| 词条 | Why Call Them Back from Heaven? |
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| name = Why Call Them Back From Heaven? | title_orig = | translator = | image = WhyCallThemAce.jpg | caption = Ace SF Special cover | author = Clifford D. Simak | illustrator = | cover_artist = Leo and Diane Dillon | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Science fiction | publisher = Doubleday/Ace | release_date = 1967 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} Why Call them Back From Heaven? is a 1967 novel by Clifford D. Simak, which became the initial volume in the Ace Science Fiction Specials line. Publication HistoryIt was originally published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1967, with the Ace Special and Science Fiction Book Club editions following in 1968. A British hardcover was also published by Gollancz in 1967, with a Pan Books paperback appearing in 1970. German and Portuguese translations were published in 1967; a French translation followed in 1969, and an Italian translation in 1978. Several more paperback reprints appeared in the 1980s.[1] PlotIn Why Call Them Back From Heaven, Simak establishes a society where "science has displaced religion by providing a means of resurrection at the cost of all human values".[2] The people of this future world no longer take chances because they might be dangerous, and forego all pleasures in order to save enough money to be preserved for their second life. A man convicted of a horrible crime is given the worst sentence possible: he will not be permitted to store himself for a second life; otherwise, his rights are unaffected. The novel "explores differing concepts of 'immortality' and the relationship between belief-in-survival (whether in the flesh or spirit) and social mores".[3] ReviewsJudith Merril praised the novel's "beautifully balanced opening, in which character, plot, and context form an inner-motivated unity", but faulted the lengthy "disappointing action-adventure midsection", which led to an "extremely provocative, though sketchy, conclusion".[3] Algis Budrys said that the novel was an example of how "Simak's strengths as a short story writer often expose weaknesses in what he does as a novelist", with only a few good scenes.[4] References1. ^ISFDB publication history {{Clifford Simak}}2. ^Dennis Wepner, "Simak, Clifford D.", American National Biography: Supplement 2, Oxford University Press, 2005, p.514 3. ^1 "Books, F&SF, May 1967, pp. 44-45 4. ^{{Cite magazine |last=Budrys |first=Algis |author= |last2= |first2= |date=June 1967 |title=Galaxy Bookshelf |department= |url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v25n05_1967-06_modified#page/n151/mode/2up |magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction |pages=188-194 |type=}} 4 : 1967 American novels|1967 science fiction novels|Novels by Clifford D. Simak|Ace Books books |
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