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Title: The Planet Entity Title Record # 99544
Authors: E. M. Johnston and Clark Ashton Smith
Date: 1931-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Mars (Clark Ashton Smith)
Language: English
Note: "Based on a plot by E. M. Johnston". First appeared in ''Wonder Stories Quarterly V3 #1'', Fall 1931. The copyright page of ''The Last Incantation'' (1982) incorrectly lists it as a Fall 1939 issue. Wonder Stories Quarterly, Fall 1931, illustrated by Frank R. Paul. "The second-prize-winning story of the Interplanetary Plot Contest". $25.00. "Johnson did plot, Smith developed story".
Synopsis: Available on page 195, Bleiler (Gernsback).
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1931"Based on a plot by E. M. Johnston". First appeared in ''Wonder Stories Quarterly V3 #1'', Fall 1931. The copyright page of ''The Last Incantation'' (1982) incorrectly lists it as a Fall 1939 issue.
Seedling of Mars [as by Clark Ashton Smith]
Year Language Title
1986Translated by Daniela Galdo
Italian La pianta di Marte
1989Translated by Yves Le Brun
French La semence de Mars [as by Clark Ashton Smith]
1991Translated by Arturo Villarrubia.
Spanish Siembra de Marte [as by Clark Ashton Smith]
2013Translated by Malte S. Sembten.
German
Der Allmächtige des Mars?Der Allmaechtige des Mars
[as by Clark Ashton Smith]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Wonder Stories Quarterly, Fall 1931 1931-09-01 ed. Hugo Gernsback Stellar Publishing Corporation  
$0.50?$: US dollar
148
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Frank R. Paul Checkmark
Tales of Science and Sorcery 1964-11-00 Clark Ashton Smith Arkham House  
$4.00?$: US dollar
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Utpatel Checkmark
Tales of Science and Sorcery 1976-00-00 Clark Ashton Smith Panther 0-586-04352-7
£0.60?£: UK pound
223
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 Checkmark
The Last Incantation 1982-08-00 Clark Ashton Smith Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-83543-2
$2.95?$: US dollar
262
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 Rowena Morrill Checkmark
Il destino di Antarion 1986-03-00 Clark Ashton Smith Fanucci Editore (I Miti di Cthulhu #6) 88-347-0176-3
Lit 15,000?Lit: Italian lira
209
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 Boris Vallejo  
Morthylla 1989-07-00 Clark Ashton Smith Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #218-219) 2-7304-0531-3   249
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 Jean-Michel Nicollet  
Los mundos perdidos y otros relatos 1991-00-00 Clark Ashton Smith Edaf (Icaro/Ciencia Ficción #22) 84-7640-528-6   547
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 Frank Frazetta  
New Horizons: Yesterday's Portraits of Tomorrow 1999-03-00 ed. August Derleth Arkham House 0-87054-174-9
$24.95?$: US dollar
xv+
299
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephen E. Fabian Checkmark
A Vintage from Atlantis 2007-11-01 Clark Ashton Smith Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-030-3
$39.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
336
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jason Van Hollander Checkmark
A Vintage From Atlantis: Volume Three of the Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith 2007-11-01 Clark Ashton Smith Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-364-9
$8.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jason Van Hollander Checkmark
A Vintage from Atlantis 2013-10-22 Clark Ashton Smith Audible Frontiers      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Jason Van Hollander Checkmark
Das Labyrinth des Maal Dweb 2013-11-00 Clark Ashton Smith Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2632) 978-3-86552-128-6
€28.00?€: Euro
411
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
A Vintage from Atlantis 2016-05-24 Clark Ashton Smith Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-851-4
$17.99?$: US dollar
xiv+
336
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 Jason Van Hollander  
A Vintage from Atlantis date unknown Clark Ashton Smith Audible Frontiers  
$16.99?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Jason Van Hollander Checkmark
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