A Hostage for Hinterland
| Title | A Hostage for Hinterland |
| Year for Search | 1976 |
| Authors | Darnay, Arsen [Julius](b. 1936) |
| Date Published | 1976 |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Hungarian 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. |
