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Title: The Lonely Planet Title Record # 44446
Author: Murray Leinster
Date: 1949-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1954 The Lonely Planet [as by M. Leinster]
Year Language Title
1958Translated by Franz Josef Jacobi
German Der einsame Planet
1972Translated by М. Брухнова (Марат Акимович Брухнов) (Marat Akimovich Bruhnov)
Russian [as by
Мюррей Лейнстер?Myurrey Leynster
Murray Leinster
]
1972Translated by an uncredited hand (but the translation is different from Hundertmarck's)
German Der einsame Planet
1980Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck
German Der einsame Planet
1990Translated by Giampaolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli
Italian Il Pianeta solitario
2014Translated by Julian Stawiński
Polish Samotna planeta

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1949 1949-12-00 ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. Standard Magazines, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
164
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Earle Bergey Checkmark
Beyond the End of Time 1952-01-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Permabooks P145
$0.35?$: US dollar
407
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.
anth Checkmark
American Science Fiction, #23 1954-03-00 ed. uncredited Malian Press  
A -/9?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).
34
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
mag Stanley Pitt  
Utopia-Science-Fiction-Magazin, #18 1958-11-17 ed. Bert Koeppen Pabel USFM18
DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
96
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 Ed Valigursky Checkmark
Monsters and Such 1959-00-00 Murray Leinster Avon T-345
$0.35?$: US dollar
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.
coll Victor Kalin Checkmark
Monstren und andere Zeitgenossen 1972-03-03 Murray Leinster Moewig (Terra Astra #29) TA029
DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
66
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".
coll Eddie Jones Checkmark
The Best of Murray Leinster 1978-04-00 Murray Leinster Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-25800-2
$1.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
368
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.
coll H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
The Best of Murray Leinster 1978-04-00 Murray Leinster Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-25800-2
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
xvi+
368
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.
coll H. R. Van Dongen Checkmark
Die besten Stories von Murray Leinster 1980-05-00 Murray Leinster Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6704) 3-8118-6704-0
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
398
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.
coll Bob Layzell Checkmark
Lo strano caso di John Kingman 1990-09-00 Murray Leinster Mondadori (Classici Urania #162)  
Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira
380
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.
coll Oscar Chichoni Checkmark
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster 1998-08-00 Murray Leinster NESFA Press 0-915368-67-6
$25.00?$: US dollar
464
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Hannibal King Checkmark
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster 1999-02-00 Murray Leinster NESFA Press / SFBC 02544
$12.50?$: US dollar
464
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Hannibal King  
2006-02-00
Мюррей Лейнстер?Myurrey Leynster
Murray Leinster
() 5-699-15625-9   1024
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Samotna planeta 2014-00-00 Murray Leinster Solaris (Poland) (Galaktyka Gutenberga) 978-83-7590-168-9
zł 32.99?zł: Polish zloty
320
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.
coll Maciej Garbacz  
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster 2020-03-10 Murray Leinster Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-2737-8
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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