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This Fortress World
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorJames E. Gunn
Cover artistMurray Tinkelman
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherGnome Press
Publication date
1955
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages216
OCLC1277712

This Fortress World is a science fiction novel by American writer James E. Gunn. It was published in 1955 by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies.

Plot summary

The novel concerns a man's fight against the power of a future church.

Sources

  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 304.
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. pp. 195–196. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.