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Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Year: 1961
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Primal_Urge
ISFDB Record Number: 119
Note: This novel was abridged and serialized as "Minor Operation" in New Worlds (1962).
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Variant Titles:
- The Primal Urge (1961) - Brian Aldiss
- La lampada del sesso [Italian] (1964) - Brian W. Aldiss
- Es brennt ein Licht [German] (1985) - Brian W. Aldiss
- La lampada dell'amore [Italian] (1997) - Brian W. Aldiss
Magazine Appearances:
- Minor Operation (Part 1 of 3) (1962) - Brian W. Aldiss
- Minor Operation (Part 2 of 3) (1962) - Brian W. Aldiss
- Minor Operation (Part 3 of 3) (1962) - Brian W. Aldiss
Publications:
- The Primal Urge, (1961, Brian Aldiss, publ. Ballantine, #F 555, $0.50, 191pp, pb) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
- New Worlds Science Fiction, #119 June, (Jun 1962, ed. John Carnell, publ. Nova Publications Ltd., 2/6, 128pp, digest, magazine) Cover: Brian Lewis - [VERIFIED]
- New Worlds Science Fiction, #120 July, (Jul 1962, ed. John Carnell, publ. Nova Publications Ltd., 2/6, 128pp, digest, magazine) - [VERIFIED]
- New Worlds Science Fiction, #121 August, (Aug 1962, ed. John Carnell, publ. Nova Publications Ltd., 2/6, 128pp, digest, magazine) - [VERIFIED]
- La lampada del sesso, (Dec 1964, Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Casa Editrice La Tribuna (La Bussola SF #0), 0 Lit, 254pp, pb) Cover: Rocco Borella - [VERIFIED]
- The Primal Urge, (1967, Brian Aldiss, publ. Sphere, #10820, 5/-, 191pp, pb) Cover: David Davies - [VERIFIED]
- A Brian Aldiss Omnibus, (1969, Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Sidgwick & Jackson, 0-283-98052-4, £2.25, 191+191+126pp, hc, omni)
- La lampada del sesso, (1970, Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #10), 1,050 Lit, 254pp, hc) Cover: Rocco Borella - [VERIFIED]
- The Primal Urge, (Mar 1972, Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Sphere, #10987, £0.30, 191pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Es brennt ein Licht, (Mar 1985, Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Allgemeine Reihe #13004), 3-404-13004-9, DM 6.80, 254+[1]pp, pb) Cover: Tim White - [VERIFIED]
- La lampada dell'amore, (Jul 1997, Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Classici Urania #244), 6,500 Lit, 254pp, pb) Cover: Olivia De Berardinis
- The Primal Urge, (2001, Brian Aldiss, publ. House of Stratus, 0-7551-0059-X, £6.99, 221pp, tp) Cover: Derek Edwards
Reviews:
- Review by Jim Groves (1962) in Vector 17 Autumn 1962
- Review by Leslie Flood (1962) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #117 April
- Review by S. E. Cotts (1962) in Amazing Stories, April 1962
- Review by Alfred Bester (1962) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1962
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, May 1962