| A Medicine for Melancholy | |
| Author: | Ray Bradbury |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Doubleday & Company |
| Release Date: | 1959 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages: | 240 |
| Isbn: | 0-380-73086-3 |
| Isbn Note: | (paperback reprint) |
| Oclc: | 38229379 |
A Medicine for Melancholy (1959) is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. 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.
The British and American editions each had a different selection of stories, as well as ordering.
| Story | US Edition | UK Edition | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "In a Season of Calm Weather" (filmed as The Picasso Summer, 1969) | 1 | 4 | |
| "The Dragon" | 2 | 9 | |
| "A Medicine for Melancholy" | 3 | ||
| "The End of the Beginning" | 4 | 18 | |
| "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit" | 5 | 15 | |
| "Fever Dream" | 6 | 2 | |
| "The Marriage Mender" | 7 | 12 | |
| "The Town Where No One Got Off" | 8 | 7 | |
| "A Scent of Sarsaparilla" | 9 | 5 | |
| "Icarus Montgolfier Wright" | 10 | 3 | |
| "The Headpiece" | 11 | 13 | |
| "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" | 12 | 17 | |
| "The Smile" | 13 | 11 | |
| "The First Night of Lent" | 14 | ||
| "The Time of Going Away" | 15 | 14 | |
| "All Summer in a Day" | 16 | ||
| "The Gift" | 17 | 10 | |
| "The Great Collision of Monday Last" | 18 | ||
| "The Little Mice" | 19 | 16 | |
| "The Shore Line at Sunset", vt "The Sunset Harp" (UK ed.) | 20 | 22 | |
| "The Strawberry Window" | 21 | 6 | |
| "The Day It Rained Forever" | 22 | 1 | |
| "Referent" | 21 | ||
| "Almost the End of the World" | 20 | ||
| "Here There Be Tygers" | 8 | ||
| "Perchance to Dream" | 23 | ||
| "And the Rock Cried Out" | 19 |
Floyd C. Gale 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".[1]