Title: A Gift from Earth
Title Record # 6006
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1968-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Known Space
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1968-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Known Space
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 5.50 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), interstellar travel (1), colonization (1), organ transplants (1), suspended animation (1), castes (1), rebellion (1), sensory deprivation (1), paranormal powers (1), aliens (1) Add Tags
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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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| If, February 1968 | 1968-02-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
164 | 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". |
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| If, March 1968 | 1968-03-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
164 | 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 | Wenzel | |
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| If, April 1968 | 1968-04-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
164 | 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". |
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| A Gift from Earth | 1968-09-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 72113 | $0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | |
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| A Gift from Earth | 1969-00-00 | Larry Niven | Macdonald | 0-356-02856-9 | £?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| A Gift from Earth | 1970-00-00 | Larry Niven | Walker & Co. | $4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Jack Gaughan | |
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| A Gift from Earth | 1970-11-00 | Larry Niven | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 163 | 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). |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Terry James | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1971-00-00 | Larry Niven | Sphere | 0-7221-6384-3 | £0.30?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
254 | 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 | Eddie Jones | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1971-07-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-02296-3 | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Michael McInnerney | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1971-07-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-02296-3 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
254 | 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 | Michael McInnerney | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1971-10-00 | Larry Niven | Sphere Books | 63886 | 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). |
254 | 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 | Michael McInnerney | |
| Planet der Verlorenen | 1972-00-00 | Larry Niven | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Taschenbuch?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Taschenbuch #5) |
5 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
175 | 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 | Eddie Jones | |
| Planet der Verlorenen | 1973-00-00 | Larry Niven | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Taschenbuch?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Taschenbuch #21005) |
3-404-09927-3 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
175 | 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 | Eddie Jones | |
| Un dono dalla Terra | 1973-00-00 | Larry Niven | Fanucci Editore (Biblioteca di Fantascienza #2) | Lit 3,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
252 | 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 | Massimo Jacoponi | ||
| A Gift from Earth | 1973-08-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-23442-1 | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Michael McInnerney | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1975-06-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24509-1 | $1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1975-10-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24509-1 | $1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| Een geschenk van de aarde | 1976-00-00 | Larry Niven | Meulenhoff (M=SF #105) | 90-290-0742-7 | ƒ10.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999 |
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. |
novel | Peter Jones | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1976-06-00 | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24509-1 | $1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1977-12-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-27548-9 | $1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1978-00-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit / Futura | 0-7088-8012-6 | £0.90?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
254 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1978-00-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit / Futura | 0-7088-8012-6 | £0.90?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
254 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1978-11-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-27548-9 | $1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
地球からの贈り物?Chikyū Kara no Okurimono |
1979-09-00 |
ラリー・ニーヴン?Rarī Nīvun Rarii Niivun |
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō (Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF #359) |
1004 | ¥400?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY |
359 | 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 | |
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| A Gift from Earth | 1980-00-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit / Futura | 0-7088-8012-6 | £1.10?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
254 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1980-07-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-29413-0 | $2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1981-03-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-29413-0 | $2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1982-00-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit / Futura | 0-7088-8012-6 | £1.60?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
254 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1982-03-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-29413-0 | $2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| Planet der Verlorenen | 1982-05-00 | Larry Niven | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Abenteuer?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Abenteuer #23008) |
3-404-23008-6 | DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
200 | 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 | Alan Daniels | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1984-05-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-31975-3 | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1987-06-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-35051-0 | $3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1987-06-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-35051-0 | C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| World of Ptavvs; A Gift from Earth; Neutron Star | 1991-06-00 | Larry Niven | Book-of-the-Month Club | $11.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
160+ 254+ 285 |
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 | |||
| Un dono dalla Terra | 1992-09-00 | Larry Niven | Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #126) | 12 126 CO | Lit 16,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
xii+ 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. |
novel | Peter Jones | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1992-10-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit | 1-85723-078-7 | £4.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
254 | 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 | Fred Gambino | |
| A Gift from Earth | 1996-00-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-35051-0 | C$6.99?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
254 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
| Three Books of Known Space | 1996-11-00 | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-40448-3 | $12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xii+ 574 |
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 | David Stevenson | |
| A Gift from Earth | 2000-04-00 | Larry Niven | Orbit | 1-85723-078-7 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
254 | 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 | Fred Gambino | |
地球からの贈り物?Chikyū Kara no Okurimono |
date unknown |
ラリー・ニーヴン?Rarī Nīvun Rarii Niivun |
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō (Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼう ハヤカワショボウ ハヤカワ文庫SF?Hayakawa Bunko SF #359) |
4-15-010359-3 | 359 | 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 | |||
| Larry Niven's Universe | date unknown | Larry Niven | Ballantine Books | $6.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
188, 254, 285, 342 | 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 | Rick Sternbach | |
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| Three Books of Known Space | date unknown | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-40448-3 | $15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xii+ 574 |
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 | David Stevenson | |
| Three Books of Known Space | date unknown | Larry Niven | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-40448-3 | $16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xii+ 574 |
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 | David Stevenson | |
Reviews
- Review by Bill Glass (1968) in Shangri L'Affaires, #72 April 1, 1968
- Review by uncredited (1968) in Locus, #9 October 10, 1968
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1969) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1969
- Review by Algis Budrys (1969) in Galaxy Magazine, April 1969
- Review by John Chapman (1969) in Vector 54 Autumn 1969
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1971) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1971
- Review by James R. Newton (1971) in Son of the WSFA Journal #26
- Review by Richard Delap (1975) in Delap's F & SF Review, August 1975
- Review [Dutch] by Annemarie van Ewijck [as by Annemarie Kindt] (1976) in Holland-SF 1976, #5
- Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1978) in Paperback Parlour, June 1978
- Review by David Levinson (2023) in Galactic Journey, January 2, 2023