Hell's Pavement
Cover of Hell's Pavement | |
| Author | Damon Knight |
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| Cover artist | Richard M. Powers |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Lion Books |
Publication date | 1955 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) (magazine) |
| Pages | 192 |
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.
Chapter I first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in January 1952 as "The Analogues". Parts of Chapters II, III, IV and VIII were adapted from Knight's story "Turncoat", which appeared in the April 1953 Thrilling Wonder Stories. The novel was renamed Analogue Men starting with the 1962 Berkley Books version, but regained its original title with a 1971 paperback edition. The original title is based on the aphorism that says that "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".