Title: Imperial Earth

Title: Imperial Earth Title Record # 1732
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1975-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: The original UK cloth edition (ISBN 0575020113), subtitled "A Fantasy of Love & Discord", has 38 chapters & "Acknowledgments & Notes". The later US cloth edition adds a quote from Ernest Hemingway, has 43 chapters, drops the subtitle & expands the Acknowledgements & Notes. A later US paper edition also features an "Additional Note" about a possible biological error in the plot.

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Other Titles

Translations

Translated Serializations

Year	Language	Title
unknown^ⓘTranslated by José Saenz	Portuguese	Terra imperial [as by Arthur Clarke]
1977^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Thomas%20Schl%FCck&type=Name&mode=exact">Thomas Schlück</a>	German	Makenzie kehrt zur Erde heim
1977^ⓘTranslated by Georges H. Gallet	French	Terre, planète impériale^?Terre, planete imperiale
1977^ⓘTranslated by Yvonne Kraak	Dutch	Machtige Aarde
1978^ⓘTranslated by Zoran Živković	Serbian	Matica Zemlja [as by Artur Klark]
1980^ⓘTranslated by Eurico Fonseca	Portuguese	Terra Imperial /1
1981^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Eurico%20da%20Fonseca&type=Name&mode=exact">Eurico da Fonseca</a> as by Eurico Fonseca	Portuguese	Terra imperial /2
2011^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Terra imperiale

Year	Language	Title
1976^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Terra Imperiale (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
6	1976 Locus	Best SF Novel
7	1977 Locus	Best SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Imperial Earth: A Fantasy of Love and Discord	1975-09-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz	0-575-02011-3	£3.50^?£: UK pound	287	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Bruce Pennington
Imperial Earth	1976-01-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-144233-9	$7.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 303	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Paul Bacon
Imperial Earth	1976-04-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / SFBC	2049	$2.49^?$: US dollar	275	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Paul Bacon
Imperial Earth	1976-11-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Ballantine Books	0-345-25352-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar	305	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Imperial Earth	1976-12-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Ballantine Books	0-345-25352-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar	305	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Imperial Earth	1976-12-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25352-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar	305	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Imperial Earth	1977-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25004-3	£0.75^?£: UK pound	287	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
Imperial Earth	1977-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25004-3	£0.75^?£: UK pound	287	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
Imperial Earth	1977-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25004-3	£0.75^?£: UK pound	287	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
Imperial Earth	1977-05-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25004-3	£0.80^?£: UK pound	287	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
Imperial Earth	1977-05-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25352-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar	305	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Imperial Earth	1978-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25004-3	£0.80^?£: UK pound	287	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
Imperial Earth	1978-02-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27615-9	$1.95^?$: US dollar	305	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Imperial Earth	1979-11-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28915-3	$2.50^?$: US dollar	305	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Imperial Earth	1980-10-00	Arthur C. Clarke	G. K. Hall & Co.	0-8161-3037-X	$16.95^?$: US dollar	512	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Imperial Earth	1981-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25004-3	£1.50^?£: UK pound	287	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
Imperial Earth	1981-01-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28915-3	$2.50^?$: US dollar	305	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Imperial Earth	1983-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Pan Books	0-330-25004-3	£1.95^?£: UK pound	287	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
Imperial Earth	1984-02-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31561-8	$2.95^?$: US dollar	305	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Imperial Earth	1984-03-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31561-8	$2.95^?$: US dollar	305	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
Imperial Earth	1987-09-12	Arthur C. Clarke	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-35250-5	$3.95^?$: 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
Imperial Earth	1988-09-00	Arthur C. Clarke	VGSF / Gollancz (VGSF Classics #27)	0-575-04316-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound	287	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
Imperial Earth	1991-03-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Bantam Spectra	0-553-28877-6	$4.95^?$: US dollar	342	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	Paul Swendsen
Imperial Earth	1992-02-00	Arthur C. Clarke	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04316-4	£3.99^?£: UK pound	287	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	Terry Pastor
Imperial Earth	1993-06-00	Arthur C. Clarke	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04316-4		287	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
Imperial Earth	1995-03-00	Arthur C. Clarke	VGSF	0-575-04316-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound	287	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	Terry Pastor
Imperial Earth	1997-04-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Vista	0-575-60158-2	£4.99^?£: UK pound	287	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	Terry Pastor
Imperial Earth	1998-00-00	Arthur C. Clarke	Vista	0-575-60158-2	£5.99^?£: UK pound	287	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	Terry Pastor
Imperial Earth	2001-06-14	Arthur C. Clarke	Gollancz	1-85798-338-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	288	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	Terry Pastor
Imperial Earth	2003-06-00	Arthur C. Clarke	ibooks	0-7434-5902-4	$12.95^?$: US dollar	303	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	Kev Walker
Imperial Earth	2005-06-07	Arthur C. Clarke	ibooks	1-4165-0454-0	$6.99^?$: 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
Imperial Earth	2011-09-29	Arthur C. Clarke	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12178-2	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Imperial Earth	2012-11-30	Arthur C. Clarke	RosettaBooks	978-0-7953-2558-8	$8.99^?$: 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 Peter Weston (1976) in Science Fiction Monthly, January 1976
Review by Jay Rich (1976) in Delap's F & SF Review, April 1976
Review by Richard E. Geis (1976) in Science Fiction Review, May 1976
Review by Hilary Bailey (1976) in Foundation, #10 June 1976
Review by Lester del Rey (1976) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1976
Review by Spider Robinson (1976) in Galaxy, November 1976
Review [Serbian] by
Zoran Živković^?Zoran Zivkovic
(1976) in Sirius, #5
Review by Charles N. Brown (1977) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977
Review [French] by Marianne Leconte (1977) in Science-Fiction Magazine, #5
Review by Mike Dickinson (1977) in Nexus, #3
Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1977) in Paperback Parlour, June 1977
Review [German] by uncredited (1978) in Perry Rhodan, #864: Demeters Flucht
Review [French] by Jean-Marc Ligny (1979) in Fiction, #301
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by Terry Broome (1989) in Paperback Inferno, #77
Review by Chris Amies (1992) in Vector 166
Review by Chris Hart (1992) in Paperback Inferno, #96
Review by Jo Walton (2010) in What Makes This Book So Great, (2014)
Review [French] by
Éric Jentile^?Eric Jentile
(2021) in Bifrost, #102