Research Catalog
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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- 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 24-396Berg Coll 24-397