Title: The Status Civilization

Title: The Status Civilization Title Record # 14997
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1960-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Gutenberg, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: The Status Civilization appeared, under the title Omega, in Amazing Science Fiction Stories

Synopsis: "Will Barrent had no memory of his crime ... but he found himself shipped across space to a brutal prison-planet. On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes. The average inmate's life expectancy from time of arrival is three years. Can Barrett survive, escape, and return to Earth to clear his name?" - From the cover of the 2007 Wildside paperback edition.

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Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1960	Omega

Year	Language	Title
1963^ⓘTranslated by Charlotte Winheller	German	Planet der Verbrecher
1968^ⓘTranslated by Frank Straschitz.	French	Oméga^?Omega
1971^ⓘTranslated by Ef Leonard	Dutch	De statusplaneet
1976^ⓘTranslated by Mario Galli	Italian	Gli orrori di Omega
1989	Hungarian	A státuscivilizáció
1989^ⓘTranslated by Donaldson Garschagen	Portuguese	Ômega: o planeta dos condenados^?Omega: o planeta dos condenados

Year	Title
1960	Omega! (Part 1 of 2)
1960	Omega! (Part 2 of 2)

Year	Language	Title
1961^ⓘTranslated by Mario Galli	Italian	Gli orrori di Omega (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Preliminary Nominees	1983 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 Status Civilization	1960-09-00	Robert Sheckley	Signet / New American Library	S1840	$0.35^?$: US dollar	127	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
The Status Civilization	1967-05-00	Robert Sheckley	Four Square Books	1873	3/6^?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).	127	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
The Status Civilization	1968-10-00	Robert Sheckley	Dell	8249	$0.60^?$: 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	Podwil
The Status Civilization	1968-10-00	Robert Sheckley	Dell	8249	C$0.60^?C$: 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	Podwil
The Status Civilization	1976-04-00	Robert Sheckley	Gollancz	0-575-02108-X	£3.50^?£: UK pound	158	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Status Civilization	1979-00-00	Robert Sheckley	Penguin Books	0-14-004660-7	£0.75^?£: UK pound	142	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	Adrian Chesterman
The Status Civilization and Notions: Unlimited	1979-11-00	Robert Sheckley	Ace Books (Ace Double)	0-441-78537-9	$2.25^?$: US dollar	469	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	David Bergen
The Status Civilization	1986-06-00	Robert Sheckley	Methuen	0-413-60150-1	£2.25^?£: UK pound	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	Peter Elson
The Status Civilization / Mind Swap	1993-00-00	Robert Sheckley	Legend	0-09-919921-1	£4.99^?£: UK pound	296	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	Image Bank
The Status Civilization	2007-03-28	Robert Sheckley	Project Gutenberg	20919			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Status Civilization	2007-04-00	Robert Sheckley	Wildside Press	1-4344-9998-7	$29.95^?$: US dollar	130	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Status Civilization	2007-04-09	Robert Sheckley	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-9999-8	$12.95^?$: US dollar	130	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
The Status Civilization	2007-10-00	Robert Sheckley	BiblioBazaar	1-4346-6254-3	$11.99^?$: 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
The Status Civilization	2009-03-26	Robert Sheckley	Wilder Publications	978-1-60459-670-0	$9.49^?$: US dollar	132	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
The Status Civilization	2010-04-18	Robert Sheckley	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Leo Summers
The Status Civilization	2011-02-01	Robert Sheckley	Bottom of the Hill Publishing	978-1-61203-103-3	$9.99^?$: US dollar	140	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
The Status Civilization	2012-04-01	Robert Sheckley	Prologue Books	978-1-4405-4332-6	$3.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Survive, or Die! 21 Ultimate Adventures	2013-00-00	ed. T. M. Gray, Charles G. Waugh	Sam Teddy Publishing	978-1-935573-67-8	$19.95^?$: US dollar	432	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.	anth
The Last Plea / The Status Civilization	2013-01-29	uncredited	Armchair Fiction (Armchair Sci-Fi & Horror Double Novels #81)	978-1-61287-131-8 / D-81	$12.95^?$: US dollar	215	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	Leo Summers
The Status Civilization	2014-01-31	Robert Sheckley	E-Reads	978-1-61756-167-2			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Status Civilization	2014-11-27	Robert Sheckley	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-0750-9	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Status Civilization	2015-03-31	Robert Sheckley	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-1354-3	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review by Alfred Bester (1960) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1960
Review by Frederik Pohl (1961) in If, #8 [UK] , reprinted in:
If, January 1961 (1961)
Review by John Carnell (1961) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #104 March
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1961) in Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, July 1961
Review [Dutch] by Eddy C. Bertin (1971) in Holland-SF 1971, #5
Review by Joseph Nicholas (1979) in Paperback Parlour, August 1979
Review by Chris Morgan (1979) in Vector 95
Review by Martyn Taylor (1986) in Paperback Inferno, #62