Title: The Houses of Iszm

Title: The Houses of Iszm Title Record # 12137
Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1954-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Nopalgarth
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Originally published in 1954 in Startling Stories, it was published in 1964 as part of an Ace Double, backed with Son of the Tree, also by Vance. The story published in Startling Stories is about 22,000 words while the version that appears in the Ace Double is less than novel length at about 30,000 words.

Synopsis: In this short novel, the planet Iszm holds a monopoly on supplying the other worlds of the galaxy with houses that are actually living, growing plants, grown and adapted to fit the needs of their owners by the master Iszic botanists, and Farr Sainh must somehow steal a female house-seed and sneak it off the planet to break this highly lucrative monopoly of living quarters.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1965^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Le case di Iszm
1973^ⓘTranslated by Paul Chwat.	French	Les maisons d'Iszm
1976^ⓘTranslated by Ivain Rodriguez de León	Dutch	De huizen van Iszm
1977^ⓘTranslated by Susi Matthaey & Lore Strassl	German	Die lebenden Häuser
1986^ⓘTranslated by Brigitte Beyer	German	Die Häuser von Iszm
2019^ⓘTranslated by Paul Chwat revised by Pierre-Paul Durastanti and Oliver Girard.	French	Les maisons d'Iszm

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Startling Stories, Spring 1954	1954-04-00	ed. Samuel Mines	Better Publications, Inc.; Kokomo, IN		$0.25^?$: US dollar	132	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Alex Schomburg
Son of the Tree / The Houses of Iszm	1964-00-00	Jack Vance	Ace Books (Ace Double #F-265)	F-265	$0.40^?$: US dollar	111+ 112	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	coll	Jack Gaughan , Jack Gaughan
Son of the Tree / The Houses of Iszm	1971-12-00	Jack Vance	Ace Books (Ace Double #77525)	77525	$0.95^?$: US dollar	130+ 125	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	coll	Dean Ellis , Josh Kirby
The Houses of Iszm	1974-11-00	Jack Vance	Mayflower	0-583-12308-2	£0.30^?£: UK pound	126	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.	chap
Nopalgarth	1980-09-00	Jack Vance	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #402)	0-87997-563-6 / UE1563	$2.25^?$: US dollar	272	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	Gino D'Achille
Nopalgarth	1980-09-00	Jack Vance	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-563-6	C$2.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	272	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	Gino D'Achille
The Houses of Iszm	1983-06-00	Jack Vance	Underwood-Miller	0-934438-78-1	$15.00^?$: US dollar	127	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Chris Miller (Illustrator)
The Houses of Iszm	1983-06-00	Jack Vance	Underwood-Miller	0-934438-77-3	$25.00^?$: US dollar	127	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Chris Miller (Illustrator)
The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories	2005-00-00	Jack Vance	Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #8)	0-9712375-1-4		[viii]+ 348	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories	2011-09-29	Jack Vance	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10991-9	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Houses of Iszm	2012-05-18	Jack Vance	Spatterlight Press (Vance Digital Edition #12)	978-1-61947-011-8	$4.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap	Howard Kistler
Grand Crusades: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Five	2015-03-12	Jack Vance	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-736-3	$4.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Tom Kidd
Grand Crusades: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Five	2015-03-31	Jack Vance	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-710-3	$45.00^?$: US dollar	471	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Tom Kidd
Son of the Tree & The Houses of Iszm	2017-10-01	Jack Vance	Spatterlight Press (Signature Series #8)	978-1-61947-131-3	$13.99^?$: US dollar	196	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
The Houses of Iszm	date unknown	Jack Vance	Mayflower	0-583-12308-2	£0.65^?£: UK pound	126	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.	chap

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Reviews

Review [French] by Eric Sanvoisin (1986) in Fiction, #372