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Short Story

The Turning Wheel

1954

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About this story

A religious official who foresees his own approaching death is sent to investigate an unconventional community. Its forbidden practical knowledge offers a challenge to both his society's hierarchy and his personal fate.

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Work history

  1. no later than Jul 8, 1953

    Composition: no later than Jul 8, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Jul 8, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Jul 8, 1953

  3. 1954

    First published 1954

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