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Title: The Status Civilization
Author: Robert Sheckley
Year: 1960
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Status_Civilization
ISFDB Record Number: 14997
Note: Downloadable and online audio versions available at LibriVox.

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Variant Titles:

• OMEGA (1960) - Robert Sheckley
• Planet der Verbrecher [German] (1963) - Robert Sheckley
• Oméga [French] (1968) - Robert Sheckley
• De Statusplaneet [Dutch] (1971) - Robert Sheckley
• Gli orrori di Omega [Italian] (1983) - Robert Sheckley

Magazine Appearances:

• Omega! (Part 1 of 2) (1960) - Robert Sheckley
• Omega! (Part 2 of 2) (1960) - Robert Sheckley
• Gli orrori di Omega (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1961) - Robert Sheckley

Awards:

• 1983 Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel (Preliminary Nominee)

Publications:

• Amazing Science Fiction Stories, August 1960, (Aug 1960, ed. Cele Goldsmith, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.35, 148pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Leo Summers - [VERIFIED]
• The Status Civilization, (Sep 1960, Robert Sheckley, publ. Signet, #S1840, $0.35, 127pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
• Amazing Science Fiction Stories, September 1960, (Sep 1960, ed. Cele Goldsmith, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.35, 148pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Albert Nuetzell - [VERIFIED]
• Urania #258, (Jun 1961, ed. Giorgio Monicelli, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #258, 150 Lit, 128pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Karel Thole - [VERIFIED]
• Planet der Verbrecher, (1963, Robert Sheckley, publ. Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #241), #241, DM 2.20, 169pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
• The Status Civilization, (May 1967, Robert Sheckley, publ. Four Square Books, #873, 3/6, 127pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
• The Status Civilization, (Oct 1968, Robert Sheckley, publ. Dell, #8249, $0.60, 156pp, pb) Cover: Podwil - [VERIFIED]
• Oméga, (Nov 1968, Robert Sheckley, publ. OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #9), F6.00, 246pp, pb) Cover: Gérard Aublé - [VERIFIED]
• De Statusplaneet, (1971, Robert Sheckley, publ. Bruna (Bruna SF #5), 90-229-9005-2, ƒ3.50, 191pp, pb) Cover: Rinke Doornekamp - [VERIFIED]
• Urania #581, (Dec 1971, ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #581, 300 Lit, 168pp, digest, magazine) Cover: Karel Thole - [VERIFIED]
• The Status Civilization, (Apr 1976, Robert Sheckley, publ. Gollancz, 0-575-02108-X, £3.50, 158pp, hc) - [VERIFIED]
• Oméga, (Mar 1977, Robert Sheckley, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5001), 2-266-00328-3, 190pp, pb) Cover: W. Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
• The Status Civilization, (1979, Robert Sheckley, publ. Penguin Books, 0-14-004660-7, £0.75, 142pp, pb) Cover: Adrian Chesterman - [VERIFIED]
• The Status Civilization and Notions: Unlimited, (Nov 1979, Robert Sheckley, publ. Ace (Ace Double), 0-441-78537-9, $2.25, 469pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Bergen - [VERIFIED]
• Gli orrori di Omega, (Oct 1983, Robert Sheckley, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Classici Urania #79), #23950-9, 3,000 Lit, 164pp, pb) Cover: Karel Thole
• Das große Robert Sheckley Buch, (1985, Robert Sheckley, publ. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special #24070), 3-404-24070-7, DM 10.00, pb, coll) Cover: Tim White
• Anonima Aldilà - Gli orrori di Omega - I testimoni di Joenes - Scambio mentale, (May 1985, Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #26889-6, 18,000 Lit, 432pp, hc, omni) Cover: Karel Thole - [VERIFIED]
• The Status Civilization, (Jun 1986, Robert Sheckley, publ. Methuen, 0-413-60150-1, £2.25, 144pp, pb) Cover: Peter Elson - [VERIFIED]
• The Status Civilization / Mind Swap, (1993, Robert Sheckley, publ. Legend, 0-09-919921-1, £4.99, 296pp, pb, omni) Cover: The Image Bank - [VERIFIED]
• Gli orrori di Omega, (Nov 2005, Robert Sheckley, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Urania Collezione #34), #34, € 4.90, 198pp, pb) Cover: Franco Brambilla
• The Status Civilization, (Mar 2007, Robert Sheckley, publ. Project Gutenberg, #20919, ebook)
• The Status Civilization, (Apr 2007, Robert Sheckley, publ. Wildside Press, 1-4344-9998-7, $29.95, 130pp, hc)
• The Status Civilization, (Apr 2007, Robert Sheckley, publ. Wildside Press, 978-1-4344-9999-8, $12.95, 130pp, tp)
• The Status Civilization, (Oct 2007, Robert Sheckley, publ. BiblioBazaar, 1-4346-6254-3, $11.99, 156pp, pb)
• The Status Civilization, (Apr 2010, Robert Sheckley, publ. LibriVox, digital audio download)
• OMEGA, (Mar 2012, Robert Sheckley, publ. Spastic Cat Press, 978-1-61203-982-4, $8.99, 134pp, tp)
• The Last Plea / The Status Civilization, (Jan 2013, Robert Bloch, Robert Sheckley, publ. Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Double Novel #81), 978-1-61287-131-8, $12.95, 216pp, tp, omni)

Reviews:

• Review by Alfred Bester (1960) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1960
• Review by Frederik Pohl (1961) in If, #8 [UK] , reprinted in:
•     If, January 1961, (1961)
• Review by John Carnell (1961) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #104 March
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1961) in Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, July 1961
• Review by Joseph Nicholas (1979) in Paperback Parlour, August 1979
• Review by Chris Morgan (1979) in Vector 95
• Review by Martyn Taylor (1986) in Paperback Inferno, 62

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