The Sky Is Falling (Del Rey novel)
The Sky Is Falling is a short novel by American writer Lester del Rey.
The first and shortest version was published in Beyond Fantasy Fiction in July 1954 under the title "No More Stars" with the pseudonym Charles Satterfield. It first appeared in book form in 1963 with Badge of Infamy as "Two Complete Novels" in a Galaxy paperback original. The first book-length version was published in 1973 by Ace Books.
Plot summary[]
Computer engineer Dave Hanson is transported from Earth to a world where the rules of science and physics are replaced by the rules of magic. Hanson was summoned to help save the world's sky from collapsing. The sky is a literal dome that arches above the world, with the sun and stars not massive celestial bodies trillions of miles away, but smaller lights that move about within the dome of the sky.
Hanson must find a way to reconcile his scientific knowledge with the magic of his new world and thus prevent the sky from falling.
External links[]
- The Sky Is Falling public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- "No More Stars" (short story) on the Internet Archive
- "The Sky Is Falling" on the Internet Archive
- 1954 American novels
- 1954 science fiction novels
- American science fiction novels
- Works originally published in Beyond Fantasy Fiction
- Works published under a pseudonym
- Novels by Lester del Rey
- Science fantasy novels
- 1950s science fiction novel stubs