Title: The Houses of Iszm
Title Record # 12137
Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1954-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Nopalgarth
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1954-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Nopalgarth
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Originally published in 1954 in Startling Stories, it was published in 1964 as part of an Ace Double, backed with Son of the Tree, also by Vance.
The story published in Startling Stories is about 22,000 words while the version that appears in the Ace Double is less than novel length at about 30,000 words.
Synopsis: In this short novel, the planet Iszm holds a monopoly on supplying the other worlds of the galaxy with houses that are actually living, growing plants, grown and adapted to fit the needs of their owners by the master Iszic botanists, and Farr Sainh must somehow steal a female house-seed and sneak it off the planet to break this highly lucrative monopoly of living quarters.
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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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| Startling Stories, Spring 1954 | 1954-04-00 | ed. Samuel Mines | Better Publications, Inc.; Kokomo, IN | $0.25?$: US dollar |
132 | pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75 |
mag | Alex Schomburg |  |
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| Son of the Tree / The Houses of Iszm | 1964-00-00 | Jack Vance | Ace Books (Ace Double #F-265) | F-265 | $0.40?$: US dollar |
111+ 112 |
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books. |
coll | Jack Gaughan , Jack Gaughan | |
| Urania #385 | 1965-05-23 | ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini | Mondadori | 385 | Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira |
152 | 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 | |
| Son of the Tree / The Houses of Iszm | 1971-12-00 | Jack Vance | Ace Books (Ace Double #77525) | 77525 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
130+ 125 |
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books. |
coll | Dean Ellis , Josh Kirby | |
| Les maisons d'Iszm | 1973-02-13 | Jack Vance | Albin Michel (Albin Michel - Science-Fiction #14) | 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. |
chap | ||||
| The Houses of Iszm | 1974-11-00 | Jack Vance | Mayflower | 0-583-12308-2 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
126 | 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. |
chap | |
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| De huizen van Iszm & De vijf gouden banden | 1976-00-00 | Jack Vance | Meulenhoff (M=SF #104) | 90-290-0722-2 | 243 | 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 | Chris Foss | |
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| Die lebenden Häuser | 1977-01-18 | Jack Vance | Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra #283) | TA283 | DM 1.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
63 | 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". |
chap | Eddie Jones | |
| Nopalgarth | 1980-09-00 | Jack Vance | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #402) | 0-87997-563-6 / UE1563 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
272 | 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 | Gino D'Achille | |
| Nopalgarth | 1980-09-00 | Jack Vance | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-563-6 | C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
272 | 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 | Gino D'Achille | |
| The Houses of Iszm | 1983-06-00 | Jack Vance | Underwood-Miller | 0-934438-78-1 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
127 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Chris Miller (Illustrator) | |
| The Houses of Iszm | 1983-06-00 | Jack Vance | Underwood-Miller | 0-934438-77-3 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
127 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Chris Miller (Illustrator) | |
| Le case di Iszm | 1985-01-00 | Jack Vance | Mondadori (Classici Urania #94) | 25649-5 | Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira |
3+ 134 |
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. |
chap | Anna Montecroci | |
| Les maisons d'Iszm | 1985-11-08 | Jack Vance | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5215) | 2-266-01615-6 | 157 | 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. |
chap | W. Siudmak | ||
| Drachenbrut | 1986-10-00 | Jack Vance | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24087) |
3-404-24087-1 | DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
431 | 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 | Tim White | |
| Emphyrio / De huizen van Iszm / De zoon van de boom | 1988-10-00 | Jack Vance | Meulenhoff (M=SF #260) | 90-290-4377-6 | 462 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Carl Lundgren | |
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| De huizen van Iszm | 1998-03-00 | Jack Vance | Meulenhoff (*M) | 90-290-5704-1 | 158 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Peter A. Jones | |
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| Drachenbrut | 1999-05-00 | Jack Vance | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction #23212) |
3-404-23212-7 | DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
473 | 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 | Romas Kukalis | |
| Pianeti per tutti | 2001-07-00 | Giuseppe Lippi | Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #31) | Lit 9,900?Lit: Italian lira |
380 | 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 | Pierluigi Longo | ||
| Drachenbrut | 2004-00-00 | Jack Vance | Weltbild | 3-8289-7668-9 | 472 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories | 2005-00-00 | Jack Vance | Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #8) | 0-9712375-1-4 |
[viii]+ 348 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories | 2011-09-29 | Jack Vance | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-10991-9 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| The Houses of Iszm | 2012-05-18 | Jack Vance | Spatterlight Press (Vance Digital Edition #12) | 978-1-61947-011-8 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
chap | Howard Kistler | ||
| Le dernier château et autres crimes | 2013-03-00 | Jack Vance | Le Bélial'?Le Belial' |
978-2-84344-117-2 | €21.00?€: Euro |
369 | 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 | Nicolas Fructus | |
| Grand Crusades: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Five | 2015-03-12 | Jack Vance | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-736-3 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | Tom Kidd | ||
| Grand Crusades: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Five | 2015-03-31 | Jack Vance | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-710-3 | $45.00?$: US dollar |
471 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Tom Kidd | |
| Le dernier château et autres crimes | 2016-03-10 | Jack Vance | Gallimard (Folio SF #542) | 978-2-07-045591-1 | €8.90?€: Euro |
512 | 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 | Johann Goudart | |
| Son of the Tree & The Houses of Iszm | 2017-10-01 | Jack Vance | Spatterlight Press (Signature Series #8) | 978-1-61947-131-3 | $13.99?$: US dollar |
196 | 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 | ||
| De zoon van de boom & De huizen van Iszm | 2018-09-06 | Jack Vance | Spatterlight Press (Het verzameld werk van Jack Vance #8) | 978-1-61947-238-9 | €14.99?€: Euro |
210 | 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 | Howard Kistler | |
| Nouvelles - tome 1: 1945-1954 | 2019-02-28 | Jack Vance | Le Bélial'?Le Belial' (Kvasar #13) |
978-2-84344-945-1 | €34.00?€: Euro |
1053 | 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 | Guillaume Sorel | |
| De zoon van de boom & De huizen van Iszm | 2019-09-24 | Jack Vance | Spatterlight Press (Het verzameld werk van Jack Vance #8) | 978-1-61947-177-1 | €4.99?€: Euro |
210 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Howard Kistler | |
| The Houses of Iszm | date unknown | Jack Vance | Mayflower | 0-583-12308-2 | £0.65?£: UK pound |
126 | 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. |
chap | |
Reviews
- Review [French] by Eric Sanvoisin (1986) in Fiction, #372