Title: Black Easter

Title: Black Easter Title Record # 2352
Author: James Blish
Date: 1968-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Devil's Day
Series Number: 1
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Language: English

Note: Expansion of 'Faust Aleph-Null' "Black Easter" and "The Day After Judgment" together are part 2 of the "After Such Knowledge" Trilogy.

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Year	Title
1968	Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null
1969	Black Easter, or Faust Aleph-Null
1990	Black Easter: or, Faust Aleph-Null
2024	Black Easter or, Faust Aleph-Null

Year	Language	Title
1969^ⓘTranslated by Élisabeth Gille.	French	Pâques noires ou Faust-Aleph-Zéro^?Paques noires ou Faust-Aleph-Zero
1971^ⓘTranslated by H. J. Oolbekkink	Dutch	Het helse paasvuur
1974^ⓘTranslated by Richard Paul	German	Der Hexenmeister
1985^ⓘTranslated by Élisabeth Gille (data not on book)	French	Pâques noires^?Paques noires
1992^ⓘTranslated by Elisabeth Gille	French	Faust-Aleph-Zéro: (Pâques noires)^?Faust-Aleph-Zero: (Paques noires)
1993^ⓘTranslated by Raul Gonçalves.	Portuguese	Páscoa negra

Year	Title
1967	Faust Aleph-Null (Part 1 of 3)
1967	Faust Aleph-Null (Part 2 of 3)
1967	Faust Aleph-Null (Part 3 of 3)

Year	Language	Title
1969	French	Faust Aleph Zéro (Part 1 of 2)^?Faust Aleph Zero (Part 1 of 2)
1969	French	Faust Aleph Zéro (Part 2 of 2)^?Faust Aleph Zero (Part 2 of 2)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1969 Nebula	Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
If, August 1967	1967-08-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.60^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Morrow
If, September 1967	1967-09-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.60^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Gray Morrow
If, October 1967	1967-10-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.60^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Castellon
Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null	1968-00-00	James Blish	Doubleday		$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	165	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Judith Ann Lawrence
Black Easter, or Faust Aleph-Null	1969-02-00	James Blish	Faber and Faber	0-571-08699-3	£1.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	165	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	J. A. Lawrence
Galaxie (2ème série), #57	1969-02-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F3.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Gray Morrow
Galaxie (2ème série), #58	1969-03-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F3.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Philippe Druillet
Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null	1969-07-00	James Blish	Dell	0653	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	160	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Lawrence Ratzkin
Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null	1969-07-00	James Blish	Dell	0653	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	160	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Lawrence Ratzkin
Pâques noires ou Faust-Aleph-Zéro	1969-08-00	James Blish	Planète		F14.50^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	152	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Judith Ann Lawrence
Het helse paasvuur	1971-00-00	James Blish	Born (Born SF #29)	29		160	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Studio Lemaire
Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null	1972-00-00	James Blish	Penguin Books	0-14-003416-1	£0.25^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	127	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Pelham
Der Hexenmeister	1974-00-00	James Blish	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #5059)	3-453-00380-2	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	140	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	M. Schmatz
Pâques noires ou Faust-Aleph-Zéro	1975-00-00	James Blish	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Science Fiction^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Science Fiction #551)			181+ [11]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Black Easter, or Faust Aleph-Null	1977-03-00	James Blish	Equinox / Avon (SF Rediscovery #27)	0-380-00906-4 / 31742	$2.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	165	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Black Easter / The Day After Judgment	1980-09-00	James Blish	Gregg Press	0-8398-2644-3	$16.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	160+ 166	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Black Easter and The Day After Judgement	1981-00-00	James Blish	Arrow Books	0-09-925450-6	£1.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	250	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Chris Moore
Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null	1982-06-00	James Blish	Avon	0-380-59568-0	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	172	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Wayne D. Barlowe
Black Easter or Faust Aleph-Null	1982-06-00	James Blish	Avon	0-380-59568-0	C$2.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	172	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Wayne D. Barlowe
Pâques noires ou Faust-Aleph-Zéro	1983-04-00	James Blish	Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #74)	2-7304-0084-2	F29.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	151	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Jean-Michel Nicollet
Pâques noires^?Paques noires	1985-00-00	James Blish	Euredif (Playboy Science Fiction (France) #57)	2-7167-1297-2	F19.50^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Traubenlese / Der Hexenmeister / Kontrapunkt	1988-04-00	Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4484)	3-453-01017-5	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	474	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Colin Hay
The Devil's Day	1990-02-00	James Blish	Baen Books	0-671-69860-5	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	312+ [2]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Gary Ruddell
The Devil's Day	1990-08-00	James Blish	Baen Books / SFBC	17220	$5.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[xii]+ 199+ [4]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Doug Beekman
After Such Knowledge	1991-07-00	James Blish	Legend	0-09-983100-7	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	730	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Lee Gibbons
Faust-Aleph-Zéro: (Pâques noires)	1992-02-00	James Blish	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5432)	2-266-04675-6		185	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	W. Siudmak
Páscoa negra	1993-00-00	James Blish	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #433)	972-38-1348-3		186	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	A. Pedro
The Devil's Day	1996-00-00	James Blish	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Fantasy)			165+ 164	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Black Easter	2011-09-29	James Blish	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10401-3	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Black Easter / The Day After Judgement / The Seedling Stars	2013-09-26	James Blish	Gollancz / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus)	978-0-575-12930-6	£18.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 320	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Chris Moore
Black Easter / The Day After Judgement / The Seedling Stars	2013-09-26	James Blish	Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus)	978-1-4732-0178-1	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Chris Moore
Black Easter	2021-12-00	James Blish	Centipede Press	978-1-61347-240-8	$80.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Samuel Araya
Black Easter	2024-06-25	James Blish	Valancourt Books	978-1-960241-13-9	$34.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	132	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Black Easter or, Faust Aleph-Null	2024-06-25	James Blish	Valancourt Books	978-1-960241-14-6		131	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Vince Haig

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Reviews

Review by Earl Evers (1968) in Science Fiction Review, November 1968
Review by Samuel R. Delany (1968) in Amazing Stories, November 1968
Review by Joanna Russ (1968) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1968
Review by M. John Harrison (1968) in New Worlds, December 1968
Review by Algis Budrys (1969) in Galaxy Magazine, January 1969
Review by Thomas M. Disch (1969) in Speculation, #21
Review by Fritz Leiber (1969) in Fantastic, June 1969
Review by Ted White (1970) in Amazing Science Fiction, January 1970
Review by Lee Hopewell (1973) in Shadow, April 1973
Review by Don D'Ammassa (1977) in Delap's F & SF Review, June 1977
Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1981) in Science Fiction Review, Winter 1981
Review by Robert M. Price (1982) in Crypt of Cthulhu, Michaelmas 1982
Review by C. J. Henderson [as by Chris Henderson] (1982) in Dragon Magazine, October 1982
Review [French] by Dominique Warfa (1983) in Fiction, #342
Review by John Silbersack (1983) in Heavy Metal, September 1983
Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels , reprinted in:
Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels (1988)
Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels (1989)
Review by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock (1988) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books , reprinted in:
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1991)
Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Lion (1992) in Yellow Submarine, #93
Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Lion (1992) in Yellow Submarine, #93