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Title: Planet of No Return

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Title: Planet of No Return Title Record # 5335
Author: Poul Anderson
Date: 1954-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: An estimation of the word count puts their number at around 33,000: thus, this is a novella by ISFDB standard.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations Serializations Translated Serializations
Year Title
1978Magazine title for "Planet of No Return". An estimation of the word count puts their number at around 33,000: thus, this is a novella by ISFDB standard. The copyright is assigned for the year 1956 to Ace Books, Inc.
Question and Answer
Year Language Title
1958Translated by by an unknown hand
German Planet ohne Wiederkehr
1975Translated by H. P. Lehnert
German Welt ohne Wiederkehr
1977Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Planet ohne Wiederkehr
Year Title
1954 Question and Answer (Part 1 of 2)
1954 Question and Answer (Part 2 of 2)
Year Language Title
1961 French
Question sans réponse (part 1 of 2)?Question sans reponse (part 1 of 2)
1961 French
Question sans réponse (part 2 of 2)?Question sans reponse (part 2 of 2)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, June 1954 1954-06-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Freas Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1954 1954-07-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Alejandro Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, November 1954 (UK) 1954-11-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/6?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).
128
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, December 1954 (UK) 1954-12-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/6?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).
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Alejandro Checkmark
Planet of No Return / Star Guard 1956-00-00 Poul Anderson, Andre Norton Ace Books (Ace Double #D-199) D-199
$0.35?$: US dollar
105+
214
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.
omni Ed Valigursky , Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
Utopia-Science-Fiction-Magazin, #12 1958-06-02 ed. uncredited Pabel USFM12
DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
96
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Ed Valigursky Checkmark
Satellite [France], #39 1961-11-00 ed.
Michel Bénâtre?Michel Benatre
Éditions Scientifiques et Littéraires?Editions Scientifiques et Litteraires
 
F2.00?F: French frank
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag  
Satellite [France], #40 1961-12-00 ed.
Michel Bénâtre?Michel Benatre
Éditions Scientifiques et Littéraires?Editions Scientifiques et Litteraires
 
F2.00?F: French frank
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Checkmark
Planet of No Return 1966-04-00 Poul Anderson Dennis Dobson 0-234-77988-8
13/6?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).
105
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Richard Weaver (artist) Checkmark
Planet of No Return 1971-01-00 Poul Anderson Tandem 0-426-05223-4
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).
128
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.
chap Checkmark
The Worlds of Poul Anderson 1974-01-00 Poul Anderson Ace Books 91055
$1.25?$: US dollar
105+
108+
125
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 Joseph Lombardero Checkmark
Welt ohne Wiederkehr 1975-06-10 Poul Anderson Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra #200) TA200
DM 1.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
65
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
chap Eddie Jones Checkmark
Planet ohne Wiederkehr 1977-05-00 Poul Anderson Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #0247) 3-442-23247-3
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
126
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.
chap
Jürgen Rogner?Juergen Rogner
Checkmark
Planet of No Return 1978-00-00 Poul Anderson Universal 0-426-05223-4
£0.60?£: UK pound
128
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.
chap Les Edwards Checkmark
Question and Answer 1978-02-01 Poul Anderson Ace Books 0-441-69770-4
$1.50?$: US dollar
[6]+
147
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.
chap Michael Whelan Checkmark
Two Worlds 1978-04-00 Poul Anderson Gregg Press (The Worlds of Poul Anderson #VII) 0-8398-2429-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Question and Answer 2011-09-29 Poul Anderson Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10907-0
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Question and Answer 2017-01-00 Poul Anderson NESFA Press (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson #7) 978-1-61037-313-5
$32.00?$: US dollar
550
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Satellite: Sélection N° 7 date unknown ed. uncredited
Éditions Scientifiques et Littéraires?Editions Scientifiques et Litteraires
(
Satellite sélection?Satellite selection
#7)
 
F4.00?F: French frank
132+
130+
132
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.
anth  
The Worlds of Poul Anderson date unknown Poul Anderson Ace Books 91056
$1.95?$: US dollar
105+
108+
125
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 Joseph Lombardero Checkmark
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