Title: Grenville's Planet
Title Record # 56002
Author: Michael Shaara
Date: 1952-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Michael Shaara
Date: 1952-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Two human explorers land on a small island in a planet which is almost entirely covered by water.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952 | 1952-10-00 | ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas | Fantasy House, Inc. | $0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
132 | 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 | Chesley Bonestell |  |
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| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], November 1953 | 1953-11-00 | ed. uncredited | Mellifont Press 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). |
132 | 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 | Chesley Bonestell | ||
| Fiction, #8 | 1954-07-00 | ed. Editors of Fiction | OPTA | F100?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999 |
132 | 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 | Jean Maroquène | |
|
| Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories | 1958-06-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber | 15/-?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). |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories | 1959-12-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber | 15/-?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). |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Peter Curl | |
|
| Best SF Three | 1960-09-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 46 | 5/6?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). |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | C. W. Bacon | |
| Best SF Three | 1962-00-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions) | 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). |
224 | 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. |
anth | |
||
| Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories | 1962-00-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber | 224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| Best SF Three | 1963-00-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions) | 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). |
224 | 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. |
anth | |
||
| Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories | 1966-00-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber | 16/-?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). |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Untravelled Worlds | 1966-00-00 | ed. Alan Frank Barter, Raymond Wilson | Macmillan UK | 168 | 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. |
anth | ||||
| Best SF Three | 1967-00-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions) | 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). |
224 | 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. |
anth | |
||
| World Zero Minus | 1971-00-00 | ed. Aidan Chambers, Nancy Chambers | Macmillan UK (Topliners) | 0-333-11281-4 | £0.20?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
124 | 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. |
anth | |
|
| World Zero Minus | 1975-00-00 | ed. Aidan Chambers, Nancy Chambers | Macmillan UK (Topliners) | 0-333-11281-4 | £?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
124 | 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. |
anth | |
|
| Histoires de planètes | 1975-03-25 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3769) | 2-253-00723-4 | 442 | 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. |
anth | Pierre Faucheux | |
|
| Histoires de planètes | 1977-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3769) | 2-253-00723-4 | 442 | 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. |
anth | Pierre Faucheux | |
|
| Histoires de planètes | 1978-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3769) | 2-253-00723-4 | 442 | 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. |
anth | Pierre Faucheux | |
|
| Perilous Planets: An Anthology of Way-Back-When Futures | 1978-05-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 0-297-77354-2 | £5.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
367 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Geoff Taylor | |
| Perilous Planets | 1980-02-00 | ed. Brian Aldiss | Avon | 0-380-47100-0 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvi+ 350 |
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. |
anth | Alex Ebel | |
| Perilous Planets | 1980-06-00 | ed. Brian W. Aldiss | Orbit / Futura | 0-7088-8071-1 | £1.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
367 | 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. |
anth | Tim White | |
| Soldier Boy | 1982-03-00 | Michael Shaara | Timescape / Pocket Books | 0-671-83342-1 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
255 | 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 | Boris Vallejo | |
| Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets | 1983-02-00 | ed. Peter Davison (I) | Sparrow Books | 0-09-930880-0 | £0.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
96 | 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. |
anth | Chris Foss | |
| Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets | 1983-02-00 | ed. Peter Davison (I) | Hutchinson | 0-09-151430-4 | £4.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
96 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Chris Foss | |
| Urania #952 | 1983-09-04 | ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini | Mondadori | 952 | Lit 2,200?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
180 | 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 | |
| Sirius, #89 | 1983-11-05 |
ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich |
Vjesnik | Din 50?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006 |
132 | 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. |
mag | |
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| Sternengesicht | 1984-04-00 | Michael Shaara | Goldmann (Edition '84: Die positiven Utopien #4) | 3-442-08404-0 | DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
ii+ 454 |
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 | Klaus Holitzka | |
Histoires de planètes?Histoires de planetes |
1985-03-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3769) | 2-253-00723-4 | 442 | 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. |
anth |
Éric Seigaud?Eric Seigaud
|
||
| Science Fiction Stories | 1988-10-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 0-86272-322-1 | £6.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Graham Potts | |
| Science Fiction Stories | 1991-07-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 0-86272-803-7 | £3.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | 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. |
anth | ||
| Science Fiction Stories | 1993-00-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (US) | 0-7534-5677-X | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
253 | 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. |
anth | Paul Young | |
| Science Fiction Stories | 1993-03-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (US) (Story Library) | 1-85697-889-3 | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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. |
anth | Angus McKie | |
| Science Fiction Stories | 1997-04-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 0-86272-803-7 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | 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. |
anth | Angus McKie | |
| Out of This World: Science Fiction Stories | 2008-09-00 | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 978-0-7534-1633-4 | £6.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
271 | 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. |
anth | Blacksheep | |
| Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (US) | 1-85697-889-3 | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
253 | 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. |
anth | Angus McKie | |
| Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher | 0-86272-803-7 | £3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | 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. |
anth | Angus McKie | |
| Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (Story Library) | 0-86272-803-7 | £3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
253 | 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. |
anth | Graham Potts | |
| Science Fiction Stories | date unknown | ed. Edward Blishen | Kingfisher (US) | 0-7534-5677-X | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
253 | 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. |
anth | Paul Young |