Reprieve from Paradise
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Reprieve from Paradise is a science fiction novel by author H. Chandler Elliott
H. Chandler Elliott
Harry Chandler Elliott was a naturalized American physician and writer of science fiction.-Biography:Elliott was educated at the University of Toronto where he received a B.A. in 1930 and a M.A. in 1935. His specialty was neuroanatomy, which he taught at the University of Nebraska School of...

. It was published in 1955
1955 in literature
The year 1955 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*28 May - Philip Larkin makes a train journey from Hull to London which inspires his poem The Whitsun Weddings....

 by Gnome Press
Gnome Press
Gnome Press was an American small-press publishing company primarily known for publishing many science fiction classics.The company was founded in 1948 by Martin Greenberg and David A. Kyle. Many of Gnome's titles were reprinted in England by Boardman Books...

in an edition of 4,000 copies.

Plot introduction

The novel is set after an atomic war and the world is run by Polynesians. The hero discovers a plot to turn the earth on its axis in order to create an Antarctic utopia.
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