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Author: James Blish
Year: 1968
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Devil's Day
Series Number: 1
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 2352
Note: Expansion of 'Faust Aleph-Null' "Black Easter" and "The Day After Judgement" together are part 2 of the "After Such Knowledge" Trilogy.
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Variant Titles:
- Het Helse Paasvuur [Dutch] (1971) - James Blish
- Pâques noires [French] (1975) - James Blish
- Páscoa Negra [Portuguese] (1993) - James Blish
Magazine Appearances:
- Faust Aleph-Null (Part 1 of 3) (1967) - James Blish
- Faust Aleph-Null (Part 2 of 3) (1967) - James Blish
- Faust Aleph-Null (Part 3 of 3) (1967) - James Blish
- Faust Aleph Zéro (Part 1 of 2) [French] (1969) - James Blish
- Faust Aleph Zéro (Part 2 of 2) [French] (1969) - James Blish
Awards:
- 1969 Nebula Award - Novel (Nomination)
Publications:
- If, August 1967, (Aug 1967, ed. Frederik Pohl, publ. Galaxy Publishing Corp; New York, $0.60, 164pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Morrow - [VERIFIED]
- If, September 1967, (Sep 1967, ed. Frederik Pohl, publ. Galaxy Publishing Corp; New York, $0.60, 164pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Gray Morrow - [VERIFIED]
- If, October 1967, (Oct 1967, ed. Frederik Pohl, publ. Galaxy Publishing Corp; New York, $0.60, 164pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Castellon - [VERIFIED]
- Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null, (1968, James Blish, publ. Doubleday, $3.95, 165pp, hc) Cover: Judith Ann Lawrence
- Black Easter, or Faust Aleph-Null, (Feb 1969, James Blish, publ. Faber and Faber, 0-571-08699-3, 165pp, hc)
- Galaxie (2ème série), #57 February 1969, (Feb 1969, ed. Alain Dorémieux, publ. OPTA, F3.00, 164pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Gray Morrow - [VERIFIED]
- Galaxie (2ème série), #58 March 1969, (Mar 1969, ed. Alain Dorémieux, publ. OPTA, F3.00, 164pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Philippe Druillet - [VERIFIED]
- Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null, (Jul 1969, James Blish, publ. Dell, #0653, $0.75, 160pp, pb) Cover: Lawrence Ratzkin - [VERIFIED]
- Het Helse Paasvuur, (1971, James Blish, publ. Born (Born SF #29), #29, 160pp, pb) Cover: Studio Lemaire - [VERIFIED]
- Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null, (1972, James Blish, publ. Penguin Books, 0-14-003416-1, £0.25, 128pp, pb) Cover: David Pelham - [VERIFIED]
- Pâques noires, (1975, James Blish, publ. Marabout (Bibliothèque Marabout - Science Fiction #551), 181pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null, (Mar 1977, James Blish, publ. Equinox / Avon (SF Rediscovery #27), 0-380-00906-4, $2.25, 165pp, tp)
- Black Easter / The Day After Judgment, (Sep 1980, James Blish, publ. Gregg Press, 0-8398-2644-3, $16.95, 160+166pp, hc, omni)
- Black Easter and The Day After Judgement, (1981, James Blish, publ. Arrow, 0-09-925450-6, £1.50, 250pp, pb, omni) Cover: Chris Moore - [VERIFIED]
- Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null, (Jun 1982, James Blish, publ. Avon, 0-380-59568-0, $2.50, 172pp, pb) Cover: Wayne D. Barlowe - [VERIFIED]
- Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null, (Jun 1982, James Blish, publ. Avon, 0-380-59568-0, C$2.50, 172pp, pb) Cover: Wayne D. Barlowe - [VERIFIED]
- The Devil's Day, (Feb 1990, James Blish, publ. Baen, 0-671-69860-5, $3.95, 312+[2]pp, pb, omni) Cover: Gary Ruddell - [VERIFIED]
- The Devil's Day, (Aug 1990, James Blish, publ. Baen / SFBC, #17220, $5.98, [xii]+199+[4]pp, hc, omni) Cover: Doug Beekman - [VERIFIED]
- After Such Knowledge, (Jul 1991, James Blish, publ. Legend, 0-09-983100-7, £4.99, 730pp, pb, omni) Cover: Lee Gibbons
- Páscoa Negra, (1993, James Blish, publ. Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #433), 972-38-1348-3, 185pp, pb)
- The Devil's Day, (1996, James Blish, publ. The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Fantasy), 165+164pp, hc, omni)
Reviews:
- Review by Earl Evers (1968) in Science Fiction Review #28
- Review by Samuel R. Delany (1968) in Amazing Stories, November 1968
- Review by Joanna Russ (1968) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1968
- Review by Algis Budrys (1969) in Galaxy Magazine, January 1969
- Review by Thomas M. Disch (1969) in Speculation, February 1969
- Review by Fritz Leiber (1969) in Fantastic, June 1969
- Review by Ted White (1970) in Amazing Science Fiction, January 1970
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (1977) in Delap's F & SF Review, June 1977
- Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1981) in Science Fiction Review, Winter 1981
- Review by Robert M. Price (1982) in Crypt of Cthulhu, #8 Michaelmas 1982
- Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels , reprinted in:
- Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, (1988)
- Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, (1989)
- Review by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock (1991) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books