Title: Orphans of the Sky

Title: Orphans of the Sky Title Record # 17694
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Date: 1963-12-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Future History
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: This novel was first published in "Astounding Science Fiction" in 1941 as two separate novelettes: "Universe" and its sequel "Common Sense". "Universe" was reprinted by itself in book form in 1951. The two were combined to form "Orphans of the Sky" in 1963.

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Translated Serializations

Year	Language	Title
1959^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand, no translator stated	German	Die lange Reise
1967^ⓘTranslated by Jasper Koudewater	Dutch	Verdwaald tussen sterren
1967^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Die lange Reise
1969^ⓘTranslated by Frank Straschitz.	French	Les orphelins du ciel
1975^ⓘTranslated by Lore Straßl.	German	Die lange Reise
1977^ⓘTranslated by Antonangelo Pinna	Italian	Universo
1980^ⓘTranslated by Jaime Martijn	Dutch	Verdwaald tussen sterren
1995^ⓘTranslated by Lapo Gichieri	Italian	Orfani del cielo

Year	Language	Title
1965^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand and Antonangelo Pinna Translated by an uncredited translator (first part) and Antonangelo Pinna	Italian	Universo (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Orphans of the Sky	1963-12-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))		13/6^?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).	160	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Orphans of the Sky	1964-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	G. P. Putnam's Sons		$3.50^?$: US dollar	187	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Irv Docktor
Orphans of the Sky	1964-05-00	Robert A. Heinlein	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	85	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).	160	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	John Griffiths
Orphans of the Sky	1964-05-00	Robert A. Heinlein	G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC		$1.20^?$: US dollar	187	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Irv Docktor
Orphans of the Sky	1965-04-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	D2618	$0.50^?$: US dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	1965-04-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library of Canada	D2618	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	1965-06-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Mayflower-Dell	6705	2/6^?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).	111	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
Orphans of the Sky	1967-12-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	P3344	$0.60^?$: US dollar	128	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	Sidney Kramer
Orphans of the Sky	1967-12-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library of Canada	P3344	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	128	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	Sidney Kramer
Orphans of the Sky	1969-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Mayflower	11580X	4/-^?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).	111	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
Orphans of the Sky	1970-04-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library of Canada	P3344	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	128	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	Gene Szafran
Orphans of the Sky	1970-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01908-X	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	1970-11-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01908-X / S1908	$0.75^?$: US dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	1971-06-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))	0-575-00160-7		160	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Orphans of the Sky	1975-05-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Panther	0-586-04204-0	£0.40^?£: UK pound	111	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
Orphans of the Sky	1977-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Panther	0-586-04204-0	£1.50^?£: UK pound	111	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
Orphans of the Sky	1977-02-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Panther	0-586-04204-0	£0.50^?£: UK pound	143	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
Orphans of the Sky	1980-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Books	0-425-04867-5	$2.25^?$: US dollar	128	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	Carl Lundgren
Orphans of the Sky	1985-01-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Books	0-425-08225-3	$2.75^?$: US dollar	128	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	Carl Lundgren
Orphans of the Sky	1987-01-00	Robert A. Heinlein	New English Library	0-586-04204-0	£2.50^?£: UK pound	143	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
Orphans of the Sky	1987-03-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Ace Books	0-441-63913-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar	128	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	Carl Lundgren
Orphans of the Sky	1989-08-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Ace Books	0-441-63913-5	$3.50^?$: US dollar	150	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
Orphans of the Sky	1992-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Ace Books	0-441-63913-5	$4.99^?$: US dollar	150	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	James Warhola
Orphans of the Sky	2001-01-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Stealth Press	1-58881-007-0	$21.95^?$: US dollar	153	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Orphans of the Sky	2001-04-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions)	0-575-07237-7	£9.99^?£: UK pound	187	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
Orphans of the Sky	2001-12-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Baen Books	0-671-31845-4	$6.99^?$: US dollar	209	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	Patrick Turner
Orphans of the Sky	2009-00-00	Robert A. Heinlein	Audible Frontiers				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Orphans of the Sky	2011-01-24	Robert A. Heinlein	Spectrum Literary Agency		$4.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky	2013-08-20	Robert A. Heinlein	Baen Books		$6.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Bob Eggleton
The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky	2013-09-03	Robert A. Heinlein	Baen Books	978-1-4516-3922-3	$13.00^?$: US dollar	384	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	Bob Eggleton
The Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky	2014-11-25	Robert A. Heinlein	Baen Books	978-1-4767-3705-8	$7.99^?$: US dollar	525	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	Bob Eggleton
Orphans of the Sky	2014-12-22	Robert A. Heinlein	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11320-6	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01908-X	$0.75^?$: US dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	N2823	$0.95^?$: US dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03217-5	$1.25^?$: US dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03786-X	$1.50^?$: US dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Ace Books	0-441-63913-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar	128	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	Carl Lundgren
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	N2823	$0.95^?$: US dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03217-5	$1.25^?$: US dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	P3344	$0.60^?$: US dollar	128	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	Gene Szafran
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Berkley Medallion	0-425-04410-6	$1.75^?$: US dollar	128	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
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	P3344	$0.60^?$: US dollar	128	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	Sidney Kramer
Orphans of the Sky	date unknown	Robert A. Heinlein	Signet / New American Library	P3344	$0.60^?$: US dollar	128	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	Sidney Kramer

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Reviews

Review by Leslie Flood (1963) in New Worlds Science Fiction, May
Review by Robert Silverberg (1964) in Amazing Stories, September 1964
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1964) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, September 1964
Review by Avram Davidson (1964) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1964
Review by Ken Lake (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #65
Review [Italian] by Silvano Barbesti (1997) in Urania #1301
Review by uncredited (2001) in Vector 218
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006) , reprinted in:
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
Review by Nick Kanas (2015) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2015