Title: The Puppet Masters

Title: The Puppet Masters Title Record # 1358
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Date: 1951-00-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1990^ⓘRevised/restored text, apparently first published in 1990.	The Puppet Masters (restored)

Year	Language	Title
unknown^ⓘTranslated by Jeronymo Monteiro	Portuguese	O Terror da Sexta Lua (1ª Parte) [as by Robert Heinlein]
unknown^ⓘTranslated by Jeronymo Monteiro	Portuguese	O Terror da Sexta Lua (2ª Parte) [as by Robert Heinlein]
1954^ⓘTranslated by Alain Glatigny revised by Pierre-Paul Durastanti in 2011	French	Marionnettes humaines [as by Robert Heinlein]
1955^ⓘTranslated by Antonio Ribera Jordá.	Spanish	Titán invade la Tierra
1956^ⓘTranslated by 石川信夫 (Ishikawa Nobuo)	Japanese	人形つかい^?Ningyō Tsukai [as by ロバート・A・ハインライン^?Robāto A. Hainrain Robaato A. Hainrain ]
1957^ⓘTranslated by Margarete Auer	German	Weltraummollusken erobern die Erde
1959^ⓘTranslated by Rita Eilskov	Danish	Universets Parasitter
1963^ⓘTranslated by Maria Gallone	Italian	Il terrore dalla sesta luna
1967^ⓘTranslated by Frank Visser	Dutch	De marionetten zijn onder ons
1972^ⓘTranslated by Antonio Ribera Jordá	Spanish	La invasión sutil
1972^ⓘTranslated by Alain Glatigny	French	Marionnettes humaines
1973^ⓘTranslated by Solveig Karlsson.	Swedish	Styrd av det onda
1976^ⓘTranslated by Eurico da Fonseca	Portuguese	Os manipuladores
1982^ⓘTranslated by Francisco Blanco.	Spanish	Amos de títeres
1994^ⓘTranslated by Margaret Auer and Marcel Bieger	German	Die Marionettenspieler
1995^ⓘTitle was changed to match the one used by the movie as released in french. Translated by Alain Glatigny	French	Les maîtres du monde
2010^ⓘTranslated by David Luque Cantos.	Spanish	Amos de títeres
2017^ⓘTranslated by Margaret Auer. Translation revised and complemented by Elisabeth Bösl.	German	Die Invasion

Year	Title
1951	The Puppet Masters (Part 1 of 3)
1951	The Puppet Masters (Part 2 of 3)
1951	The Puppet Masters (Part 3 of 3)

Year	Language	Title
1952^ⓘTranslated by Maria Gallone	Italian	Il terrore dalla sesta luna (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Preliminary Nominees	1994 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Preliminary Nominees	1996 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Puppet Masters	1951-10-11	Robert A. Heinlein	Doubleday		$2.75^?$: US dollar	219	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Puppet Masters	1952-12-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	980	$0.25^?$: US dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
The Puppet Masters	1953-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Doubleday / SFBC		$1.00^?$: US dollar	219	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Puppet Masters	1953-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Museum Press		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).	191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ley Kenyon
The Puppet Masters	1953-08-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	980	C$0.35^?C$: Canadian dollar	174+ [1]	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	Stanley Meltzoff
The Puppet Masters	1958-07-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet	S1544	$0.35^?$: US dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
The Puppet Masters	1960-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Panther	1001	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).	189	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	Richard Powers
The Puppet Masters	1963-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library of Canada	D2366	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
The Puppet Masters	1963-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	D2366	$0.50^?$: US dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
Three by Heinlein	1965-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Doubleday		$5.95^?$: US dollar	426	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Donald Crews , Ann Crews
Three by Heinlein	1965-12-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Doubleday / SFBC		$1.90^?$: US dollar	426	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Donald Crews , Ann Crews
The Puppet Masters	1966-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	P2863	$0.60^?$: US dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
A Heinlein Triad	1966-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Gollancz		21/-^?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).	426	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Puppet Masters	1967-08-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	P2863	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
The Puppet Masters	1967-08-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	P2863	$0.60^?$: US dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
The Puppet Masters	1969-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pan Books	0-330-02235-0	£0.25^?£: UK pound	220	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	W. F. Phillipps
The Puppet Masters	1969-01-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library of Canada	T3752	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
The Puppet Masters	1971-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	T3752	$0.75^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	1973-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pan Books	0-330-02235-0	£0.30^?£: UK pound	220	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	Roger Dean
The Puppet Masters	1974-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pan Books	0-330-02235-0	£0.35^?£: UK pound	220	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	Bob Fowke
The Puppet Masters	1975-05-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	Q5694	$0.95^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	1976-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	W7339	$1.50^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	1976-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	W7339	$1.50^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	1977-05-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pan Books	0-330-02235-0	£0.70^?£: UK pound	220	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	Gino D'Achille
The Puppet Masters	1978-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library of Canada	0-451-08538-8	C$1.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	1979-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Pan Books	0-330-02235-0	£0.80^?£: UK pound	219+ [1]	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	Gino D'Achille
The Puppet Masters	1979-08-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Gregg Press	0-8398-2508-0	$11.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 219	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
A Heinlein Trio	1980-10-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	2193	$4.98^?$: US dollar	502	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Gary Viskupic
The Puppet Masters	1986-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33014-5	C$5.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	347	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	Barclay Shaw
The Puppet Masters	1986-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33014-5	$3.95^?$: US dollar	347	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	Barclay Shaw
The Puppet Masters	1987-03-00	Robert A. Heinlein	New English Library	0-450-40578-8	£2.50^?£: UK pound	224	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	Danny Flynn
A Heinlein Trio	1987-08-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	02193	$^?$: US dollar	502	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Gary Viskupic
The Puppet Masters	1993-07-00	Robert A. Heinlein	New English Library	0-450-40578-8	£4.99^?£: UK pound	224	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	Danny Flynn
The Puppet Masters	2002-01-01	Robert A. Heinlein	Blackstone Audiobooks	0-7861-9270-4	$54.95^?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel	Barclay Shaw
The Puppet Masters	2004-12-01	Robert A. Heinlein	Blackstone Audiobooks	0-7861-8149-4	$81.00^?$: US dollar		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel
The Puppet Masters	2009-08-01	Robert A. Heinlein	Baen	978-1-61824-735-3	$6.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Bob Eggleton
The Puppet Masters	2009-08-11	Robert A. Heinlein	Baen	978-1-4391-3283-8	$14.00^?$: US dollar	320	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	Bob Eggleton
The Puppet Masters	2010-01-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Playaway	978-1-4417-1820-4	$64.99^?$: US dollar		digital audio player^?Player with a pre-loaded digital file of the audiobook	novel
The Puppet Masters	2010-08-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Baen	978-1-4391-3376-7	$7.99^?$: US dollar	407	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	Bob Eggleton
The Puppet Masters	2010-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	The Virginia Edition (The Virginia Edition #36)	978-1-897350-48-5		v+ 240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Puppet Masters	2020-08-11	Robert A. Heinlein	Blackstone Publishing	978-1-09-417948-3	$24.47^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
The Puppet Masters	2021-12-07	Robert A. Heinlein	CAEZIK SF & Fantasy	978-1-64710-046-9	$16.99^?$: US dollar	224	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
Robert A. Heinlein: Beyond Time and Space with the Master of Science Fiction	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library		$10.00^?$: US dollar	159+ 176+ 159+ 189+ 160+ 175+ 192+ 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.	omni
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet	P2863	$0.60^?$: US dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet	0-451-11964-9	$2.50^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet	0-451-07339-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33014-5	$6.99^?$: US dollar	340	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	Barclay Shaw
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library of Canada	Y6612	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet	Q5694	$0.95^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet	T3752	$0.75^?$: US dollar	175	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	Stanley Meltzoff
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	0-451-08538-8	$1.75^?$: US dollar	176	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	Y6612	$1.25^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet	0-451-07339-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran
The Puppet Masters	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet	Y6612	$1.25^?$: US dollar	175	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	Gene Szafran

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Review by uncredited (1952) in Weird Tales, January 1952
Review by The Editors (1952) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1952
Review by Sam Merwin, Jr. [as by Sam Merwin] (1952) in Amazing Stories, February 1952
Review by Groff Conklin (1952) in Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1952
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1952) in Astounding Science Fiction, March 1952
Review by John Carnell (1953) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #21 June 1953
Review by James Blish [as by William Atheling, Jr.] (1953) in The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1964) , reprinted in:
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1967)
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1969)
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)
Review [French] by Igor B. Maslowski (1954) in Fiction, #8
Review [German] by uncredited (1958) in Utopia-Science-Fiction-Magazin, #14
Review by Robert Silverberg [as by Calvin M. Knox] (1959) in Future Science Fiction, No. 45, October 1959
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
Review by Doug Fratz (1990) in Quantum, Fall 1990/Winter 1991
Review by John Gregory Betancourt (1990) in Weird Tales, Summer 1990
Review by Gene Semar (1990) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1990
Review by Julie Atkin (1993) in Vector 175
Review by Sylvain St-Pierre (1995) in WARP, February 1995
Review [French] by Bruno Peeters (1996) in Phénix, #40
Review [French] by Philippe Boulier (2010) in Bifrost, #57

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