Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen
First edition (US) | |
| Author | Roald Dahl |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy novel, Satire |
| Publisher | Scribner's (United States) Collins (UK) |
Publication date | 1948 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 244 pp |
Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen is a 1948 book by Roald Dahl, his first adult novel. Dahl began writing it after editor Maxwell Perkins expressed an interest in publishing a novel-length book if Dahl were to write it. The book was a critical failure, although it is historically noteworthy as one of the first novels about nuclear war to be published after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The story is a darker take on the same premise as Dahl's first book for children, The Gremlins.