Equality; or, A History of Lithconia

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name = Equality; or, A History of Lithconia
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the Prime Press edition (1947)
author = Anonymous
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Utopioan Fantasy novel
publisher = Liberal Union
release_date = 1837
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 124 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 14521570
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"Equality; or, A History of Lithconia" is a utopian fantasy novel. It is the first American utopian novelcite 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=530 | date=1998] . The author is unknown, though Donald H. Tuck speculates that it could be Dr. James Reynolds, a zealous liberal crusadercite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=11 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1] . The novel was originally serialized in 8 parts in the weekly newspaper, "The Temple of Reason", beginning in 1802. It was first published in book form by the Liberal Union in 1837.

Publication history

*1802, USA, "The Temple of Reason", Pub date 15 May 1802, serialized in 8 parts
*1837, USA, Liberal Union OCLC|14521570, Pub date 1837, Hardback
*1863, USA, P. J. Mendum, Pub date 1863, Hardback
*1947, USA, Prime Press OCLC|220330658, Pub date 1947, Hardback, 500 copies printed

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*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=530 | 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=11 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1