<P> `` By the Waters of Babylon '' is a post-apocalyptic short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét , first published July 31 , 1937 , in The Saturday Evening Post as `` The Place of the Gods '' . It was republished in 1943 in The Pocket Book of Science Fiction , and was adapted in 1971 into a one - act play by Brainerd Duffield . </P>
<P> `` By the Waters of Babylon '' is a post-apocalyptic short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét , first published July 31 , 1937 , in The Saturday Evening Post as `` The Place of the Gods '' . It was republished in 1943 in The Pocket Book of Science Fiction , and was adapted in 1971 into a one - act play by Brainerd Duffield . </P>
when was by the waters of babylon written
when was by the waters of babylon written
July 31 , 1937
July 31 , 1937