"The Long Way Home"

1955 Anderson, Poul [William] (1926-2001). “The Long Way Home.” Astounding Science Fiction 55 (New York) (April - July 1955): 8-46, 107-41, 119-52, 112-47. Repub. London: Panther, 1975. U.S. ed. New York: Ace Books, 1978. Abridged ed. as No World of Their Own. New York: Ace Books, 1955; and New York: Ace Books, 1955 as an Ace Double bound with Isaac Asimov’s The Thousand-Year Plan. Original Title: Foundation, abridged from New York: Gnome, 1951. Anderson rpt. as The Long Way Home. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1975 with an “Introduction” (v-vi) by the author. The copyright page of the Gregg Press ed. says that the book is a reprint of the Ace edition; Anderson’s introduction says that it restores the Astounding Science Fiction version. Anderson’s version is correct. DLC, Merril, PSt

Wide-ranging authoritarian dystopia with Anderson’s usual libertarian themes in opposition.