A Case of Conscience
| Book | A Case of Conscience |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Cover Artist | Richard Powers |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | USA |
| First Printing | 1958-04 |
| Pages / Font | 188 pages |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 58-8569 |
| Notes | A Case of Conscience is a science fiction novel by American writer James Blish, first published in 1958. It is the story of a Jesuit who investigates an alien race that has no religion yet has a perfect, innate sense of morality, a situation which conflicts with Catholic teaching. The story was originally published as a novella in 1953, and later extended to novel-length, of which the first part is the original novella. The novel is the first part of Blish's thematic After Such Knowledge trilogy: it thus follows Doctor Mirabilis and both Black Easter and The Day After Judgment (two novellas that Blish viewed as together forming the third volume of the trilogy). |
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