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Title: Downward to the Earth Title Record # 2077
Author: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1969-11-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: Edmund Gunderson was the Terran administrator of the colony world of Belzagor, and he returns to it after it has gained independence, feeling a sense of guilt for the way he has treated its dominant species, the elephant-like nildoror, whose animalistic appearance had kept Gunderson from taking them seriously as sentient beings. On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists. The nildoror undergo a process of rebirth, and Gunderson's greatest guilt comes from having denied rebirth to seven nildoror to make them help him repair flood damage.(From Wikipedia)
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Other Titles

Translations Serializations
Year Language Title
1973Translated by Jacques Guiod
French Les profondeurs de la terre
1973Translated by Walter Brumm
German Die Mysterien von Belzagor
1979 Italian Mutazione
1981Translated by Margarita González Trejo.
Spanish Regreso a Belzagor
Year Title
1969 Downward to the Earth (Part 1 of 4)
1969Mistakenly listed as "Down to the Earth" in the Galaxy TOC.
Downward to the Earth (Part 2 of 4)
1970 Downward to the Earth (Part 3 of 4)
1970 Downward to the Earth (Part 4 of 4)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Downward to the Earth 1970-08-00 Robert Silverberg Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 2404
$1.49?$: US dollar
[7]+
180
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Frank Frazetta Checkmark
Downward to the Earth 1971-01-00 Robert Silverberg Signet / New American Library 0-451-04497-5 / T4497
$0.75?$: 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 Checkmark
Downward to the Earth 1971-01-00 Robert Silverberg Signet / New American Library of Canada T4497
C$0.75?C$: Canadian 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 Checkmark
Downward to the Earth 1977-08-00 Robert Silverberg Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-02298-1
£3.95?£: UK pound
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Checkmark
Downward to the Earth 1978-12-00 Robert Silverberg Pan Books 0-330-25591-6
£0.75?£: UK pound
173
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 Stuart Hughes (artist) Checkmark
Downward to the Earth 1979-02-00 Robert Silverberg Berkley Books 0-425-03952-8
$1.95?$: US dollar
ix+
181
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 Paul Alexander Checkmark
A Robert Silverberg Omnibus 1981-02-00 Robert Silverberg Harper & Row 0-06-014047-X
$14.95?$: US dollar
x+
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Ron Walotsky Checkmark
A Robert Silverberg Omnibus 1981-09-00 Robert Silverberg Harper & Row / SFBC 5726
$9.98?$: US dollar
x+
497
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Ron Walotsky  
Downward to the Earth 1984-02-00 Robert Silverberg Bantam Books 0-553-24043-9
$2.50?$: US dollar
181
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Three Novels: The World Inside / Thorns / Downward to the Earth 1988-05-00 Robert Silverberg Bantam Spectra 0-553-27287-X
$4.95?$: US dollar
viii+
487
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 Gary Rudell Checkmark
Downward to the Earth 1990-01-00 Robert Silverberg VGSF / Gollancz (VGSF Classics #40) 0-575-04734-8
£3.50?£: UK pound
190
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Edge of Light 1998-02-00 Robert Silverberg Voyager / HarperCollins 0-00-648038-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
981
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 Fred Gambino  
Downward to the Earth 2004-02-00 Robert Silverberg Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #56) 0-575-07523-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
213
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Downward to the Earth 2011-09-29 Robert Silverberg Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10615-4
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Downward to the Earth 2012-08-00 Robert Silverberg Orb 978-0-7653-3173-1
$15.99?$: US dollar
254
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 Tomasz Maronski  
Downward to the Earth 2012-08-07 Robert Silverberg Orb / SFBC 1363683
$14.99?$: US dollar
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Tomasz Maronski  
Downward to the Earth 2012-08-07 Robert Silverberg Orb 978-1-4299-4227-0
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel Tomasz Maronski  
Downward to the Earth 2015-04-09 Robert Silverberg Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-1192-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
254
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Downward to the Earth 2022-03-15 Robert Silverberg Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-7405-6
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Downward to the Earth date unknown Robert Silverberg Signet / New American Library W7134
$1.50?$: 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 Checkmark
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