A Case of Conscience

Overview:

• Title: A Case of Conscience
• Author: James Blish
• Year: 1953
• Type: Novel
• Series: After Such Knowledge
• Number in series: 3

Notes:

This is part 3 of the "After Such Knowledge" Trilogy.

Awards:

• 1959. A Case of Conscience Hugo, Best Novel (Win)
• 1975. A Case of Conscience Locus Poll, All-Time Best Novel (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

• 1953. If, September 1953 (1953, James L. Quinn Quinn Publishing Company, Inc.; Buffalo, NY, $0.35, 120 pages, Magazine)
• 1955. Best SF (1955, Edmund Crispin Faber & Faber, 15/-, 368 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1958. A Case of Conscience (1958, James Blish Ballantine, ID: 256, $0.35, 188 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1966. A Case of Conscience (1966, James Blish Ballantine, Catalog ID: #U2251, $0.50, 188 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1980. The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels (1980, Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg Arbor House, Catalog ID: #5754, 753 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1987. A Case of Conscience (1987, James Blish Ballantine Del Rey, ISBN-10: 0345341252, $3.50, 240 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1987. A Case of Conscience (1987, James Blish Ballantine, ISBN-10: 0345280237, Trade, Novel)
• 1989. A Case of Conscience (1989, James Blish Easton Press, 188 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1989. Worlds Imagined (1989, Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg Avenel, ISBN-10: 0517680297, 704 pages, Anthology)
• 1991. Sacred Visions (1991, Michael Cassutt, Andrew M. Greeley Tor, ISBN-10: 0312851731, $12.95, 363 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1991. After Such Knowledge (1991, James Blish Legend, ISBN-10: 0099831007, £4.99, 730 pages, Paperback, Omnibus)
• 1991. Sacred Visions (July 1991, Michael Cassutt, Andrew M. Greeley Tor, ISBN-10: 0312850255, $24.95, 363 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1994. A Case of Conscience (1994, James Blish Ballantine Del Rey, ISBN-10: 0345341252, $5.99, 240 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1999. A Case of Conscience (1999, James Blish Millennium , an imprint of Victor Gollancz, ISBN-10: 1857989244, £6.99, 192 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 2000. A Case of Conscience (2000, James Blish, Greg Bear Ballantine, ISBN-10: 0345438353, $12.00, 256 pages, Trade, Novel)

Genres/Themes:

• First Contact (1 book)
• Religion (1 book)

Resources:

• Wikipedia article on A Case of Conscience