Title: The Weapon Makers

Title: The Weapon Makers Title Record # 878
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1947-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Weapon Shops of Isher
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Clute and Nicholls give 1946 first publication and 1952 revision. Bibliography in "The Best of A. E. van Vogt" (UK, 1974) also states 1946 first Hadley publication.

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Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1955	One Against Eternity

Year	Language	Title
1960^ⓘTranslated by <A href="http:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?185151">Lothar Heinecke</a>. DON'T MERGE with same-titled later translation.	German	Die Waffenschmiede von Isher
1965^ⓘTranslated by Jean Cathelin	French	Les fabricants d'armes
1967^ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner	German	Die Waffenschmiede von Isher
1971^ⓘTranslated by Ugo Malaguti	Italian	I fabbricanti d'armi
1973^ⓘTranslated by M. K. Stuyter S.J.	Dutch	De wapensmeden
1978^ⓘTranslated by Riccardo Valla	Italian	I fabbricanti d'armi
1978^ⓘTranslated by Mieke Meuldrager-Ezelin. Exactly the same translation as the 1st printing, there credited to M.K. Stuyter S.J. Both could be pseudonyms.	Dutch	De wapensmeden
1980^ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner	German	Die Waffenschmiede von Isher [as by Alfred Elton van Vogt]
1982^ⓘTranslated by Kerstin Wallin	Swedish	Väktarna från Isher
1989^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?125153">Rainer Eisfeld</a>, unabridged and completely revised.	German	Die Waffenschmiede
1992^ⓘTranslated by Andrei Bantaș	Romanian	Făuritorii de arme^?Fauritorii de arme
2006	Italian	Hedrock l'immortale

Year	Title
1943	The Weapon Makers (Part 1 of 3)
1943	The Weapon Makers (Part 2 of 3)
1943	The Weapon Makers (Part 3 of 3)

Year	Language	Title
1953^ⓘTranslated by Rosetta Colli	Italian	Hedrock l'immortale (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
3	2019 Retro Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Weapon Makers	1947-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Hadley Publishing Company		$3.00^?$: US dollar	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Allan Halladay
The Weapon Makers	1952-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Greenberg (A Corwin Book)		$2.75^?$: US dollar	220	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Nettie Weber
The Weapon Makers	1954-01-00	A. E. van Vogt	Weidenfeld & Nicolson		9/6^?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).	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Pagram
The Weapon Makers	1961-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Digit Books	R454	2/6^?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).	156	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	Ed Valigursky
The Weapon Makers	1966-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Ace Books	M-153	$0.45^?$: US dollar	186	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	Jack Gaughan
The Weapon Makers	1970-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	New English Library	2536	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).	141	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	Bruce Pennington
The Weapon Makers	1970-06-00	A. E. van Vogt	New English Library	2536	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).	141	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	Bruce Pennington
The Weapon Makers	1970-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap	5359	$0.75^?$: US dollar	214	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 Lehr
The Weapon Makers	1973-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	New English Library	0-450-01527-0	£0.30^?£: UK pound	141	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	Bruce Pennington
The Weapon Makers	1974-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	New English Library	0-450-01527-0	£0.30^?£: UK pound	141	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	Bruce Pennington
The Weapon Makers	1975-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	First Edition Library			224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Allan Halladay
The Weapon Makers	1979-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	Pocket Books	0-671-82267-5	$1.75^?$: US dollar	190	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	Jerome Podwil
The Weapon Makers	1979-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	Pocket Books	0-671-82267-5	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	190	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	Jerome Podwil
The Weapon Makers	1979-08-00	A. E. van Vogt	New English Library	0-450-04515-3	£0.80^?£: UK pound	141	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 Monteagle
The Weapon Shops of Isher and The Weapon Makers	1988-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	New English Library	0-450-42270-4	£2.50^?£: UK pound	265	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
The Empire of Isher	2000-06-00	A. E. van Vogt	Orb / SFBC	0-7394-1124-1 / 03318	$11.98^?$: US dollar	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Vincent Di Fate
The Empire of Isher	2000-07-00	A. E. van Vogt	Orb	0-312-87500-2	$14.95^?$: US dollar	352	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.	omni	Vincent Di Fate
The Weapon Makers	2013-12-10	A. E. van Vogt	Agency Editions	978-1-940392-03-5	$3.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Weapon Makers	2021-08-20	A. E. van Vogt	Fiction House Press	978-1-64720-408-2	$17.95^?$: US dollar	226	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	Nettie Weber
The Weapon Makers	unpublished	A. E. van Vogt	Buffalo Book Company		$3.00^?$: US dollar		unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
The Weapon Makers	date unknown	A. E. van Vogt	Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap	0-448-12126-3 / 12126	$1.25^?$: US dollar	214	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 Lehr
The Weapon Shops of Isher and The Weapon Makers	date unknown	A. E. van Vogt	New English Library	0-450-05122-6	£1.00^?£: UK pound	141+ 127	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	Paul Monteagle , Paul Monteagle , Tim White
Tempo Science Fiction Library (Box Set)	date unknown	uncredited	Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap	#82015	$7.75^?$: US dollar	184+ 214+ 248+ 256+ 208+ 310	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	FMA

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Reviews

Review by Walter Gillings [as by Thomas Sheridan] (1947) in Fantasy Review, June-July 1947
Review by The Editor (1947) in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1947
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1948) in Astounding Science Fiction, May 1948
Review by Groff Conklin (1952) in Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1952 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 26 (1955)
Review by Sam Merwin, Jr. [as by Sam Merwin] (1952) in Amazing Stories, August 1952
Review by The Editors (1952) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1952
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1952) in Astounding Science Fiction, September 1952
Review by George O. Smith (1952) in Space Science Fiction, September 1952, (1952)
Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
'333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
Review by uncredited (1954) in Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, #44 April 1954
Review by The Editor (1955) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1955
Review by Groff Conklin (1955) in Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1955
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1955) in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1955
Review by Loay Hall (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, October 1979 , reprinted in:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review [French] by Arnaud Brunet (2020) in Bifrost, #98