Judgment Night (collection) explained

Judgment Night
Author:C. L. Moore
Cover Artist:Frank Kelly Freas
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Science fiction
Publisher:Gnome Press
Release Date:1952
Media Type:Print (hardback)
Pages:344

Judgment Night is a 1952 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer C. L. Moore. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1952 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The collection contains the stories that Moore selected as the best of her longer work. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Astounding SF.

Contents

Reception

Reviewer Groff Conklin characterized Judgment Night as "a rich collection indeed -- varied, imagination-stretching, written without cheapness or shallowness."[1] Boucher and McComas praised the title novel as "an opulent and exciting romance . . . written with the colorful warmth which one expects of Miss Moore."[2] In 1970, Algis Budrys characterized the novel as a "masterpiece."[3]

Sources

. Jack L. Chalker . Mark Owings . The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 . Westminster, MD and Baltimore . Mirage Press, Ltd.. 300–301 . 1998.

Notes and References

  1. "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1953, p.120
  2. "Recommended Reading," F&SF, April 1953, p.98
  3. "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy, July 1970, p.104