Title: The Seedling Stars

Title: The Seedling Stars Title Record # 21844
Author: James Blish
Date: 1957-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Series: Pantropy
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: The front cover, "advertising" on page 1, and the back cover all state this is a novel. However the publication is divided into four named sections "Book One – Seeding Program," "Book Two – The Thing in the Attic," "Book Three – Surface Tension," and "Book Four – Watershed." The copyright page notes that all four sections were previously published in magazines and thus this is a collection [Book 3 was considerably revised from the magazine version].

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Translations

Translated Serializations

Year	Language	Title
1960^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Auch sie sind Menschen ...
1967^ⓘTranslated by Darko Suvin and Truda Suvin	Serbian	Zvezdane spore [as by Džejms Bliš]
1968^ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch revised by Benoît Berthezene for the Folio publication.	French	Semailles humaines
1977^ⓘFixup of the original collection Translated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Il seme tra le stelle
1983^ⓘTranslated by Domingo Santos	Spanish	Semillas estelares
2001^ⓘTranslated by Elsa T. S. Vieira	Portuguese	Estrelas Semeadas

Year	Language	Title
1958^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Il seme tra le stelle (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Seedling Stars	1957-00-00	James Blish	Gnome Press		$3.00^?$: US dollar	185	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Lionel Dillon
Urania #189	1958-10-26	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	189	Lit 150^?Lit: Italian lira	128	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	Luigi Garonzi
The Seedling Stars	1959-02-00	James Blish	Signet / New American Library	S1622	$0.35^?$: US dollar	158	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.	coll	Paul Lehr
Auch sie sind Menschen ...	1960-00-11	James Blish	Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #12)	Z 12	DM 4.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	181	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.	coll	Eyke Volkmer
Auch sie sind Menschen ...	1960-00-11	James Blish	Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #12)	Z 12	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	181	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Eyke Volkmer
Auch sie sind Menschen ...	1962-07-00	James Blish	Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #07)	07	DM 2.20^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	182	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.	coll	Eyke Volkmer
The Seedling Stars	1964-09-00	James Blish	Signet / New American Library	D2549	$0.50^?$: US dollar	158	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.	coll	Lambert
The Seedling Stars	1964-09-00	James Blish	Signet / New American Library of Canada	D2549	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	158	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.	coll	Lambert
The Seedling Stars	1967-00-00	James Blish	Faber and Faber		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).	185	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Zvezdane spore	1967-00-00	Džejms Bliš	Jugoslavija (Kentaur)			176	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Hieronymus Bosch
Semailles humaines	1968-02-08	James Blish	OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #6)		F6.00^?F: French frank	253	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.	coll	Bruce Wayne
Urania #535	1970-03-08	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	535	Lit 250^?Lit: Italian lira	166	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	Karel Thole
The Seedling Stars	1972-00-00	James Blish	Arrow Books	0-09-906710-2	£0.35^?£: UK pound	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.	coll
The Seedling Stars	1972-04-00	James Blish	Signet / New American Library of Canada	T4964	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	158	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.	coll
The Seedling Stars	1973-00-00	James Blish	Signet / New American Library	Q5440	$0.95^?$: US dollar	158	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.	coll
The Seedling Stars	1975-00-00	James Blish	Arrow Books	0-09-906710-2	£0.50^?£: UK pound	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.	coll	Chris Foss
Semailles humaines	1977-05-20	James Blish	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #752)			223	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.	coll	Chris Foss
Il seme tra le stelle	1977-10-11	James Blish	Mondadori (Oscar #807)	14431	Lit 1,500^?Lit: Italian lira	152	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.	coll	Karel Thole
Zvezdane spore	1978-00-00	Džejms Bliš	Jugoslavija (Kentaur)			168	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.	coll	Aleksandar Dedić^?Aleksandar Dedic
Auch sie sind Menschen ...	1981-00-00	James Blish	Tosa		DM 6.95^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	166	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Werner Sramek
Semillas estelares	1983-00-00	James Blish	Martínez Roca (Super Ficción (1ª época) #81)	84-270-0789-2		191	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.	coll	Salinas Blanch
The Seedling Stars / Galactic Cluster	1983-03-00	James Blish	Signet / New American Library (Signet Double Science Fiction)	0-451-12148-1	$2.95^?$: US dollar	158+ 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.	omni	Paul Lehr
The Seedling Stars / Galactic Cluster	1983-03-00	James Blish	Signet / New American Library of Canada (Signet Double Science Fiction)	0-451-12148-1	C$3.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	158+ 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.	omni	Paul Lehr
Semailles humaines	1986-02-25	James Blish	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #752)	2-277-11752-8		223	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.	coll	Rowena Morrill
James Blish presenta Un caso de conciencia / James Blish presenta Semillas estelares	1987-00-00	James Blish	Edisan (Obras Estelares de la Ciencia Ficción - Serie Hugo #10)	84-86472-77-6		392	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Il seme tra le stelle	1987-06-00	James Blish	Mondadori (Classici Urania #123)		Lit 4,000^?Lit: Italian lira	158	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.	coll	Vicente Segrelles
Estrelas Semeadas	2001-00-00	James Blish	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #532)	972-38-1895-7		232	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.	coll	António Pedro^?Antonio Pedro
The Seedling Stars	2001-05-00	James Blish	Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions)	0-575-07239-3	£9.99^?£: UK pound	185	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.	coll
Semailles humaines	2006-04-12	James Blish	Gallimard (Folio SF #248)	2-07-032677-2		331	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.	coll	Meltin Seven
The Seedling Stars	2011-09-29	James Blish	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10415-0	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Black Easter / The Day After Judgement / The Seedling Stars	2013-09-26	James Blish	Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus)	978-0-575-12930-6	£18.99^?£: UK pound	xii+ 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.	omni	Chris Moore
Black Easter / The Day After Judgement / The Seedling Stars	2013-09-26	James Blish	Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus)	978-1-4732-0178-1	£9.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Chris Moore
The Seedling Stars	date unknown	James Blish	Signet	T4964	$0.75^?$: US dollar	158	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.	coll
The Seedling Stars	date unknown	James Blish	Signet	Y6977	$1.25^?$: US dollar	158	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.	coll

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Reviews

Review by Larry T. Shaw and Irwin Stein (1957) in Infinity Science Fiction, April 1957
Review by Anthony Boucher (1957) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1957
Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1957) in Venture Science Fiction Magazine, September 1957
Review by Damon Knight (1957) in Infinity Science Fiction, November 1957
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1957) in Astounding Science Fiction, December 1957 , reprinted in:
Astounding Science Fiction, April 1958 (UK) (1958)
Review by Floyd C. Gale (1958) in Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1958 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 60 (1958)
Review by Robert Silverberg (1958) in Infinity Science Fiction, August 1958
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1959) in Astounding Science Fiction, July 1959
Review by Hans Stefan Santesson (1959) in Fantastic Universe, July 1959
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1965) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, March 1965
Review [French] by Michel Jeury (1977) in Fiction, #285
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by uncredited (2001) in Vector 218
Review by Don D'Ammassa (2001) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #218 November 2001
Review [French] by
Éric Vial^?Eric Vial
(2007) in Galaxies, #42