Recalled to Life
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Novel
Year: 1962
ID: 923
Publication history:
- 1962: Recalled to Life, Lancer Mass market paperback, 144 pp.
- 1967: Recalled to Life, Lancer Mass market paperback, 144 pp.
- 1969: Regresso à Vida, Panorama Mass market paperback, 150 pp., in Portuguese
- 1972: Recalled to Life, Doubleday Hard cover book
- 1974: Recalled to Life, Gollancz Hard cover book, 184 pp.
- 1974: Résurrections, Marabou Mass market paperback, 256 pp., in French
- 1975: Recalled to Life, Panther Mass market paperback, 188 pp.
- 1977: Recalled to Life, Ace Mass market paperback, 238 pp.
- 1977: Regresso à Vida, Publicações Europa América Mass market paperback, 177 pp., in Portuguese
- 1984: Résurrections, Presses de la Cite Mass market paperback, ISBN 2-258-01325-9, in French
- 1991: Résurrections, Pocket Mass market paperback, ISBN 2-266-04210-6, in French
Blurb:
(from Lancer 1962)
It was the supreme irony. Humanity, apparently, feared being RECALLED TO LIFE more than it feared death itself.
When Harker joined the little group of scientists, he didn't realize the problems he would face. Their discovery made it possible to revive corpses to a full, healthy life. They thought the world would welcome it as the greatest boon of all time.
Instead, the world fought them, bitterly and savagely. Bewildered, they could find no way to fight back. The problem was Harker's to solve, and there seemed to be only one answer...
Harker himself had to die!
Other resources:
[None on record]
Comments:
In the introduction to the Ace edition, Silverberg remarks that is The title is from Dickens' Tale of Two Cities. It is reported that the text was revised for the 1972 hardback publication (and all subsequent publications are probably this version), but I have not compared them myself to check on it.