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Author: Edward E. Smith
Year: 1948
Type: NOVEL
Series: Lensman
Series Number: 1
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplanetary_(novel)
ISFDB Record Number: 1197
Note: Downloadable and online audio versions available at LibriVox.
Divided into Book One, Two, and Three. Book Three is the original "Triplanetary" as it was serialized in Amazing Stories in 1934. Book One and Book Two were added to the novel version in an attempt to tie it in with the later Lensman series.
Amazing Stories, January-April, 1934, illustrated by Leo Morey.
Synopsis: Available on page 398, Bleiler (Gernsback).
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Variant Titles:
- Triplanetary (1948) - E. E. 'Doc' Smith
- Triplanetary (1948) - Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
- Triplanetary (1948) - Edward Elmer Smith
- Triplanetary: A Tale of Cosmic Adventure (1954) - Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
- Die Planetenbasis [German] (1960) - Edward E. Smith
- Die Planetenbasis [German] (1961) - E. E. Smith
- Triplanetary (1965) - E. E. Smith, Ph.D.
- Die Planetenbasis [German] (1969) - Edward E. Smith
- Triplanétaire [French] (1972) - Edward E. Smith
- Triplanetária [Portuguese] (1979) - E. E. 'Doc' Smith
- Triplanetario [Italian] (1991) - E. E. 'Doc' Smith
Magazine Appearances:
- Triplanetary (Part 1 of 4) (1934) - Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
- Triplanetary (Part 2 of 4) (1934) - Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
- Triplanetary (Part 3 of 4) (1934) - Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
- Triplanetary (Part 4 of 4) (1934) - Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
Publications:
- Amazing Stories, January 1934, (Jan 1934, ed. T. O'Conor Sloane, publ. Teck Publications, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey - [VERIFIED]
- Amazing Stories, February 1934, (Feb 1934, ed. T. O'Conor Sloane, publ. Teck Publications, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey
- Amazing Stories, March 1934, (Mar 1934, ed. T. O'Conor Sloane, publ. Teck Publications, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey - [VERIFIED]
- Amazing Stories, April 1934, (Apr 1934, ed. T. O'Conor Sloane, publ. Teck Publications, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey
- Triplanetary, (1948, Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., publ. Fantasy Press, 287pp, hc) Cover: A. J. Donnell - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (1950, Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., publ. Fantasy Press, $3.00, 287pp, hc) Cover: A. J. Donnell
- Triplanetary: A Tale of Cosmic Adventure, (1954, Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., publ. T. V. Boardman, 9/6, 287pp, hc) - [VERIFIED]
- The History of Civilization (boxed set), (1955, Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., publ. Fantasy Press, hc, omni)
- Die Planetenbasis, (1960, Edward E. Smith, publ. Balowa / Gebrüder Zimmermann, 269pp, hc)
- Die Planetenbasis, (1961, E. E. Smith, publ. Moewig (Terra #199), #199, DM 0.70, 62pp, digest)
- Triplanetary, (Aug 1965, E. E. Smith, Ph.D., publ. Pyramid Books, #R-1222, $0.50, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Nov 1965, E. E. Smith, Ph.D., publ. Pyramid Books, #R-1222, $0.50, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Jul 1966, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, #X-1455, $0.60, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Sep 1967, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, 240pp, pb)
- Triplanetary, (May 1968, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, 240pp, pb)
- Die Planetenbasis, (Jan 1969, Edward E. Smith, publ. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3704), #3704, DM 2.40, 220pp, pb)
- Triplanetary, (Jan 1970, Edward E. Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, #511-02174-075, $0.75, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Feb 1972, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, #511-02174, $0.75, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanétaire, (Oct 1972, Edward E. Smith, publ. Albin Michel (Albin Michel - Science-Fiction #7), 245pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (1973, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Panther, 0-586-03760-8, £0.35, 254pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Jan 1973, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, 0-515-02890-8, $0.95, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Jan 1974, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, 0-515-02890-8, $0.95, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan
- Triplanetary, (Apr 1975, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, 0-515-02890-8, $1.25, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Nov 1976, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, 0-515-02890-8, $1.25, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan
- Triplanetary, (1977, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Panther Granada, 0-586-03760-8, £0.65, 254pp, pb) Cover: Chris Foss - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (May 1978, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Jove / HBJ, 0-515-04686-8, $1.50, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetária, (1979, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #259))
- Triplanetary, (May 1979, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Jove / HBJ, 0-515-05331-7, $1.75, 240pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan
- Triplanetary, (Jul 1982, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Berkley Books, 0-425-05383-0, $2.50, 240pp, pb) Cover: David B. Mattingly - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Aug 1986, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Berkley Books, 0-425-09055-8, $2.95, 240pp, pb) Cover: David B. Mattingly - [VERIFIED]
- La saga dei Lensmen, (May 1991, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #117), 18,000 Lit, xvi+504pp, tp, omni) Cover: David B. Mattingly
- Triplanetary, (Jul 1997, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Ripping Publishing, 1-899884-12-2, £5.99, 345pp, pb) Cover: Warren Palmer , Neil Stuart Lawson
- Triplanetary: A Tale of Cosmic Adventure, (Nov 1997, Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., publ. Old Earth Books, 1-882968-09-3, $15.00, xv+287pp, tp) Cover: A. J. Donnell - [VERIFIED]
- Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume I, (Jun 1998, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Science Fiction Book Club, 1-56865-804-4, $14.98, 709pp, hc, omni) Cover: John Berkey - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Feb 2005, Edward E. Smith, publ. ibooks, 1-4165-0408-7, $6.99, 240pp, pb) Cover: Raul Carvajal
- Triplanetary, (Mar 2007, Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., publ. Project Gutenberg, #20782, $0.00, ebook) - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Jun 2007, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Wildside Press, 1-4344-0101-4, $13.95, 142pp, tp) - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Jun 2007, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Wildside Press, 978-1-4344-0102-1, $29.95, 144pp, hc)
- Triplanetary, (Jul 2007, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. LibriVox)
- Triplanetary, (Oct 2007, Edward Elmer Smith, publ. BiblioBazaar, 978-1-4346-6862-2, $15.59, 163pp, tp) - [VERIFIED]
- Triplanetary, (Jan 2009, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, publ. Cosmos Books / Dorchester Publishing, 978-0-8439-5949-9, $6.99, 352pp, pb)
Reviews:
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1948) in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1948
- Review by The Editor (1948) in Startling Stories, November 1948
- Review by Sam Moskowitz (1949) in Fantastic Novels Magazine, July 1949
- Review by Frederik Pohl (1949) in Super Science Stories, July 1949
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1951) in Other Worlds Science Stories, December 1951
- Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1966) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, July 1966
- Review by Baird Searles (1983) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1983
- Review by Gene DeWeese (1983) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1983
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years (Reviews: pages 266-522, M-Z)
- Review by Tom Easton (1998) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1998
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (1998) in Science Fiction Chronicle, June 1998
- Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2007)