Title: Forbidden Planet

Title: Forbidden Planet Title Record # 990240
Author: Philip MacDonald
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: NOVEL [novelization]
Language: English

Note: The first edition and reprint are listed in "Books Out Today", New York Herald Tribune 1956-02-27 p13 and 1956-03-02 p15 respectively; that is, in Monday and Friday newspapers. "[T]his novel written by Mr. Stuart is based on a motion picture that was written by Cyril Hume, who made his screenplay from a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler." --review of the 1st ed. Philip S. Heisler, The Sun (Baltimore) 1956-02-26 pF6, "And Comes Out Here" (positive)

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Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1956	Forbidden Planet [as by W. J. Stuart]

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by Wolfgang Wittig	German	Alarm im Weltall [as by W. J. Stuart]
1957^ⓘTranslated by Saúl Ernesto Donghi.	Spanish	El planeta desconocido [as by W. J. Stuart]
1957^ⓘTranslated by Nathalie Gara	French	Planète interdite^?Planete interdite [as by W. J. Stuart]
1958^ⓘTranslated by Knud Eilskov	Danish	Rumskib Bellerophon svarer ikke [as by W. J. Stuart]
1977^ⓘTranslated by Carlo Rossi Fantonetti	Italian	Il pianeta proibito [as by W. J. Stuart]

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by Carlo Rossi Fantonetti	Italian	Il pianeta proibito (Complete Novel) [as by W. J. Stuart]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Forbidden Planet	1956-00-00	W. J. Stuart	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	1443	2/-^?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).	192	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 Richards
Forbidden Planet	1956-02-27	W. J. Stuart	Farrar, Straus and Cudahy		$3.00^?$: US dollar	vii+ 184	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Forbidden Planet	1956-03-00	W. J. Stuart	Bantam Books	A1443	$0.35^?$: US dollar	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.	novel
Forbidden Planet	1967-10-00	W. J. Stuart	Paperback Library	52-572	$0.50^?$: US dollar	159	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
Forbidden Planet	1978-06-00	W. J. Stuart	Gregg Press	0-8398-2409-2	$10.00^?$: US dollar	xvii+ vii+ 184	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Forbidden Planet	1990-11-00	W. J. Stuart	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	0-374-42445-4	$3.95^?$: US dollar	184	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	John Agee
Forbidden Planet	date unknown	W. J. Stuart	Bantam Books	A1443	$0.35^?$: US dollar	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.	novel

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Reviews

Review by Anthony Boucher (1956) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1956
Review by Hans Stefan Santesson (1956) in Fantastic Universe, July 1956
Review by Damon Knight (1956) in Infinity Science Fiction, August 1956
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1956) in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1956
Review by Floyd C. Gale (1956) in Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1956 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 44 (1956)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1957) in Astounding Science Fiction, January 1957 (UK)
Review [French] by Igor B. Maslowski (1957) in Fiction, #44