Title: Takeoff
Title Record # 3978
Author: C. M. Kornbluth
Date: 1952-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: C. M. Kornbluth
Date: 1952-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: From the first page of the Pennant first paperback: "Tomorrow the moon - Out in the remote California desert Mike Novak was sitting on a powder keg. He was working on the biggest thing since the atom bomb - and they were out to stop him!
Here is a wildly exciting story torn from tomorrow's headlines - the story of man's first triumphant step into outer space. It is an unforgettable, nerve-clenching novel of the first moon-rocket and the men who dared to build it."
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Awards
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Nomination | 1953 IFA | Fiction |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Takeoff | 1952-05-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Doubleday | $2.75?$: US dollar |
218 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Arthur Shilstone | ||
Takeoff | 1952-11-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Doubleday / SFBC | $1.00?$: US dollar |
218 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Arthur Shilstone | ||
Takeoff | 1953-09-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Pennant Books | P15 | $0.25?$: US dollar |
149 | 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 | Charles Binger | |
New Worlds Science Fiction, #22 April 1954 | 1954-04-00 | ed. John Carnell | Nova Publications Ltd. | 1/6?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). |
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 | Kinnear | ||
New Worlds Science Fiction, #23 May 1954 | 1954-05-00 | ed. John Carnell | Nova Publications Ltd. | 1/6?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). |
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 | Gerard Quinn | ||
New Worlds Science Fiction, #24 June 1954 | 1954-06-00 | ed. John Carnell | Nova Publications Ltd. | 1/6?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). |
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 | Gerard Quinn | ||
Partida | 1956-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Jacobo Muchnik (Fantaciencia #1) | 221 | 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 | Cotta | |||
Start zum Mond | 1958-06-23 | C. M. Kornbluth | Pabel ( Utopia Großband?Utopia Grossband #76) |
UGB076 | DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
110 | 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". |
novel | R. S. Lonati | |
Partida para o espaço | 1960-00-00 | C. M. Kornbluth | Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #59) | 199 | 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 | Lima de Freitas | |||
Galassia #67 | 1966-07-01 | ed. Ugo Malaguti | Casa Editrice La Tribuna | 67 | Lit 300?Lit: Italian lira |
224 | 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 | Erberto Tealdi | |
Gunner Cade | 1983-04-00 | Cyril Judd | Tor / Pinnacle (A Jim Baen Presentation) | 0-523-48570-0 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
320 | 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 | Tom Kidd | |
The Ship from Infinity / Takeoff | 2011-10-02 | uncredited | Armchair Fiction (Armchair Sci-Fi & Horror Double Novels #33) | 978-1-61287-049-6 / D-33 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
216 | 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 | Lloyd Rognan | |
The 34th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack | 2016-03-05 | C. M. Kornbluth | Wildside Press | 978-1-4794-2040-7 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Reviews
- Review by The Editors (1952) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1952
- Review by uncredited (1952) in Weird Tales, September 1952 , reprinted in:
- Weird Tales (2012)
- Review by Groff Conklin (1952) in Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1952 , reprinted in:
- Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], v3 #2 (1953)
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1952) in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1952
- Review by George O. Smith (1952) in Space Science Fiction, February 1953, (1953)
- Review by Damon Knight (1952) in Science Fiction Adventures, February 1953, (1953)
- Review by The Editors (1953) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1953
- Review by Ken Ramstead (1984) in Ares, #17 Spring 1984