{{Short description|1974 novel by Barrington J. Bayley}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book | name = The Fall of Chronopolis | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:TheFallOfChronopolis.jpg | caption = First edition | author = Barrington J. Bayley | illustrator = | cover_artist = Kelly Freas | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = Science fiction | publisher = DAW Books | release_date = June 1974 | media_type = Print (Hardcover, Paperback) | pages = 175 | isbn = 978-0-87997-043-7 | dewey= | congress= | oclc= 670871 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}
'''''The Fall of Chronopolis''''' ({{ISBN|0-87997-043-X}}) is the fifth novel by the science fiction author Barrington J. Bayley. It details the eternal conflict through time between the Chronostatic Empire and its enemy, the Hegemony.
==Literary significance and reception== Rhys Hughes, in his survey of Bayley's output, described the novel as "possibly the ultimate time-travel story," noting that, unlike ''Collision Course'', Bayley stuck to his main theme throughout.<ref name="Annihilation Factotum">{{cite web |url = http://www.uri.edu/artsci/english/clf/n6_a3.html |title = Annihilation Factotum: The work of Barrington J. Bayley |work = The Council for the Literature of the Fantastic |accessdate = 2012-11-07 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004220800/http://www.uri.edu/artsci/english/clf/n6_a3.html |archivedate = 2012-10-04 }}</ref>
John Clute, in the ''SF Encyclopedia'', reviewed ''The Fall of Chronopolis'' as Bayley's most successful use of the theme of time travel.<ref name="SF Encyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bayley_barrington_j | title = Bayley, Barrington J. | encyclopedia = SF Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition | accessdate=2012-10-27 }}</ref>
David Pringle's review described the book as "enjoyable" and made note of the philosophy behind Bayley's intricate time paradox.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
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