Title: Odd John Title Record # 539
Author: Olaf Stapledon
Date: 1935-00-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles	Translations	Translated Serializations
Year Title 1935 Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest	Year Language Title 1952ⓘTranslated by Amélie Audiberti. French Rien qu'un surhomme 1958ⓘTranslated by Carlos Peralta and Susana Lugones Spanish Juan Raro 1967ⓘTranslated by 矢野徹 Tetsu Yano). Japanese オッド・ジョン?Oddu Jon [as by オラフ・ステープルドン?Orafu Sutepurudon ] 1970ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm German Die Insel der Mutanten	Year Language Title 1957ⓘTranslated by Vera Massai Italian Q.I. = 10000 (Complete Novel) [as by Thomas H. Morehouse]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest	1935-00-00	Olaf Stapledon	Methuen		7/6?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).	v+ 282	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Eric Fraser
Odd John	1936-00-00	Olaf Stapledon	Methuen		3/6?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).	v+ 282	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Odd John	1936-00-00	Olaf Stapledon	E. P. Dutton		$2.00?$: US dollar	v+ 282	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Portable Novels of Science	1945-09-00	Donald A. Wollheim	The Viking Press		$2.00?$: US dollar	xiii+ 737	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Portable Novels of Science	1950-10-00	Donald A. Wollheim	The Viking Press			xiii+ 737	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Odd John	1951-00-00	Olaf Stapledon	Galaxy Publishing Corp. (Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #8)	8	$0.35?$: US dollar	160	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	Emsh
To the End of Time: The Best of Olaf Stapledon	1953-00-00	Olaf Stapledon	Funk & Wagnalls		$5.00?$: US dollar	xiv+ 775	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Odd John	1954-09-00	Olaf Stapledon	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	10	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).	222	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	C. W. Bacon
Odd John	1959-00-00	Olaf Stapledon	Beacon (Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #36)	236	$0.35?$: US dollar	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	Robert Stanley
Odd John	1965-08-00	Olaf Stapledon	Berkley Medallion	F1128	$0.50?$: US dollar	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	Richard Powers
To the End of Time	1975-06-00	Olaf Stapledon	Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series)	0-8398-2312-6	$35.00?$: US dollar	xi+ xiv+ 775	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Odd John	1975-10-00	Olaf Stapledon	Garland Publishing (Garland Library of Science Fiction)	0-8240-1437-5	$11.00?$: US dollar	191	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Odd John	2012-03-00	Olaf Stapledon	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-07224-4	£7.99?£: UK pound	x+ 208+ [2]	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	Eamon O'Donoghue
Odd John	2012-04-12	Olaf Stapledon	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-12860-6	£4.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Odd John	2019-01-28	Olaf Stapledon	Faded Page	20190178	C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Odd John	2019-02-04	Olaf Stapledon	Reading Essentials	978-1-77323-441-0	$0.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Ed Emshwiller
Odd John	2019-05-01	Olaf Stapledon	Project Gutenberg Canada	1606	C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Odd John	2021-01-14	Olaf Stapledon	Albatross Publishers	978-1-946963-49-9	$9.95?$: US dollar	212	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

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Reviews

• Review by C. A. Brandt (1937) in Amazing Stories, April 1937
• Review by Arthur L. Widner, Jr. [as by Art Widner] (1943) in Chanticleer, 1943
• 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 (1959) in Astounding Science Fiction, November 1959
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1966) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1966
• Review by Baird Searles (1975) in The Science Fiction Review Monthly, October 1975
• Review by Alan Brennert (1976) in Delap's F & SF Review, January 1976
• Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1978) in Paperback Parlour, October 1978
• Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
• Review [Spanish] by Luis G. Prado (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
• Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
• Review by Graham Sleight (2008) in Locus, #575 December 2008
• Review by Antony Jones (2014) in Big Sky, #4: SF Masterworks 2
• Review by Manny Rayner (2014) in Big Sky, #4: SF Masterworks 2