Title: On the Gem Planet

Title: On the Gem Planet Title Record # 57046
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Date: 1963-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Casher O'Neill
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1964	Italian	Sul pianeta delle pietre preziose
1966	French	Le cheval de la planète aux gemmes
1967	Italian	Parte I (Sabbia, tempeste e pietre preziose)
1974^ⓘTranslated by René Lathière	French	Sur la planète aux gemmes^?Sur la planete aux gemmes
1979	Italian	Il pianeta delle pietre preziose
1981^ⓘTranslated by Thomas Ziegler (1981)	German	Planet der Edelsteine
1981^ⓘTranslated by Thomas Ziegler	German	Rückkehr nach Mizzer 1. Teil
1983^ⓘTranslated by Žarko Vodinelić	Croatian	Na planetu dragulja
1993^ⓘTranslated by 伊藤典夫 (Norio Itou)	Japanese	宝石の惑星^?Hōseki no Wakusei Houseki no Wakusei [as by コードウェイナー・スミス^?Kōdoueinā Sumisu Koodoueinaa Sumisu ]
1995^ⓘTranslated by Carlos Gardini.	Spanish	En el planeta de las gemas

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nominations Below Cutoff	1964 Hugo	Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Galaxy Magazine, October 1963	1963-10-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.50^?$: US dollar	196	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	McKenna
The Seventh Galaxy Reader	1964-02-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Doubleday		$3.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 247	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Roger Zimmerman
The Seventh Galaxy Reader	1964-10-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Doubleday / SFBC		$1.20^?$: US dollar	xii+ 247	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Roger Zimmerman
The Seventh Galaxy Reader	1965-00-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (3))		18/-^?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).	247	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Quest of the Three Worlds	1966-00-00	Cordwainer Smith	Ace Books	F-402	$0.40^?$: US dollar	174	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.	coll	Gray Morrow
The Seventh Galaxy Reader	1966-04-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	108		247	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Griffiths
The Seventh Galaxy Reader	1967-00-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Pan Books	M192	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).	237+ [1]	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
Another World	1977-04-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Follett Publishing Company	0-695-80695-5	$7.95^?$: US dollar	282	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Carlos Ochagavia
Another World: Adventures in Otherness	1977-05-01	ed. Gardner Dozois	Wilcox & Follett Book Co	0-695-40695-7	$7.98^?$: US dollar	282	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Carlos Ochagavia
Quest of the Three Worlds	1978-12-00	Cordwainer Smith	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27715-5	$1.75^?$: US dollar	viii+ 184	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.	coll	Michael Herring
Quest of the Three Worlds	1986-04-00	Cordwainer Smith	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32931-7	$2.95^?$: US dollar	208	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.	coll
Quest of the Three Worlds	1987-12-00	Cordwainer Smith	VGSF	0-575-04125-0	£2.50^?£: UK pound	vii+ 184	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.	coll	Tony Roberts (artist)
Quest of the Three Worlds	1989-10-00	Cordwainer Smith	Gollancz	0-575-04598-1	£11.95^?£: UK pound	viii+ 184	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith	1993-06-00	Cordwainer Smith	NESFA Press	0-915368-56-0	$24.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 671	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jack Gaughan
Horses!	1994-05-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-00057-6	$4.99^?$: US dollar	224	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	Den Beauvais
When the People Fell	2007-09-00	Cordwainer Smith	Baen Books	1-4165-2146-1	$15.00^?$: US dollar	599	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.	coll	Tom Kidd
When the People Fell	2007-09-00	Cordwainer Smith	Baen Books	978-1-4165-2146-4	$6.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Tom Kidd
Quest of the Three Worlds	2011-09-29	Cordwainer Smith	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10864-6	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
When the People Fell	2012-08-28	Cordwainer Smith	Baen Books	978-1-4516-3829-5	$7.99^?$: US dollar	829+ [4]	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.	coll	Tom Kidd
Another World: Adventures in Otherness	2012-11-15	ed. Gardner Dozois	Baen Books	978-1-61824-921-0	$4.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Ron Miller
Horses!	2013-07-15	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Baen Books	978-1-62579-148-1	$4.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
On the Gem Planet	2017-04-11	Cordwainer Smith	Project Gutenberg Canada	1422	C$0.00^?C$: Canadian dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith	2018-01-00	Cordwainer Smith	NESFA Press	978-0-915368-56-3	$29.00^?$: US dollar	683	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jack Gaughan
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith	date unknown	Cordwainer Smith	NESFA Press	0-915368-56-0	$25.00^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 671	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jack Gaughan
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith	date unknown	Cordwainer Smith	NESFA Press	0-915368-56-0	$24.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 671	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jack Gaughan
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith	date unknown	Cordwainer Smith	NESFA Press	0-915368-56-0	$25.00^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 671	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jack Gaughan
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith	date unknown	Cordwainer Smith	NESFA Press	978-0-915368-56-3	$29.00^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 671	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jack Gaughan

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