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    The Night of the Long Knives
    The Night of the Long Knives
    The Night of the Long Knives
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    The Night of the Long Knives

    By Virgil Finlay and Fritz Leiber

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateSep 1, 2008

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    • 4/5
      The Tale of the Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber is a tale of men and women at the end of the world. (The book was written in 1960 and published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories.) The story takes place in a world remade by Nuclear Holocaust. The main character, Ray Baker, is a self justified murder and survivalist in the anarchic land. His weapon he relys on he has named "Mother."He walks in a land where only the strong will survive. Baker's philosophy is that there is aesthetics in homicide."we talk, mostly to ourselves, about the aesthetics of homicide; we occasionally admit, but only each to himself alone, that we're just plain nuts." Leiber asks the reader to consider: "Is murder ever justified?" "Where is civility when the civilized institutions have been destroyed?" I agree with PINPRICK about making this into a movie. The story would lend very well to a visual medium. Leiber and Philip K. Dick share a number of similar traits. I have never seen a bad movie made from a Philip K. Dick story. One can listen to this tale from Libri Vox and get a free version from Gutenberg. Enjoy!
    • 4/5
      I don't understand why this hasn't been made into a movie or comic book! This story is awesome, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi at it's very, very best.

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