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Reprieve from Paradise
Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author H. Chandler Elliott
Cover artist Mel Hunter
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Gnome Press
Publication date
1955
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint ( Hardback)
Pages256
OCLC 4018479

Reprieve from Paradise is a science fiction novel by American writer H. Chandler Elliott. It was published in 1955 by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies.

Plot introduction

The novel is set after an atomic war and the world is run by Polynesians. The hero discovers a plot to turn the earth on its axis in order to create an Antarctic utopia.

References

  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 304.
  • Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 376. ISBN  0-312-13486-X.
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 156. ISBN  0-911682-20-1.