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Author: Cordwainer Smith
Year: 1964
Type: NOVEL
Series: Rod McBan
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 1382
Note: Expansion of "The Boy who Bought Old Earth". Later incorporated into Norstrilia.
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Variant Titles:
- L'homme qui acheta la Terre [French] (1974) - Cordwainer Smith
- L'uomo che comprò la Terra [Italian] (1979) - Cordwainer Smith
- Der Planetenkäufer [German] (1979) - Cordwainer Smith
- L'homme qui avait acheté la Terre [French] (1980) - Cordwainer Smith
- Norstrilia [Italian] (1989) - Cordwainer Smith
Magazine Appearances:
- L'uomo che comprò la Terra (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1971) - Cordwainer Smith
Awards:
- 1965 Hugo Award - Best Novel (Nomination)
Publications:
- The Planet Buyer, (Oct 1964, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, #R-1084, $0.50, 156pp, pb) Cover: John Schoenherr - [VERIFIED]
- The Planet Buyer, (1969, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, X-2049, $0.60, 156pp, pb) Cover: Peter Bramley - [VERIFIED]
- Galassia #135, (Feb 1971, ed. Vittorio Curtoni, Gianni Montanari, publ. Casa Editrice La Tribuna, #135, 350 Lit, 176pp, digest, magazine) Cover: Rodolfo Viola
- Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité: Tome 1, (Jul 1974, Cordwainer Smith, publ. OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #50), 2-7201-0002-1, 391pp, hc, omni) - [VERIFIED]
- The Planet Buyer, (1975, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Sphere, 0-7221-7942-1, £0.40, 156pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- The Planet Buyer, (Nov 1975, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Pyramid Books, 0-515-03969-1, $1.25, 156pp, pb) Cover: Peter Bramley - [VERIFIED]
- L'uomo che comprò la Terra, (May 1979, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Oscar #968), #16600-9, 2,000 Lit, 174pp, pb) Cover: Karel Thole
- Der Planetenkäufer, (Dec 1979, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction #5720), 3-426-05720-4, DM 5.80, 144pp, pb) Cover: Don Brautigam - [VERIFIED]
- Les Seigneurs de l'Instrumentalité Tome 1, (1980, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7056), 2-253-02435-X, 378pp, pb, omni) Cover: Gérard Ruffin - [VERIFIED]
- L'homme qui acheta la Terre, (Sep 1987, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5268), 2-266-02041-2, 222pp, pb) Cover: W. Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
- Norstrilia, (Apr 1989, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Classici Urania #145), 5,000 Lit, 222pp, pb) Cover: Oscar Chichoni
- L'homme qui acheta la Terre, (Dec 1989, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5268), 2-266-02719-0, 222pp, pb) Cover: W. Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
- L'homme qui acheta la Terre, (Feb 1993, Cordwainer Smith, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5268), 2-266-02719-0, 222pp, pb) Cover: W. Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by Judith Merril (1965) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1965
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1965) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, March 1965
- Review by Algis Budrys (1965) in Galaxy Magazine, April 1965
- Review by Robert Silverberg (1965) in Amazing Stories, June 1965
- Review by Archie Mercer and Beryl Henley (1965) in Zenith Speculation, October 1965
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1970) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1970