It was published as a complete novel by henry holt and company in 1941 and reprinted by. Lest darkness fall is an alternate history science fiction novel written in 1939 by american author l. He is struck by lightning and catapulted back to rome of the sixth century a. Jan 12, 2012 phineas snodgrass, a time traveler inspired by l. Published by galaxy publishing company, 421 hudson street, new york 14, new york. While backwards in some ways by martins standards, they are treated benignly as intelligent people who do a reasonable job maintaining their roman structures and facilities. It was first published in trade paperback by phoenix pick in march 2011. Sprague, pohl, frederik, drake, david, stirling, s. The book is often considered one of the best examples of the alternate history genre.
Prominent alternate history author harry turtledove has said it sparked. Lest darkness fall the masterpieces of science fiction l. Sprague lest buy, download and read lest darkness fall ebook online in epub format for iphone, ipad, android, computer and mobile readers. The ballantine edition of 1974 was also issued in hardcover by the science fiction book club in april 1979 and reprinted in. Lest darkness fall pdf book 1949 galaxy science fiction. In lest darkness fall he combines his extensive knowledge of the workings of ancient rome with his extraordinary imagination to create one of the best books of time travel ever written. Dj in acceptable condition with significant creasing and chipping, toning on rear of jacket. Lest darkness fall project gutenberg selfpublishing. Lest darkness fall pdf book 1949 galaxy science fiction lest darkness fall is an alternate history science fiction novel written in 1939 by american author l. Lest darkness fall 1939 is an early alternate history novel that helped define the genre and remains in print after more than 70 years. First published as an editorial in galaxy science fiction, june 1962.
Its available as pay what you want in pdf and atcost in print, so please check it out. From a winner of the hugo, world fantasy and sfwa grand master awards. His most famous books include lest darkness fall, the incomplete. In short order, padway invents and introduces such things as printing and newspapers, arabic numerals. Campbells, editor of astounding and unknown, stable of writers. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The premise of lest darkness fall is that an archaeological expert with extensive knowledge of the fall of rome and general premedieval times history is transported into 6th century rome. Lest darkness fall july 12, 1983 edition open library. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. What our readers are saying be the first to share your thoughts on this title. It was published as a complete novel by henry holt and company in 1941 and reprinted by both galaxy publishing and prime press in 1949. View all covers for lest darkness fall logged in users can. Lest darkness fall sphere science fiction by camp, l. Lest darkness fall the masterpieces of science fiction.
Lest darkness fall to bring the light 1996 with david drake. Unknown was the companion magazine to astounding, both of which were edited by john w. Henry holt and company edition published 1941 prime press edition published 1949 pyramid edition published february 1963 second printing august 1969. Sprague camp martin padway, 20thcentury archaeologist, becomes a reluctant oneway timetraveller, landing in rome on the verge of the dark ages. With no way home, he sets out to make the world hes in a better place. Lest darkness fall is an alternate history science fiction novel written in by american author l. Good enough that others could write or game within it. Initially published in book form by henry holt in 1941, it has often been reprinted. Padway asked himself after the lightningflash knock.
Lest darkness fall project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Alternate history has seen a huge increase in popularity in recent years with major media productions like the man in the high. Lest darkness fall in a shorter version appeared in the december 1939 issue of unknown. Lest darkness fall is an alternate history science fiction novel written in 1939 by author l.
Dimensions are 5 12 width by 7 14 height and weight 84. Lest darkness fall and related stories is an anthology of time travel alternate history stories by american writers l. It is an early novel in the subgenre of alternative history science fiction. Search for library items search for lists search for. Stirling david drake phoenix pick an imprint of arc manor sign up for free ebooks. Author of conan, the ancient engineers, lest darkness fall, the compleat enchanter, conan the conqueror, the mammoth book of classic. Lest darkness fall rogue queen the tritonian ring and other pusadian tales. Lest darkness fall, galaxy science fiction novels number 24, 1954. The idea as explained on the opening page of this novel is that some people who disappear slip back through. He constructed a rather good world with his pusad age. The novel reminded me of mark twains a connecticut yankee in king arthurs court.
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