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An edition of Judgment night (1979)

Judgment night

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Four different worlds. Five different tales of conflict and discovery. All of them the unique visions of science fiction master C.L. Moore, presented here in her first published book - Judgment Night.

Released in 1952 from Gnome Press, Judgment Night collects five Moore novellas from the pages of editor John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Astounding Science Fiction magazine. Chosen by the author herself as the best of her longer-form writing, these stories show a gifted wordsmith working at the height of her talents: "Judgment Night" (first published in August and September, 1943) balances a lush rendering of a future galactic empire with a sober meditation on the nature of power and its inevitable loss; "The Code" (July, 1945) pays homage to the classic Faust with modern theories and Lovecraftian dread; "Promised Land" (February, 1950) and "Heir Apparent" (July, 1950) both document the grim twisting that mankind must undergo in order to spread into the solar system; and "Paradise Street" (September, 1950) shows a futuristic take on the old western conflict between lone hunter and wilderness-taming settlers.

Except for "Judgment Night," all of these pieces were originally published under the pen name Lawrence O'Donnell. Moore's marriage to fellow author Henry Kuttner yielded both a prodigious amount of collaborative writing and a bewildering variety of pen names. However, it is known that - with a few recognized exceptions - the O'Donnell name was used for work that Moore wrote with a minimum of collaboration (if any), and this is reflected in the sole author's credit that graces this collection.

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Cover of: Judgment Night
Judgment Night: Facsimile Reproduction Of The 1952 First Edition
June 30, 2004, Red Jacket Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Judgment night
Judgment night
1979, Dell Pub. Co

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First Sentence

"Here in the flickering darkness of the temple, a questioner stood silent before the Ancients, waiting an answer he knew he could not trust."

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Open Library
OL7517695M
Internet Archive
judgmentnight0000moor
ISBN 10
0440144426
ISBN 13
9780440144427
OCLC/WorldCat
5337785
Library Thing
462935
Goodreads
4379043

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