Dec 28, 2009
Black Easter/The Day After Judgment | Black Easter/The Day After Judgment
At a glance:
- Author: James Blish
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—apocalypse
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: Primarily Italy and California’s Death Valley
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy, Apocalyptic and catastrophe fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Magic or magicians, Twentieth century, California, West, U.S., Hell, Devils or demons, Italy or Italians, Deserts, Satan or Satanism
- Locales: Italy, Death Valley, CA
The Plot
James Blish considered Black Easter and The Day After Judgment to be one
narrative unit. As one unit, they are part of the After Such Knowledge trilogy (1991), which
also includes A Case of Conscience (1958) and Doctor Mirabilis (1964). The three
parts of the trilogy are connected more by theme than by plot. Doctor Mirabilis is a historical
novel about thirteenth century scholar Roger Bacon; A Case of Conscience is a
science-fiction novel about an alien society that seems to be free of sin. All the books deal with...
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