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First published in [[2566]], '''''Down Among | First published in [[2566]], '''''Down Among the Dead Men''''' was Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]]'s first published book. It detailed the young archaeologist's experiences excavating an [[Ice Warrior]] site at Mare Silenium on [[Mars]]. Though it was a best seller, and was a great help to her in obtaining employment at [[St. Oscar's University]] on [[Dellah]], Benny sometimes had mixed feelings about it — describing it, at one point, as a book that "everyone bought, but no one read." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') Other readers were kinder: [[St. Oscar's University|St. Oscar's]] student [[Theo Tamlyn]] thought it was "one of the few readable textbooks he'd encountered". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ||
A revised edition was published in [[2593]] by [[St. Oscar's University]] Press, [[Dellah]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') This revised edition was called ''Down Among | A revised edition was published in [[2593]] by [[St. Oscar's University]] Press, [[Dellah]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') This revised edition was called ''Down Among the Dead Men Again''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Buried Treasures]]'') | ||
After the novel became a best-seller, Benny's publishers wanted her to write a sequel. She kept on putting it off, for instance by spending her time writing an essay entitled "[[Devil Gate Drive: The Influence of The Descent of Inanna on Twentieth-Century Popular Culture|Devil Gate Drive: The Influence of ''The Descent of Inanna'' on Twentieth-Century Popular Culture]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') | After the novel became a best-seller, Benny's publishers wanted her to write a sequel. She kept on putting it off, for instance by spending her time writing an essay entitled "[[Devil Gate Drive: The Influence of The Descent of Inanna on Twentieth-Century Popular Culture|Devil Gate Drive: The Influence of ''The Descent of Inanna'' on Twentieth-Century Popular Culture]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') | ||
[[Category:Non-fiction books]] | [[Category:Non-fiction books]] | ||
[[Category:Works written by Bernice Summerfield]] | [[Category:Works written by Bernice Summerfield]] |
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