After 12,000 Years
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| After 12,000 Years | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | Stanton A. Coblentz |
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| Cover artist | Roy Hunt |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Publication date | 1950 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages | 184 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC | 2625013 |
After 12,000 Years is a science fiction novel by Stanton A. Coblentz. It was first published in book form in 1950 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies, of which 750 were hardback. The novel originally appeared in the Spring 1929 issue of the magazine Amazing Stories Quarterly.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel concerns Henry Merwin, who after taking part in a experiment finds himself 12,000 years in the future. Taken captive by a giant race, he is forced to care for their insect pets. He falls in love with a fellow prisoner, Luellan, but his captors will not allow them to marry. Instead he is forced to go to war with his insect charges. The insects eventually grow to such a size that they take over much of the earth. Merwin returns to rescue Luellen, escaping to her home in Borneo.
[edit] References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 270.
- Crawford, Jr., Joseph H.; James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953). "333", A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel. Providence, RI: The Grandon Company, 20. OCLC 3924496.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 106. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
