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Author: Jack Vance
Year: 1954
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: novella
Series: Nopalgarth
Series Number: 2
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Houses_of_Iszm
ISFDB Record Number: 12137
Note: Originally published in 1954 in Startling Stories, it was published in 1964 as part of an Ace Double, backed with Son of the Tree, also by Vance.
The story published in Startling Stories is about 22,000 words while the version that appears in the Ace Double is less than novel length at about 30,000 words.
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Variant Titles:
- Le case di Iszm [Italian] (1965) - Jack Vance
- De Huizen van Iszm [Dutch] (1976) - Jack Vance
- Die Häuser von Iszm [German] (1986) - Jack Vance
Publications:
- Startling Stories, Spring 1954, (Apr 1954, ed. Samuel Mines, publ. Better Publications, Inc.; Kokomo, IN, $0.25, 132pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Alex Schomburg - [VERIFIED]
- Son of the Tree / The Houses of Iszm, (1964, Jack Vance, publ. Ace (Ace Double #F-265), #F-265, $0.40, 111+112pp, dos, omni) Cover: Jack Gaughan - [VERIFIED]
- Urania #385, (May 1965, ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #385, 200 Lit, 152pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Karel Thole - [VERIFIED]
- Son of the Tree / The Houses of Iszm, (Dec 1971, Jack Vance, publ. Ace (Ace Double #77525), #77525, $0.95, 130+125pp, dos, omni) Cover: Josh Kirby , Dean Ellis - [VERIFIED]
- Les maisons d'Iszm, (Feb 1973, Jack Vance, publ. Albin Michel (Albin Michel - Science-Fiction #14), 253pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- The Houses of Iszm, (Nov 1974, Jack Vance, publ. Mayflower, 0-583-12308-2, £0.30, 126pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- De Huizen van Iszm & De Vijf Gouden Banden, (1976, Jack Vance, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #104), 90-290-0722-2, 243pp, pb, omni) Cover: Chris Foss - [VERIFIED]
- Nopalgarth, (Sep 1980, Jack Vance, publ. DAW Books (DAW Collectors #402), 0-87997-563-6, $2.25, 272pp, pb, omni) Cover: Gino D'Achille - [VERIFIED]
- Nopalgarth, (Sep 1980, Jack Vance, publ. DAW Books (DAW Collectors #402), 0-87997-563-6, C$2.50, 272pp, pb, omni) Cover: Gino D'Achille - [VERIFIED]
- The Houses of Iszm, (Jun 1983, Jack Vance, publ. Underwood-Miller, 0-934438-78-1, $15.00, 127pp, hc) Cover: Chris Miller
- The Houses of Iszm, (Jun 1983, Jack Vance, publ. Underwood-Miller, 0-934438-77-3, $25.00, 127pp, hc) Cover: Chris Miller - [VERIFIED]
- Le case di Iszm, (Jan 1985, Jack Vance, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Classici Urania #94), #25649-5, 3,500 Lit, 3+134pp, pb) Cover: Anna Montecroci
- Les maisons d'Iszm, (Nov 1985, Jack Vance, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5215), 2-266-01615-6, 157pp, pb) Cover: W. Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
- Drachenbrut, (1986, Jack Vance, publ. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special #24087), 3-404-24087-1, DM 12.80, 431pp, pb, coll) Cover: Tim White - [VERIFIED]
- Emphyrio / De Huizen van Iszm / De Zoon van de Boom, (Oct 1988, Jack Vance, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #260), 90-290-4377-6, 462pp, hc, omni) Cover: Carl Lundgren
- De Huizen van Iszm, (Mar 1998, Jack Vance, publ. Meulenhoff (*M), 90-290-5704-1, 158pp, hc) Cover: Peter A. Jones - [VERIFIED]
- Pianeti per tutti, (Jul 2001, Giuseppe Lippi, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Millemondi (quarterly) #31), 9,900 Lit, 380pp, tp, omni) Cover: Pierluigi Longo
- The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories, (2005, Jack Vance, publ. Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #8), 0-9712375-1-4, [viii]+348pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Houses of Iszm, (date unknown, Jack Vance, publ. Mayflower, 0-583-12308-2, £0.65, 126pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]