Roads is a short novel by author Seabury Quinn. It was published by Arkham House in 1948[1] in an edition of 2,137 copies. It was Arkham House's first illustrated book and the author's first hardcover.
 Dust-jacket illustration by Virgil Finlay for Roads | |
| Author | Seabury Quinn |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Virgil Finlay |
| Cover artist | Virgil Finlay |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
Publication date | 1948 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 110 pp |
The story, in an unrevised edition, originally appeared in the January 1938 issue of Weird Tales magazine.[1]
Roads is a Christmas story that traces the origins of Santa Claus from the beginning of the Christian era.
The story is split into three parts:
- "The Road to Bethlehem"
- "The Road to Calvary"
- "The Long, Long Road"
Roads was re-issued in 2005 by Red Jacket Press, as a fully authorized facsimile reproduction of the original Arkham House edition, and again by Shadowridge Press in 2017.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Roads by Seabury Quinn] Red Jacket Press, "First published in the January 1938 issue of Weird Tales"
References
edit- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. pp. 32–33. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 31–32.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 49. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 68. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
External links
edit- Roads title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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