A Hostage for Hinterland

TitleA Hostage for Hinterland
Year for Search1976
AuthorsDarnay, Arsen [Julius](b. 1936)
Date Published1976
PublisherBallantine Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsHungarian author, Male author, US author
Annotation

Post-catastrophe urban versus rural conflict. The urban areas were floating structures that needed helium, that only the rural areas could provide, to stay aloft. The rural people are religious and ecologically oriented. They believe, based on their reading of the Bible, that there is a prophecy that they must destroy the urban areas.

Additional Publishers

Different version serialized as "Helium." Galaxy Science Fiction 36.4 - 6 (April - July 1975): 18-74, 52-107, 87-145.

Holding Institutions

MoU-St, PSt

Author Note

The author (b. 1936) was born in Hungary, settled in the U.S. in 1953 and became a U.S. citizen in 1961

Full Text

1976 Darnay, Arsen [Julius] (b. 1936). A Hostage for Hinterland. New York: Ballantine Books, 1976. Different version serialized as “Helium.” Galaxy Science Fiction 36.4 - 6 (April - July 1975): 18-74, 52-107, 87-145. MoU-St, PSt

Post-catastrophe urban versus rural conflict. The urban areas were floating structures that needed helium that only the rural areas could provide, to stay aloft. The rural people are religious and ecologically oriented. They believe, based on their reading of the Bible, that there is a prophecy that they must destroy the urban areas. The author was born in Hungary, settled in the U.S. in 1953 and became a U.S. citizen in 1961.