# The Fall of Chronopolis

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{{Short description|1974 novel by Barrington J. Bayley}}
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| name          = The Fall of Chronopolis
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| image         = File:TheFallOfChronopolis.jpg
| caption       = First edition
| author        = [Barrington J. Bayley](/source/Barrington_J._Bayley)
| illustrator   =
| cover_artist  = [Kelly Freas](/source/Kelly_Freas)
| country       = United Kingdom
| language      = English
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| subject       =
| genre         = [Science fiction](/source/Science_fiction)
| publisher     = [DAW Books](/source/DAW_Books)
| release_date  = June 1974
| media_type    = Print ([Hardcover](/source/Hardcover), [Paperback](/source/Paperback))
| pages         = 175
| isbn          = 978-0-87997-043-7   
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| oclc= 670871
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'''''The Fall of Chronopolis''''' ({{ISBN|0-87997-043-X}}) is the fifth novel by the science fiction author [Barrington J. Bayley](/source/Barrington_J._Bayley). It details the eternal [conflict through time](/source/Temporal_war) between the Chronostatic Empire and its enemy, the Hegemony.

==Literary significance and reception==
[Rhys Hughes](/source/Rhys_Hughes), in his survey of Bayley's output, described the novel as "possibly the ultimate time-travel story," noting that, unlike ''[Collision Course](/source/Collision_Course_(Bayley_novel))'', 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](/source/John_Clute), in the ''[SF Encyclopedia](/source/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](/source/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}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Barrington J. Bayley}}

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