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Author: James E. Gunn
Year: 1961
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 991804
Note: This NOVEL is based on the following previously published stories:
- Name Your Pleasure • (1955) • novella by James E. Gunn
- The Naked Sky • (1955) • novella by James E. Gunn
- The Unhappy Man • (1955) • novelette by James E. Gunn
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Variant Titles:
- The Joy Makers (1961) - James Gunn
- Die Wächter des Glücks [German] (1966) - James E. Gunn
- I fabbricanti di felicità [Italian] (2009) - James Gunn
Magazine Appearances:
- Si garantisce la felicità (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1967) - James E. Gunn
Publications:
- The Joy Makers, (Mar 1961, James Gunn, publ. Bantam, #A2219, $0.35, 160pp, pb) Cover: William Hofmann - [VERIFIED]
- The Joy Makers, (1963, James Gunn, publ. Gollancz, 15/-, 191pp, hc)
- The Joy Makers, (Oct 1964, James Gunn, publ. The Science Fiction Book Club (UK), #90, 6/-, 191pp, hc)
- Die Wächter des Glücks, (1966, James E. Gunn, publ. Pabel (Utopia Zukunft #290), #290, DM 2.40, 175pp, pb) Cover: R. S. Lonati - [VERIFIED]
- Galassia #79, (Jul 1967, ed. Ugo Malaguti, publ. Casa Editrice La Tribuna, #79, 300 Lit, 222pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Paola Pallottino - [VERIFIED]
- The Joy Makers, (1976, James Gunn, publ. Panther, 0-586-04266-0, £0.60, 204pp, pb) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
- The Joy Makers, (Feb 1984, James Gunn, publ. Crown Publishers (Crown Classics of Modern Science Fiction #2), 0-517-55184-5, $7.95, xi+213pp, hc) Cover: Michael Booth - [VERIFIED]
- The Joy Makers, (1985, James Gunn, publ. Robson Books (Crown Classics of Modern Science Fiction #2), 0-86051-331-9, £5.95, xi+213pp, hc) Cover: Michael Booth - [VERIFIED]
- I fabbricanti di felicità, (Mar 2009, James Gunn, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Urania Collezione #74), #74, € 4.90, 272pp, pb) Cover: Franco Brambilla
- The Joy Makers, (Sep 2010, James Gunn, publ. Fantastic Books, 978-1-60459-912-1, $13.99, 180pp, tp)
Reviews:
- Review by John Carnell (1961) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #107 June
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1961) in Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, August 1961
- Review by S. E. Cotts (1961) in Amazing Stories, August 1961
- Review by James Corley (1976) in Vector 78
- Review by Philip Stephensen-Payne (1977) in Paperback Parlour, February 1977
- Review by David Pettus (1984) in Fantasy Review, July 1984
- Review by Algis Budrys (1984) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1984
- Review by Tom Easton (1984) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1984