Northwest of Earth

{{Short description|1954 collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by C. L. Moore}} {{Infobox book |  | name = Northwest of Earth | title_orig = | translator = | image = NorthwestOfEarthCover.jpg | caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition | author = C. L. Moore | illustrator = | cover_artist = Ric Binkley | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Science fiction, fantasy | publisher = Gnome Press | release_date = 1954 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (hardback) | pages = 212 pp | oclc = 1826570 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Northwest of Earth''''' is a 1954 collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by C. L. Moore. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1954 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The collections contains stories about Moore's characters Northwest Smith and Jirel of Joiry. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine ''Weird Tales''.

==Contents== * "The Cold Gray God" * "The Dark Land" * "Dust of Gods" * "Hellsgarde" * "Julhi" * "Lost Paradise" * "Yvala"

==Reception== P. Schuyler Miller praised the collection as "full of the lush, colorful tapestry of words which Merritt did best of all, and which we lack in most modern science fiction."<ref>Miller, P. Schuyler. "The Reference Library," ''Astounding Science-Fiction'', August 1955, pp.148-49.</ref> J. Francis McComas reviewed it favorably in ''The New York Times'', but noted that it represented Moore's "youthful" work.<ref>"Spacemen's Realm", ''The New York Times Book Review'', November 4, 1954, p.21</ref>

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==Sources== *{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=303 | year=1998}} *{{cite web | last = Contento | first = William G. | authorlink = | title = Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections | publisher = | url =http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t72.htm#A1555 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-02-28 }}

Category:1954 short story collections Category:Science fiction short story collections Category:Fantasy short story collections Category:Works originally published in Weird Tales Category:Gnome Press books