Title: Junkyard Planet

Title: Junkyard Planet Title Record # 3043
Author: H. Beam Piper
Date: 1963-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Poictesme
Series Number: 1
Language: English

Note: Expanded from the 1958 novelette "Graveyard of Dreams"

Synopsis: The inhabitants of Poictesme are searching for the advanced military computer that's said to have been hidden there during the last war. Conn Maxwell, just returned from studying on Earth, has learned enough to be sure it never existed. Fortunately he has another plan to help his planet's failing economy.

User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), neutronium (1), computers (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles

Translations

Year	Title
1964	The Cosmic Computer
2010	The Cosmic Computer [as by Henry Beam Piper]

Year	Language	Title
1975^ⓘTranslated by Dolf Strasser.	German	Der verschollene Computer
1981^ⓘTranslated by Jürgen Saupe	German	Der kosmische Computer

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nominations Below Cutoff	1964 Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translations • Do not display variants or translations

Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Junkyard Planet	1963-00-00	H. Beam Piper	G. P. Putnam's Sons	63-7752	$3.75^?$: US dollar	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Herb Mott
The Cosmic Computer	1964-00-00	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	F-274	$0.40^?$: US dollar	190	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	Ed Valigursky
Der verschollene Computer	1975-09-00	H. Beam Piper	Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #100 (3167))	3-548-03167-6	DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	127	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	Gray Morrow
Der kosmische Computer	1981-01-00	H. Beam Piper	Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #335)	TTB335	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	160	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	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Cosmic Computer	1983-11-00	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	0-441-11759-7	$2.75^?$: US dollar	249	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	Michael Whelan
The Cosmic Computer	1984-11-00	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	0-441-11759-7	$2.75^?$: US dollar	249	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	Michael Whelan
The Cosmic Computer	2007-01-15	H. Beam Piper	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Michael Whelan
Junkyard Planet	2007-05-08	H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-0079-6	$12.95^?$: US dollar	166	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
Junkyard Planet	2007-05-14	H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-0085-7	$29.95^?$: US dollar	168	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Julio Rodriguez
The Cosmic Computer	2007-05-23	H. Beam Piper	Project Gutenberg	20727			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Essential H. Beam Piper Collection	2009-08-06	H. Beam Piper	unknown		$1.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Federation Series	2010-03-02	H. Beam Piper	Halcyon Press (Halcyon Classics)		$1.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
The Cosmic Computer	2010-09-29	Henry Beam Piper	IndoEuropeanPublishing	978-1-60444-318-9	$16.95^?$: US dollar	170	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
The Cosmic Computer	2011-02-01	H. Beam Piper	Audible Studios		$24.95^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
The Cosmic Computer	2011-02-07	Henry Beam Piper	Publishing in Motion	978-1-61279-054-1	$15.99^?$: US dollar	168	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
The Cosmic Computer	2011-10-11	H. Beam Piper	CreateSpace	978-1-4664-2235-3	$9.99^?$: US dollar	132	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
The H. Beam Piper Megapack	2013-03-07	H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4344-4694-7	$0.99^?$: US dollar	2544	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
The Cosmic Computer	2013-12-28	H. Beam Piper	Pequod Press	978-0-937912-62-1	$26.00^?$: US dollar	226	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Cosmic Computer	2014-07-09	H. Beam Piper	Spoken Realms		$24.95^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Victims of the Vortex / The Cosmic Computer	2015-06-00	uncredited	Armchair Fiction (Armchair Sci-Fi & Horror Double Novels #158)	978-1-61287-265-0 / D-158	$12.95^?$: US dollar	240	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	Robert Gibson Jones
Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection	2018-12-21	uncredited	Musaicum Books / OK Publishing	978-80-272-4813-1	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales	2018-12-21	uncredited	Musaicum Books		$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
The Cosmic Computer	2019-02-20	H. Beam Piper	Reading Essentials	978-1-77323-542-4	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Cosmic Computer	2019-08-15	H. Beam Piper	Bibliotech Press	978-1-61895-686-6	$19.95^?$: US dollar	150	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Cosmic Computer	2021-04-27	H. Beam Piper	FNH Audio		$7.63^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Junkyard Planet	2021-08-19	H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press	978-1-4794-6338-1	$24.99^?$: US dollar	166	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Cosmic Computer	date unknown	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	0-441-11757-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	249	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	Michael Whelan
The Cosmic Computer	date unknown	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	0-441-11756-2	$1.50^?$: US dollar	249	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	Michael Whelan

View all covers for Junkyard Planet (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)

Reviews

Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1963) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, September 1963