The Quincunx of Time

The Quincunx of Time is a short science fiction novel by James Blish. It is an extended version of a short story entitled "Beep", published by Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in 1954. The novel form was first published in 1973. Late in the 21st century, a device called the Dirac communicator promises instantaneous communication across interstellar distances. This would allow Earth security, headed by one Robin Weinbaum, to keep the peace. Before ... More

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  • Oct 1973

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James Blish

James Benjamin Blish (May 23, 1921 – July 30, 1975) was an American author of fantasy and science fiction. Blish also wrote literary criticism of science fiction using the pen-name William Atheling, Jr. Blish was born at East Orange, New Jersey. In the late 1930s to the early 1940s, Blish was a...

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