"Thomas the Proclaimer"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Novella
Year: 1972
ID: 1159
Publication history:
- 1972: The Day the Sun Stood Still, Thomas Nelson Hard cover book
- 1974: Born with the Dead, Random House Hard cover book, 267 pp.
- 1975: Born with the Dead, Vintage Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-394-71447-4, 257 pp.
- 1977: Born with the Dead, Coronet Mass market paperback, 219 pp.
- 1978: Born with the Dead, Gollancz Hard cover book, 267 pp.
- 1979: Born with the Dead, Berkley Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-425-04156-5, 242 pp.
- 1979: Mit den Toten geboren, Heyne , in German as Thomas der Verknder
- 1984: Born with the Dead, Bantam Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-553-24103-6, 246 pp.
- 1988: The Masks of Time/Born with the Dead/Dying Inside, Bantam Mass market paperback, 561 pp.
- 2000: Sailing to Byzantium, Blackstone Audio Audio CD, ISBN 0786199059
- 2000: Fictionwise, Fictionwise Online
- 2000: Sailing to Byzantium, iBooks Trade paperback
- 2001: Born with the Dead, Peanut Press Online
Other resources:
[None on record]
Comments:
Written for an original anthology of stories on a theme suggested by Lester Del Rey: a miraculous event gives mankind certain knowledge of the existence of God. Poul Anderson and Gordon Dickson also contributed. The premise of this novella leads in many directions at once, which seems quite reasonable. It's not surprising that not everyone on Earth is overjoyed at the sudden manifestation of God's existence. The established religions are thrown for a major loop, many search vainly for non-supernatural explanations, many blame Satan, and chaos stalks the land.