The Last Inspirational Gasp of James Blish
The Breath of Brahma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11060926 |
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| Authors | David Ketterer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | Part 1 |
| Pages | 45-49 |
| Publication date | 1984-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Fiction Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7729 • E-ISSN: 2327-6207 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/sfs.11.1.0045 |
| OpenAlex | W4410329329 |
| Language | EN |
In the last year and a half’ of his life James Blish conceived an SF novel entitled The Breath of Brahma, on which he collaborated with Josephine Saxton. On the basis of two letters, outline material, and notes and drafts of three-plus chapters in Saxton’s possession, we can reconstruct the development from story idea to novel and also much of the plot of what would have been an ambitious and highly original novel, with an eight-chapter structure reflecting “the eight great philosophical questions.” (DK)
Art · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Poetry Analysis and Criticism · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics
| Highly cited | No |
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