"Gather, Darkness!"

Year for Search
1943
Secondary Title
Astounding Science Fiction (New York)
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Religious dystopia ruled by hereditary priests who work in twos so they can spy on each other. There is a rigid class system of religious and commoners, and the majority are controlled by keeping them ignorant. Something of a response to 1941 Heinlein.

Volume / Edition
31.3 - 5
Pagination
9-59; 109-59; 118-48, 150-52, 154-62
Published Date

May - July 1943

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1943 Leiber, Fritz [Reuter, Jr.] (1910-92). “Gather, Darkness!” Astounding Science Fiction (New York) 31.3 - 5 (May - July 1943): 9-59; 109-59; 118-48, 150-52, 154-62. Repub. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950. Rpt. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1951; New York: Berkley Medallion, [1962]; New York: Pyramid, 1969; New York: Ballantine Books, 1975; and Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1980. DLC, PSt

Religious dystopia ruled by hereditary priests who work in twos so they can spy on each other. There is a rigid class system of religious and commoners, and the majority are controlled by keeping them ignorant. Something of a response to 1941 Heinlein.

Additional Publishers

Repub. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950. Rpt. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1951; New York: Berkley Medallion, [1962]; New York: Pyramid, 1969; New York: Ballantine Books, 1975; and Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1980.

Author Note

(1910-92)

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