Title: The Planet Buyer

Title: The Planet Buyer Title Record # 1382
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Date: 1964-10-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Rod McBan
Language: English

Note: Expansion of "The Boy who Bought Old Earth". Later incorporated into Norstrilia.

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Year	Language	Title
1971^ⓘTranslated by Leilah Landin	Portuguese	O homem que comprou o planeta
1974^ⓘTranslated by Simone Hilling.	French	L'homme qui acheta la Terre
1978^ⓘTranslated by Gunnar Gällmo	Swedish	Planetköparen^?Planetkoeparen
1979^ⓘTranslated by Gabriele Tamburini	Italian	L'uomo che comprò la Terra
1979^ⓘTranslated by Thomas Ziegler	German	Der Planetenkäufer^?Der Planetenkaeufer
1980^ⓘTranslated by Simone Hilling	French	L'homme qui avait acheté la Terre^?L'homme qui avait achete la Terre
1989^ⓘTranslated by Marco Pinna	Italian	Norstrilia
1993^ⓘTranslated by Carlos Gardini	Spanish	Norstrilia (1ª parte)

Year	Language	Title
1971^ⓘTranslated by Gabriele Tamburini	Italian	L'uomo che comprò la Terra (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
3	1965 Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Planet Buyer	1964-10-00	Cordwainer Smith	Pyramid Books	R-1084	$0.50^?$: US dollar	156	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 Schoenherr
The Planet Buyer	1969-00-00	Cordwainer Smith	Pyramid Books	X-2049	$0.60^?$: US dollar	156	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	Peter Bramley
O homem que comprou o planeta	1971-00-00	Cordwainer Smith	Editorial Bruguera (Ficção Científica (Bruguera) #24)			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
Galassia #135	1971-02-01	ed. Vittorio Curtoni, Gianni Montanari	Casa Editrice La Tribuna	135	Lit 350^?Lit: Italian lira	176	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Rodolfo Viola
Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité: Tome 1	1974-07-04	Cordwainer Smith	OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #50)	2-7201-0002-1		391	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Planet Buyer	1975-02-00	Cordwainer Smith	Sphere Books	0-7221-7942-1	£0.40^?£: UK pound	156	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	Bruce Pennington
The Planet Buyer	1975-11-00	Cordwainer Smith	Pyramid Books	0-515-03969-1 / V3969	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	156	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	Peter Bramley
The Planet Buyer	1975-11-00	Cordwainer Smith	Pyramid Books	0-515-03969-1	$1.25^?$: US dollar	156	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	Peter Bramley
Planetköparen^?Planetkoeparen	1978-00-00	Cordwainer Smith	Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #83)	91-7228-180-4		160	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
L'uomo che comprò la Terra	1979-05-11	Cordwainer Smith	Mondadori (Oscar #968)	16600-9	Lit 2,000^?Lit: Italian lira	174	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	Karel Thole
Der Planetenkäufer	1979-12-00	Cordwainer Smith	Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5720)	3-426-05720-4	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	144	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	Don Brautigam
Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité Tome 1	1980-00-00	Cordwainer Smith	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7056)	2-253-02435-X		378	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	Gérard Ruffin^?Gerard Ruffin
Der Planetenkäufer	1980-07-00	Cordwainer Smith	Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5720)	3-426-05720-4	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	144	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	Don Brautigam
L'homme qui acheta la Terre	1987-09-00	Cordwainer Smith	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5268)	2-266-02041-2		222	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. Siudmak
Norstrilia	1989-04-00	Cordwainer Smith	Mondadori (Classici Urania #145)		Lit 5,000^?Lit: Italian lira	222	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	Oscar Chichoni
L'homme qui acheta la Terre	1989-12-00	Cordwainer Smith	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5268)	2-266-02719-0		222	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. Siudmak
L'homme qui acheta la Terre	1993-02-00	Cordwainer Smith	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5268)	2-266-02719-0		222	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. Siudmak
Los señores de la instrumentalidad III: Norstrilia	1993-11-00	Cordwainer Smith	Ediciones B (Nova #37)	84-406-3736-5		349	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.	omni	Oscar Chichoni

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Reviews

Review by Judith Merril (1965) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1965
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1965) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, March 1965
Review by Algis Budrys (1965) in Galaxy Magazine, April 1965
Review by Robert Silverberg (1965) in Amazing Stories, June 1965
Review by Archie Mercer and Beryl Mercer [as by Beryl Henley and Archie Mercer] (1965) in Zenith Speculation, October 1965
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1970) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1970
Review [German] by uncredited (1980) in SF Perry Rhodan Magazin, 7/80

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