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A case of conscience

Title
A case of conscience / James Blish.
Author
Blish, James
Publication
  • New York : Walker and Company, 1969.
  • ©1958

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TextRestricted use Berg Coll 24-397Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
TextRestricted use Berg Coll 24-396Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Gaughan, Jack
  • Walker and Company, publisher
  • Carter Burden Science Fiction Collection
Description
188 pages; 22 cm
Summary
The story of a Jesuit priest who investigates an alien race of intelligent bipedal reptile-like creatures, the Lithians, that have no religion yet have a perfect, innate sense of morality, a situation which conflicts with Catholic teaching.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Science fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • Fantasy fiction.
  • Dust jackets.
Note
  • Copy in Berg Coll 24-396 is a review copy.
  • Originally published as a novella in IF Worlds of Science Fiction in 1953; later extended to novel-length (of which the first part is the original novella) and published by Ballantine Books as a paperback original in 1958.
  • Published simultaneously in Canada by The Ryerson Press, Toronto.
  • Jacket illustration by Jack Gaughan.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also issued online.
Binding (note)
  • Copy in Berg Coll 24-396, 24-397 bound in publishers' white cloth.
Awards (note)
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel, 1959.
Call Number
Berg Coll 24-396
LCCN
69013673
OCLC
4862
Author
Blish, James.
Title
A case of conscience / James Blish.
Publisher
New York : Walker and Company, 1969.
Copyright Date
©1958
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Additional Formats
Also issued online.
Awards
Hugo Award for Best Novel, 1959.
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 24-396, 24-397 bound in publishers' white cloth. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 24-396 acquired from Carter Burden, 12/88.
Copy in Berg Coll 24-397 acquired from Carter Burden, 1/83.
Added Author
Gaughan, Jack, illustrator.
Walker and Company, publisher.
Burden, Carter, donor, former owner.
Carter Burden Science Fiction Collection.
Other Form:
Online version: Blish, James. Case of conscience. New York, Walker [1969, ©1958] (OCoLC)564093821
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 24-396
Berg Coll 24-397
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