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Why Call them Back From Heaven? is a 1967 novel by Clifford D. Simak, which became the initial volume in the Ace Science Fiction Specials line. It was originally published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1967, with the Ace Special and Science Fiction Read More..

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Description	Why Call them Back From Heaven? is a 1967 novel by Clifford D. Simak, which became the initial volume in the Ace Science Fiction Specials line. It was originally published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1967, with the Ace Special and Science Fiction Book Club editions following in 1968. A British hardcover was alsopublished by Gollancz in 1967, with a Pan Books paperback appearing in 1970. German and Portuguese translations were published in 1967; a French translation followed in 1969, and an Italian translation in 1978. Several more paperback reprints appeared in the 1980s. ISFDB publication historyIn Why Call Them Back From Heaven, Simak establishes a society where "science has displaced religion by providing a means of resurrection at the cost of all human values".Dennis Wepner, "Simak, Clifford D.", American National Biography: Supplement 2, Oxford University Press, 2005, p.514 The novel "explores differing concepts of 'immortality' and the relationship between belief-in-survival (whether in the flesh or spirit) and social mores"."Books, F&SF, May 1967, pp. 44-45
Description	Why Call them Back From Heaven? is a 1967 novel by Clifford D. Simak, which became the initial volume in the Ace Science Fiction Specials line. It was originally published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1967, with the Ace Special and Science Fiction Book Club editions following in 1968. A British hardcover was alsopublished by Gollancz in 1967, with a Pan Books paperback appearing in 1970. German and Portuguese translations were published in 1967; a French translation followed in 1969, and an Italian translation in 1978. Several more paperback reprints appeared in the 1980s. ISFDB publication historyIn Why Call Them Back From Heaven, Simak establishes a society where "science has displaced religion by providing a means of resurrection at the cost of all human values".Dennis Wepner, "Simak, Clifford D.", American National Biography: Supplement 2, Oxford University Press, 2005, p.514 The novel "explores differing concepts of 'immortality' and the relationship between belief-in-survival (whether in the flesh or spirit) and social mores"."Books, F&SF, May 1967, pp. 44-45

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Name	Why Call Them Back From Heaven?
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Authors	Clifford D. Simak
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Genre	Science Fiction
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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