Title: Inherit the Stars Title Record # 1712
Author: James P. Hogan
Date: 1977-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Minervan Experiment / Giants
Series Number: 1
Language: English
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Year Language Title 1978ⓘInherit the Stars Translated by Beata Della Frattina as Lo scheletro impossibile Italian Lo scheletro impossibile 1979ⓘTranslated by Wiebe Buddingh' Dutch Ruïnes op de maan [as by James Patrick Hogan] 1980ⓘTranslated by 池央耿 Japanese 星を継ぐもの?ほしをつぐもの Hoshi wo Tsugumono Hoshi o Tsugumono [as by ジェイムズ・P・ホーガン?Jeimuzu P. Hōgan Jeimuzu P. Hoogan ] 1981ⓘTranslated by Andreas Brandhorst German Der tote Raumfahrer 2017ⓘTranslated by Andreas Brandhorst (1981) and revised for the 2017 edition by Rainer Michael Rahn. German Das Erbe der Sterne

Year Language Title 1978 Italian Lo scheletro impossibile (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
19	1978 Locus	Best SF Novel
Win (as 星を継ぐもの?ほしをつぐもの Hoshi wo Tsugumono Hoshi o Tsugumono )	1981 Seiun	Best Translated Long Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Inherit the Stars	1977-05-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25704-9	$1.50?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1977-05-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25704-9	$1.50?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1978-03-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25704-9	$1.50?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1978-10-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28125-X	$1.75?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1979-11-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28907-2	$1.95?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1980-06-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28907-2	$1.95?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1981-03-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30107-2	$2.50?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell Sweet
The Minervan Experiment	1981-10-00	James P. Hogan	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	5906	$6.98?$: US dollar	728	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Tom Miller (artist)
Inherit the Stars	1981-11-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30107-2	$2.50?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1984-02-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31792-0	$2.75?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1984-08-12	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31792-0	$2.75?$: US dollar		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	Darrell Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1989-03-00	James P. Hogan	Grafton	0-586-20487-3	£2.99?£: UK pound	239	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	John Harris
Inherit the Stars	1990-00-00	James P. Hogan	Ballantine Books	0-345-33463-9	$4.99?$: US dollar		tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Inherit the Stars	1990-09-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33463-9	$4.95?$: US dollar	216	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	Darrell K. Sweet
The Giants Novels	1991-10-08	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-37381-2	$16.00?$: US dollar	520	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Darrell K. Sweet
Inherit the Stars	1992-00-00	James P. Hogan	Ballantine Books	0-345-01931-8	$4.95?$: US dollar		tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Giants Novels	1994-06-00	James P. Hogan	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-38885-2	$5.99?$: US dollar	696	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.	omni	Darrell K. Sweet
The Two Moons	2006-04-00	James P. Hogan	Baen Books	1-4165-0936-4	$7.99?$: US dollar	595	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.	omni	Bob Eggleton
Inherit the Stars	2006-09-10	James P. Hogan	Baen Books (Baen Free Library)	0-345-30107-2	$0.00?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Darrell Sweet
The Two Moons	2013-12-03	James P. Hogan	Baen Books	978-1-61824-523-6	$6.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Bob Eggleton

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Reviews

• Review by Lester del Rey (1977) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1977
• Review by Elton T. Elliott [as by Elton Elliott] (1977) in Science Fiction Review, August 1977
• Review by Philippa Grove-Stephensen (1977) in Paperback Parlour, December 1977
• Review by Richard A. Lupoff [as by Richard Lupoff] (1977) in Algol, #30, Winter 1977-78
• Review by Stephen P. Brown [as by Steve Brown] (1978) in Thrust, #11, Fall 1978
• Review by Spider Robinson (1979) in Destinies, January-February 1979
• Review by Bob Mecoy (1979) in Future Life, March 1979
• Review [German] by
  Hans-Ulrich Böttcher^?Hans-Ulrich Boettcher
  [as by
  Hans Ulrich Böttcher^?Hans Ulrich Boettcher
  ] (1982) in Science Fiction Times, #151 Januar 1982
• Review by Tony Morton (1989) in Critical Wave, #12
• Review by Steven J. Blyth (1989) in Paperback Inferno, #80