Judgment Night A Selection of Science Fiction

Moore, C. L.

ISBN 10: 1473222532 / ISBN 13: 9781473222533

Published by Gateway, London, 2019

About this Item

Full number line. ; Golden Age Masterworks; 130 X 26 X 196 millimeters; 240 pages.

Seller Inventory # 45545

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Judgment Night A Selection of Science Fiction
• Publisher: Gateway, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473222532
• ISBN 13: 9781473222533
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 1st Gateway edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction/Fantasy

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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.