Title: The Book of Ptath

Title: The Book of Ptath Title Record # 14252
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1947-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Bibliography in "The Best of A. E. van Vogt" (UK, 1974) incorrectly states 1946 first Hadley publication.

Synopsis: Ptath, a very powerful god, is throwing by his deadly rival, the goddess Ineznia, on Earth, around 200,000,000 AD, in the form of a mortal, where he has to face numerous dangers to survive.

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Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1964	Two Hundred Million A. D.
1976	Ptath
1978	200 Million A. D.

Year	Language	Title
1961^ⓘTranslated by Jean Cathelin	French	Le livre de Ptath
1965^ⓘTranslated by Jesco von Puttkamer	German	200 Millionen Jahre später
1969	Italian	Il libro di Ptath
1970^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Eurico%20da%20Fonseca&type=Name&mode=exact">Eurico da Fonseca</a>	Portuguese	A guerra dos deuses
1975^ⓘTranslated by W. A. Ruysch	Dutch	Tweehonderd Miljoen A.D.
1980^ⓘTranslated by Βαγγέλης Κοχλατζής / Vangélis Kochlatzís of <i>The Book of Ptath</i>.	Greek	Πταθ^?Ptath [as by A. Βαν Βογκτ^?A. Van Vogt ]
2009^ⓘTranslated by Ligia Caranfil	Romanian	Cartea lui Ptath

Year	Title
1943	The Book of Ptath (Complete Novel)

Year	Language	Title
1958	Italian	Il libro di Ptath (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nominations Below Cutoff	2019 Retro Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Book of Ptath	1947-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Fantasy Press		$3.00^?$: US dollar	227	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	A. J. Donnell
The Book of Ptath	1947-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Fantasy Press			227	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Book of Ptath	1947-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Fantasy Press		$3.00^?$: US dollar	227	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	A. J. Donnell
A van Vogt Omnibus	1967-10-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-35345-7	30/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	172+ 162+ 159	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Book of Ptath	1969-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	02753X	5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	157	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Book of Ptath	1969-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	02753X	£0.25^?£: UK pound	157	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Book of Ptath	1969-05-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	63-092	$0.60^?$: US dollar	159	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jeff Jones
The Book of Ptath	1969-05-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	63-092	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	159	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jeff Jones
The Book of Ptath	1973-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	0-586-02753-X	£0.30^?£: UK pound	157	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Book of Ptath	1975-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	0-586-02753-X	£0.40^?£: UK pound	157	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Book of Ptath	1975-10-00	A. E. van Vogt	Garland Publishing (Garland Library of Science Fiction)	0-8240-1440-5	$11.00^?$: US dollar	227	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Book of Ptath	1979-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	0-586-02753-X	£0.75^?£: UK pound	157	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Book of Ptath	1979-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther	0-586-02753-X	£1.50^?£: UK pound	157	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Book of Ptath	1984-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Panther / Granada	0-586-02753-X	£1.95^?£: UK pound	157	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Peter Elson
The Book of Ptath	1984-05-00	A. E. van Vogt	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #580)	0-87997-930-5 / UE1930	$2.50^?$: US dollar	160	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ken W. Kelly
The Book of Ptath	1984-05-00	A. E. van Vogt	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-930-5 / UE1930	C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	160	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ken W. Kelly
The Book of Ptath	1992-01-00	A. E. van Vogt	Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf))	0-88184-788-7	$3.95^?$: US dollar	159	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Book of Ptath	2013-07-01	A. E. van Vogt	Agency Editions	978-1-940392-00-4	$3.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review by E. Mayne Hull (1948) in Fantasy Book, Vol 1, No. 2 , reprinted in:
Fantasy Book, Vol 1, No. 2 (deluxe edition) (1948)
Review by John K. Aitken (1948) in Fantasy Review, April-May 1948
Review by uncredited (1948) in Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1948
Review by Robert Bloch (1948) in The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1948 , reprinted in:
The Arkham Sampler: A Facsimile Edition (2010)
Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
'333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
Review [French] by Jacques Goimard (1962) in Fiction, #99
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1964) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, December 1964
Review [French] by
Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux
[as by Serge-André Bertrand] (1973) in Fiction, #236
Review by W. N. MacPherson (1975) in The Science Fiction Review Monthly, December 1975
Review by Joe Sanders (1976) in Delap's F & SF Review, March 1976
Review by Chris Marler (1976) in Astral Dimensions #3, Spring 1976
Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 455 - 723)
Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels , reprinted in:
Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels (1988)
Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels (1989)
Review by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock (1988) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books , reprinted in:
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1991)
Review [French] by Erwann Perchoc (2020) in Bifrost, #98