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Hell's Pavement

Hell's Pavement is a science fiction novel by American writer Damon Knight. The story postulates a technique for dealing with asocial behavior by giving everyone an "analogue", a mental imprint of an authority figure that intervenes whenever violent or otherwise harmful acts are contemplated.

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Author
Damon Knight
Genre
Science fiction
Publication date
1955
Publisher
Lion Books
Cover artist
Richard M. Powers
Language
English

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Hell's Pavement

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples22
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

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Hell's Pavement

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related to Critical response · 11
Hell's Pavement → Anthony Boucher, Clareson, Essays, Future, Groff Conklin, In Voices, Knight's, Major Science Fiction Writers, Schuyler Miller, The, Thomas
Author · 1
Hell's Pavement → Damon Knight
Cover artist · 1
Hell's Pavement → Richard M. Powers
Genre · 1
Hell's Pavement → Science fiction
Language · 1
Hell's Pavement → English
Media type · 1
Hell's Pavement → Print (Paperback) (magazine)
Pages · 1
Hell's Pavement → 192
Publication date · 1
Hell's Pavement → 1955
Publication place · 1
Hell's Pavement → United States
Publisher · 1
Hell's Pavement → Lion Books

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analogue fiction novel science story hell's pavement title appeared original paperback damon knight books treatment authority knight's richard powers place

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Hell's PavementAuthorDamon Knight1.00infobox
Hell's PavementCover artistRichard M. Powers1.00infobox
Hell's PavementGenreScience fiction1.00infobox
Hell's PavementLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Hell's PavementMedia typePrint (Paperback) (magazine)1.00infobox
Hell's PavementPages1921.00infobox
Hell's PavementPublication date19551.00infobox
Hell's PavementPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Hell's PavementPublisherLion Books1.00infobox
Hell's Pavementis ascience fiction novel by American writer Damon Knight0.90text
Hell's Pavementrelated to Critical responseIn Voices0.60section
Hell's Pavementrelated to Critical responseFuture0.60section

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