Dark Universe (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Daniel F. Galouye
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—post-holocaust
- Time of Work: An indeterminate time in the future
- Setting: Below and on the surface of Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Apocalyptic and catastrophe fiction
- Subjects: Future, Devils or demons, Nuclear warfare or weapons, Satan or Satanism, Subterranean or underground regions
- Locales: Earth, alternate versions of
The Plot
Dark Universe was the first—and most popular novel—of New Orleans journalist Daniel F. Galouye, although he had been publishing magazine stories since 1952. It was nominated for a Hugo Award.
The story is seen—or, rather, heard—by young Jared Fenton, whose primitive people live in total darkness and think of Light as a dimly remembered religious deity. They are preyed on by zivvers, other underground humans whose eyes have adapted to provide limited sight in the infrared spectrum, and “monsters” that inspire fear because they cause people to...
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