Title: A Spaceship for the King Title Record # 1668
Author: Jerry Pournelle
Date: 1973-02-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: CoDominium Universe
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Other Titles

Variant Titles	Translations	Serializations
Year Title 1981ⓘA revision of the 1973 novel A Spaceship for the King. King David's Spaceship	Year Language Title 1974ⓘTranslated by Lore Straßl; the publications of this translation use a likely abridged version German Ein Raumschiff für den König?Ein Raumschiff für den Koenig 1983ⓘTranslated by Barbara Heidkamp German König Davids Raumschiff	Year Title 1971 A Spaceship for the King (Part 1 of 3) 1972 A Spaceship for the King (Part 2 of 3) 1972 A Spaceship for the King (Part 3 of 3)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
14	1982 Locus	Best SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
A Spaceship for the King	1973-02-00	Jerry Pournelle	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #42)	0-87997-042-1 / UQ1042	$0.95?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Kelly Freas
A Spaceship for the King	1973-02-00	Jerry Pournelle	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	UQ1042	C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar	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.	novel	Kelly Freas

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Reviews

• Review by David G. Hartwell [as by Dave Hartwell] (1973) in Locus, #138 April 6, 1973
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1974) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1974
• Review by Scratch Bacharach (1974) in Luna Monthly, #54, September 1974
• Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1981) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1981 , reprinted in:
•     Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, May 1981 (1981)
• Review by Spider Robinson (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 17, 1981
• Review by Tom Staicar (1982) in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1982
• Review by Martyn Taylor (1982) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 5, Number 4