Black Man's Burden, serialized in Analog Science Fact - Science Fiction, Dec 1961 - Jan 1962

New York: Street & Smith Publications. Digest-size Magazine. December 1961 & January 1962. First Edition. Dec: Good; Jan: Very Good+.

Mack Reynolds's novel Blackman's Burden first appeared in print when it was serialized as Black Man's Burden in the December 1961 and January 1962 issues of Analog Science Fact - Science Fiction with 12 interior illustrations by John Schoenherr. It received an honorable mention for the 1962 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The popularity of Black Man's Burden with Analog's readers prompted Analog's editor to request Reynolds to write a sequel (published as "Border, Breed, Nor Birth" in July-August 1962. Black Man's Burden is the first in a sequence of near-future stories set in North Africa which were notable for their direct treatment of politically pertinent racial issues virtu ally untouched in science fiction before, during, and after the 1960s. Also includes "The Foreign Hand-Tie" (Hugo honorable mention, novelette) by David Gordon (Randall Garrett). aka: Dallas McCord Reynolds.