Reprieve from Paradise

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Reprieve from Paradise
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorH. Chandler Elliott
Cover artistMel Hunter
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherGnome Press
Publication date
1955
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages256
OCLC4018479

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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.