Title: Naked to the Stars
Title Record # 3745
Author: Gordon R. Dickson
Date: 1961-12-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Gordon R. Dickson
Date: 1961-12-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note: According to the copyright page of the first (1961-12-00 Pyramid) edition, "A shorter version of this book appeared in ''Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' for October and November 1961."
Synopsis: The subject of the cosmic soldier has become a matter of concern for the science fiction reader. With the award-winning success of The Forever War, and with the great classic novels of Gordon R. Dickson's genetically bred mercenaries, the Dorsai, it is clear that the role of a fighter in a universe of expanding technology and competing alien intelligences is on science fiction's orders of the day.
Gordon R. Dickson has been the master of that field, and his novel, Naked to the Stars, is one of his masterpieces. Long out of print, it is the story of a star soldier who, during a battle against a non-human foe on a far planet, somehow lost sixteen hours from his memory. Discharged for the potential danger those lost hours might have programmed, Cal Truant made it his fixation to uncover the mystery buried in his mind - to find out what had happened in those missing hours - and block the peril it might present to his fellow troopers, to his war command, and to the planet for which they fought - Earth.
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Awards
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Honorable Mentions | 1962 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 |
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1961 | 1961-10-00 | ed. Robert P. Mills | Mercury Press, Inc. | $0.40?$: US dollar |
132 | 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 | Chesley Bonestell | ||
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1961 | 1961-11-00 | ed. Robert P. Mills | Mercury Press, Inc. | $0.40?$: US dollar |
132 | 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 | Emsh | ||
Naked to the Stars | 1961-12-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Pyramid Books | F-682 | $0.40?$: US dollar |
159 | 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 Emshwiller | |
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], February 1962 | 1962-02-00 | ed. uncredited | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | 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). |
132 | 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 | |||
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], March 1962 | 1962-03-00 | ed. uncredited | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | 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). |
132 | 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 | Emsh | ||
Urania #326 | 1964-01-26 | ed. Carlo Fruttero | Mondadori | 326 | Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira |
144 | 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 | |
Gewalt zwischen den Sternen | 1966-00-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Winther (Germany) (Winther Science Fiction #2002) | 2002 | DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
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 | |
Naked to the Stars | 1970-08-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Lancer Books | 74667 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
173 | 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 | ||
Naked to the Stars | 1970-08-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Lancer Books | 74667 | C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar |
173 | 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 | ||
Urania #662 | 1975-01-19 | ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini | Mondadori | 662 | Lit 400?Lit: Italian lira |
132 | 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 | |
Naked to the Stars | 1977-01-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #227) | 0-87997-278-5 / UW1278 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
159 | 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 | Paul Lehr | |
Naked to the Stars | 1977-01-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-87997-278-5 / UW1278 | C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
159 | 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 | Paul Lehr | |
Naked to the Stars | 1978-01-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | DAW Books | 0-87997-278-5 / UW1278 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
159 | 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 | Paul Lehr | |
Naked to the Stars | 1978-03-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Sphere Books | 0-7221-2968-8 | £0.75?£: UK pound |
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 | Peter Elson | |
Naked to the Stars | 1980-06-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Ace Books | 0-441-56010-5 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
182 | 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 | Enric | |
Naked to the Stars | 1982-02-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Ace Books | 0-441-56011-3 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
182 | 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 | Enric | |
La missione del tenente Truant | 1982-02-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Mondadori (Classici Urania #59) | 21059-1 | Lit 2,000?Lit: Italian lira |
142 | 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 | |
Naked to the Stars / The Alien Way | 1991-04-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Tor (Tor Double #31) | 0-812-50396-1 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
282 | 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 | Brian Waugh | |
Batalha no cosmos | 1996-00-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #471) | 972-38-1549-4 | 185 | 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 | A. Pedro | ||
Naked to the Stars | 2003-09-00 | Gordon R. Dickson | Thorndike Press | 0-7862-5736-9 | $28.95?$: US dollar |
245 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Christopher Wait | |
Naked to the Stars | 2011-09-29 | Gordon R. Dickson | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11225-4 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Naked to the Stars | 2013-12-18 | Gordon R. Dickson | Start Science Fiction | 978-1-62793-468-8 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, June 1962
- Review by John Carnell (1962) in Science Fantasy, August 1962
- Review by Floyd C. Gale (1962) in Galaxy Magazine, December 1962
- Review by Charles N. Brown [as by Charlie Brown] (1970) in Locus, #64 September 30, 1970
- Review by Ben Ostrander (1977) in The Space Gamer, February-March, 1977
- Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1978) in Paperback Parlour, June 1978
- Review by James Van Hise (1994) in Expanse, Winter 1994