This Fortress World

This Fortress World

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name = This Fortress World
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = James E. Gunn
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cover_artist = Murray Tinkelman
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1955
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 216 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1277712
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"This Fortress World" is a science fiction novel by author James E. Gunn. It was published in 1955 by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns a man's fight against the power of a future church.

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=304 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=195-196 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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