The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber

"The Night of the Long Knives" by Fritz Leiber is a novel written in the late 20th century. The story unfolds in a post-apocalyptic America known as the Deathlands, an unforgiving landscape filled with radiation and danger. The main character navigates this desolate world, encountering a mysterious girl with whom he shares a fraught tension marked by their primal urges — one toward violence and the other toward intimacy. The opening of the book introduces us to a tense encounter between the protagonist, a weary scavenger, and a girl he spots in the vast, hazardous terrain. Both are armed and aware of the danger surrounding them, their paths intertwining in a complex dance of survival, fear, and attraction. As they cautiously approach one another, the narrative delves into their emotions — the conflicting desires to kill and to connect — encapsulating life in the Deathlands where the urge to murder is portrayed as a survival instinct. This initial encounter hints at both the treachery and the potential for connection in a world ravaged by chaos, setting the tone for the unfolding tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Illustrator Finlay, Virgil, 1914-1971
Author Leiber, Fritz, 1910-1992
Title The Night of the Long Knives
Series Title Produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1960.
Note Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online
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Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction, American
Subject Dystopias -- Fiction
Subject Apocalyptic fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 25024
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Most Recently Updated Jan 3, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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