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Title: The Planet Buyer Title Record # 1382
Author: Cordwainer Smith
Date: 1964-10-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Rod McBan
Language: English
Note: Expansion of "The Boy who Bought Old Earth". Later incorporated into Norstrilia.
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Other Titles

Translations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1971Translated by Leilah Landin
Portuguese O homem que comprou o planeta
1974Translated by Simone Hilling.
French L'homme qui acheta la Terre
1978Translated by Gunnar Gällmo
Swedish
Planetköparen?Planetkoeparen
1979Translated by Gabriele Tamburini
Italian L'uomo che comprò la Terra
1979Translated by Thomas Ziegler
German
Der Planetenkäufer?Der Planetenkaeufer
1980Translated by Simone Hilling
French
L'homme qui avait acheté la Terre?L'homme qui avait achete la Terre
1989Translated by Marco Pinna
Italian Norstrilia
1993Translated by Carlos Gardini
Spanish Norstrilia (1ª parte)
Year Language Title
1971Translated by Gabriele Tamburini
Italian L'uomo che comprò la Terra (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
3 1965 Hugo Best Novel

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Planet Buyer 1964-10-00 Cordwainer Smith Pyramid Books R-1084
$0.50?$: US dollar
156
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 John Schoenherr Checkmark
The Planet Buyer 1969-00-00 Cordwainer Smith Pyramid Books X-2049
$0.60?$: US dollar
156
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 Bramley Checkmark
O homem que comprou o planeta 1971-00-00 Cordwainer Smith Editorial Bruguera (Ficção Científica (Bruguera) #24)     192
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  
Galassia #135 1971-02-01 ed. Vittorio Curtoni, Gianni Montanari Casa Editrice La Tribuna 135
Lit 350?Lit: Italian lira
176
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 Rodolfo Viola  
Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité: Tome 1 1974-07-04 Cordwainer Smith OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #50) 2-7201-0002-1   391
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Planet Buyer 1975-02-00 Cordwainer Smith Sphere Books 0-7221-7942-1
£0.40?£: UK pound
156
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Planet Buyer 1975-11-00 Cordwainer Smith Pyramid Books 0-515-03969-1
$1.25?$: US dollar
156
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 Bramley Checkmark
The Planet Buyer 1975-11-00 Cordwainer Smith Pyramid Books 0-515-03969-1 / V3969
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
156
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 Bramley Checkmark
Planetköparen?Planetkoeparen
1978-00-00 Cordwainer Smith Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #83) 91-7228-180-4   160
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 Checkmark
L'uomo che comprò la Terra 1979-05-11 Cordwainer Smith Mondadori (Oscar #968) 16600-9
Lit 2,000?Lit: Italian lira
174
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 Karel Thole  
Der Planetenkäufer 1979-12-00 Cordwainer Smith Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5720) 3-426-05720-4
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
144
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 Don Brautigam Checkmark
Les seigneurs de l'instrumentalité Tome 1 1980-00-00 Cordwainer Smith Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7056) 2-253-02435-X   378
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
Gérard Ruffin?Gerard Ruffin
Checkmark
Der Planetenkäufer 1980-07-00 Cordwainer Smith Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5720) 3-426-05720-4
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
144
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 Don Brautigam Checkmark
L'homme qui acheta la Terre 1987-09-00 Cordwainer Smith Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5268) 2-266-02041-2   222
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 W. Siudmak  
Norstrilia 1989-04-00 Cordwainer Smith Mondadori (Classici Urania #145)  
Lit 5,000?Lit: Italian lira
222
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 Oscar Chichoni  
L'homme qui acheta la Terre 1989-12-00 Cordwainer Smith Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5268) 2-266-02719-0   222
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 W. Siudmak  
L'homme qui acheta la Terre 1993-02-00 Cordwainer Smith Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5268) 2-266-02719-0   222
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 W. Siudmak Checkmark
Los señores de la instrumentalidad III: Norstrilia 1993-11-00 Cordwainer Smith Ediciones B (Nova #37) 84-406-3736-5   349
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 Oscar Chichoni  
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