Title: Donovan's Brain

Title: Donovan's Brain Title Record # 2090
Author: Curt Siodmak
Date: 1942-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Dr. Patrick Cory
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Orson Welles' radio dramatization of this story first aired in two parts on the program Suspense (May 18 & 25, 1944), and rebroadcast in one airing on February 7, 1948. A recording released in 1982 won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Also available online at The Escape and Suspense Website.

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Serializations

Translated Serializations

Year	Language	Title
1951^ⓘTranslated by Maria von Schweinitz The same translation by Mary Brand (pseudonym for Maria von Schweinitz) was used by Heyne and Moewig for their editions under the title 'Donovans Gehirn'.	German	Der Zauberlehrling
1951^ⓘTranslated by Julio Loewenthal Torres	Spanish	El cerebro de Donovan
1954^ⓘTranslated by José Correia Ribeiro	Portuguese	O cérebro de Donovan
1957^ⓘTranslated by 中田耕治 (Kōji Nakada)	Japanese	ドノヴァンの脳髄^?Donovan no Nōzui Donovuan no Nouzui ドノヴァンののうずい [as by カート・シオドマク^?Kāto Shiodomaku Kaato Shiodomaku ]
1960^ⓘTranslated by Maria von Schweinitz The German editions by Nest, Heyne and Moewig share the same translation by Mary Brand (aka Maria von Schweinitz).	German	Donovans Gehirn
1963^ⓘTranslated by Jos G. Heilker (Spectrum Prisma edition) credited as 'J. G. Heilker' in the Luitingh edition	Dutch	Donovans brein
1971^ⓘTranslated by Alf Agdler.	Swedish	Ondskans makt
1973^ⓘTranslated by Frits Remar.	Danish	Ondskabens magt

Year	Title
1950	Donovan's Brain (Complete Novel)

Year	Language	Title
1954^ⓘTranslated by Bruna Del Bianco	Italian	Il cervello mostro (Complete Novel)
1955	Swedish	Donovans hjärna (Part 2 of 7)
1956	Swedish	Donovans hjärna (Part 4 of 7)
1956	Swedish	Donovans hjärna (Part 7 of 7)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
4	2018 Retro Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Donovan's Brain	1943-02-00	Curt Siodmak	Alfred A. Knopf		$2.00^?$: US dollar	234	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	W. Deffaa
Donovan's Brain	1944-00-00	Curt Siodmak	Chapman & Hall		8/6^?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).	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Donovan's Brain	1944-02-00	Curt Siodmak	Triangle Books	134	$0.49^?$: US dollar	234	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	W. Deffaa
Donovan's Brain	1945-04-00	Curt Siodmak	The American Mercury (Mercury Mystery #87)		$0.25^?$: US dollar	126	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	George Salter
Donovan's Brain	1945-06-00	Curt Siodmak	Editions for the Armed Services	O-9	$0.00^?$: US dollar	255	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
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, August 1950	1950-08-00	ed. Mary Gnaedinger	All-Fiction Field, Inc.		$0.25^?$: 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	Saunders
Donovan's Brain	1950-08-00	Curt Siodmak	Bantam Books	819	$0.25^?$: 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
Donovan's Brain	1952-00-00	Curt Siodmak	Corgi	819	2/-^?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).	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
Donovan's Brain	1960-00-00	Curt Siodmak	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	SS853	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).	188	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 Richards
Donovan's Brain	1961-11-00	Curt Siodmak	Popular Library	G560	$0.35^?$: US dollar	160	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	Mitchell Hooks
Donovan's Brain	1961-11-00	Curt Siodmak	Popular Library	G562	C$0.35^?C$: Canadian dollar	160	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	Mitchell Hooks
Donovan's Brain	1969-07-00	Curt Siodmak	Berkley Medallion	X1716	$0.60^?$: US dollar	160	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
Donovan's Brain	1971-04-00	Curt Siodmak	Barrie & Jenkins	0-214-65329-3		191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Donovan's Brain	1972-00-00	Curt Siodmak	Tandem	0-426-06525-5	£0.25^?£: UK pound	191	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	C. Achilleos
Donovan's Brain	1985-07-00	Curt Siodmak	Carroll & Graf	0-88184-154-4	$3.50^?$: US dollar	160	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
Donovan's Brain & Hauser's Memory	1992-11-00	Curt Siodmak	Leisure Books	0-8439-3355-0	$4.99^?$: US dollar	444+ [4]	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
Donovan's Brain	1999-07-00	Curt Siodmak	Pulpless.Com (Forrest J Ackerman Presents)	1-58445-078-9	$19.95^?$: US dollar	182	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	Billy Tackett
Donovan's Brain	2016-10-21	Curt Siodmak	Pickle Partners Publishing	978-1-78720-162-0	$4.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Donovan's Brain	date unknown	Curt Siodmak	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03106-3	$0.95^?$: US dollar	160	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

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Reviews

Review by Walt Liebscher [as by Ye Editor] (1943) in Chanticleer, 1943
Review by Francis T. Laney (1945) in The Acolyte, #11, Summer 1945, (1945)
Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
'333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, May 1962
Review by Charles N. Brown [as by Charlie Brown] (1969) in Locus, #42 November 21, 1969
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by Peter Young (2014) in Big Sky, #2: Pulp