Religious dystopia that destroys all utopias because of its belief that due to the Fall all utopias are necessarily false. But after the destruction of the twelfth utopia, a thirteenth is discovered that causes those assigned to destroy it to try to save it. The book discusses the nature of utopia. First volume in a series; see also 1983, 1984 and 1985 Sucharitkul.
}, year = {1982}, month = {01/1982}, publisher = {Timescape}, address = {New York}, note = {Rev. as The Dawning Shadow: The Light On the Sound. New York: Bantam Books, 1986. Part previously published as "The Thirteenth Utopia." Analog Science Fiction--Science Fact [99].4 (April 1979): 144-60, 162-64; which was rpt. in The Annual World's Best SF 1980. Ed. Donald A. Wollheim (New York: DAW Books, 1980), 20-42; and in his Fire from the Wine Dark Sea (Norfolk, VA: Donning, 1983), 17-38; and "Light on the Sound." Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 4.8 (August 1980): 84-169. Described as the first volume of a trilogy, the series was later extended to four volumes.
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