{"_id":"63e73871c54d060c180bb54a","title":"By the Waters of Babylon","author":"Stephen Vincent Benét","code":"by-the-waters-of-babylon","words":5534,"publish_year":1937,"publish_source":"The Saturday Evening Post","publish_edition":"July 31","image":"archer.jpg","image_alt":"An archer pointing his bow across a field. Graphite filter.","genres":["fantasy","sci-fi","adventure","mystery"],"blurb":"It is forbidden to travel east. It is forbidden to cross the river. It is forbidden to go to the Place of the Gods. All these things are forbidden.","description":"It is forbidden to go East, to the place of the Gods. But a son of a priest has a dream that he shall go there. And go there he does.","unique_cover":"A man in ragged clothing and with a bow walks through a ruined metal city full of stray cats.","rating":5,"cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":[{"code":"fantasy","title":"Best of Fantasy","collection_type":"genre"}]}