
The first part, the original novella, is set on the planet of Lithia. Slightly disjointed novel due to the fact it is a fix-up of an earlier novella.

The most obvious thing to say about A Case of Conscience is that it is a He died on July 29, 1975, at Henley-on-Thames, UK His awards include the 1959 Hugo for Best Novel for A Case Of Conscience. His first wife was Virginia Kidd, the literary agent.īlish moved to England in 1968 with his 2nd wife, Judith Ann Lawrence.Ī prolific author, he also wrote under such names as William Atheling, Jr., Arthur Merlyn, Donald Laverty and John MacDougal.

He received a BA in microbiology from Rutgers in 1942 and served in WWII as a medical technician.Īfter the war, he continued his studies at Columbia for 2 years. James Blish was born in 1921 at East Orange, New Jersey. The SF Site Featured Review: A Case Of Conscience
