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Title: Takeoff Title Record # 3978
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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Other Titles

Translations Serializations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1956Translated by Eduardo Golly
Spanish Partida
1958Translated by Walter K. Baumann, credited as 'Bau'
German Start zum Mond
1960Translated by Mário-Henrique Leiria
Portuguese Partida para o espaço
Year Title
1954 Takeoff (Part 1 of 3) [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth]
1954 Takeoff (Part 2 of 3) [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth]
1954 Takeoff (Part 3 of 3) [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth]
Year Language Title
1966 Italian Domani la Luna (Complete Novel) [as by Cyril M. Kornbluth]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
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
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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.
coll  
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