Title: The Planet Entity

Title: The Planet Entity Title Record # 99544
Authors: E. M. Johnston and Clark Ashton Smith
Date: 1931-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Mars (Clark Ashton Smith)
Language: English

Note: "Based on a plot by E. M. Johnston". First appeared in ''Wonder Stories Quarterly V3 #1'', Fall 1931. The copyright page of ''The Last Incantation'' (1982) incorrectly lists it as a Fall 1939 issue. Wonder Stories Quarterly, Fall 1931, illustrated by Frank R. Paul. "The second-prize-winning story of the Interplanetary Plot Contest". $25.00. "Johnson did plot, Smith developed story".

Synopsis: Available on page 195, Bleiler (Gernsback).

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Year	Title
1931^ⓘ"Based on a plot by E. M. Johnston". First appeared in ''Wonder Stories Quarterly V3 #1'', Fall 1931. The copyright page of ''The Last Incantation'' (1982) incorrectly lists it as a Fall 1939 issue.	Seedling of Mars [as by Clark Ashton Smith]

Year	Language	Title
1986^ⓘTranslated by Daniela Galdo	Italian	La pianta di Marte
1989^ⓘTranslated by Yves Le Brun	French	La semence de Mars [as by Clark Ashton Smith]
1991^ⓘTranslated by Arturo Villarrubia.	Spanish	Siembra de Marte [as by Clark Ashton Smith]
2013^ⓘTranslated by Malte S. Sembten.	German	Der Allmächtige des Mars^?Der Allmaechtige des Mars [as by Clark Ashton Smith]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Wonder Stories Quarterly, Fall 1931	1931-09-01	ed. Hugo Gernsback	Stellar Publishing Corporation		$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	148	bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Frank R. Paul
Tales of Science and Sorcery	1964-11-00	Clark Ashton Smith	Arkham House		$4.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Frank Utpatel
Tales of Science and Sorcery	1976-00-00	Clark Ashton Smith	Panther	0-586-04352-7	£0.60^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	223	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
The Last Incantation	1982-08-00	Clark Ashton Smith	Timescape / Pocket Books	0-671-83543-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	262	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	Rowena Morrill
Il destino di Antarion	1986-03-00	Clark Ashton Smith	Fanucci Editore (I Miti di Cthulhu #6)	88-347-0176-3	Lit 15,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	209	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.	coll	Boris Vallejo
Morthylla	1989-07-00	Clark Ashton Smith	Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #218-219)	2-7304-0531-3		249	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.	coll	Jean-Michel Nicollet
Los mundos perdidos y otros relatos	1991-00-00	Clark Ashton Smith	Edaf (Icaro/Ciencia Ficción #22)	84-7640-528-6		547	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.	coll	Frank Frazetta
New Horizons: Yesterday's Portraits of Tomorrow	1999-03-00	ed. August Derleth	Arkham House	0-87054-174-9	$24.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 299	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Stephen E. Fabian
A Vintage from Atlantis	2007-11-01	Clark Ashton Smith	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-030-3	$39.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 336	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jason Van Hollander
A Vintage from Atlantis	2007-11-01	Clark Ashton Smith	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-364-9	$8.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Jason Van Hollander
A Vintage from Atlantis	2013-10-22	Clark Ashton Smith	Audible Frontiers				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll	Jason Van Hollander
Das Labyrinth des Maal Dweb	2013-11-00	Clark Ashton Smith	Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2632)	978-3-86552-128-6	€28.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	411	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
A Vintage from Atlantis	2016-05-24	Clark Ashton Smith	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-851-4	$17.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 336	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.	coll	Jason Van Hollander
A Vintage from Atlantis	date unknown	Clark Ashton Smith	Audible Frontiers		$16.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll	Jason Van Hollander
A Vintage from Atlantis	date unknown	Clark Ashton Smith	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-851-4	$17.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 336	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.	coll	Jason Van Hollander

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Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years