Judgment Night: A Selection of Science Fiction (Golden Age Masterworks) - Softcover

Moore, C.L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473222532 ISBN 13: 9781473222533

Publisher: Gateway, 2019

Synopsis

Released in 1952, Judgment Night collects five Moore novellas from the pages of editor John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Astounding Science Fiction magazine:

''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;

''Paradise Street'' (September, 1950) shows a futuristic take on the old western conflict between lone hunter and wilderness-taming settlers.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gateway
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1473222532
• ISBN 13: 9781473222533
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240