudo-science", but faulted Taine for weak characterization, saying "His cast of players comprise a collection of stock dramatic types and no more".[2]
References
- Astounding Science Fiction, July 1948, pp.73-75
- ^ "Science Fiction Book Review", Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1948, pp. 110-11
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 235.
- ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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