Title: The Ginger Star

Title: The Ginger Star Title Record # 4657
Author: Leigh Brackett
Date: 1974-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Skaith
Series Number: 1
Language: English

Note: The Sphere edition of the book says "A shorter version of this novel was serialised in the magazine Worlds of IF."

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Translations

Serializations

Translated Serializations

Year	Language	Title
1974	Italian	La stella amara
1976^ⓘTranslated by Mary Rosenthal.	French	Les voix de Skaith
1979^ⓘTranslated by Jürgen Saupe.	German	Der sterbende Stern
1987^ⓘTranslated by Mary Rosenthal	French	Le secret de Skaith
2014^ⓘTranslated by Mary Rosenthal, revised by Pierre-Paul Durastanti and Olivier Girard	French	L'étoile rousse

Year	Title
1974	The Ginger Star (part 1 of 2)
1974	The Ginger Star (part 2 of 2)

Year	Language	Title
1975	French	L'étoile rousse (Part 1 of 4)
1975	French	L'étoile rousse (Part 2 of 4)
1975	French	L'étoile rousse (Part 3 of 4)
1975	French	L'étoile rousse (Part 4 of 4)
1991^ⓘTranslated by Baranyi Gyula The Atlantisz magazin ceased after this issue, so only the first part of "A rőt csillag" was published.	Hungarian	A rőt csillag (Part 1 of ?)^?A rot csillag (Part 1 of ?) A rooet csillag (Part 1 of ?)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Worlds of If, January-February 1974	1974-01-00	ed. Ejler Jakobsson	UPD Publishing Corporation		$0.75^?$: US dollar	180	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	Rick Sternbach
Worlds of If, January-February 1974 [UK]	1974-01-00	ed. Ejler Jakobsson	Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.		£0.25^?£: UK pound	180	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	Rick Sternbach
Worlds of If, March-April 1974	1974-03-00	ed. James Baen	UPD Publishing Corporation		$0.75^?$: US dollar	180	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	Rick Sternbach
Worlds of If, March-April 1974 [UK]	1974-03-00	ed. James Baen	Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd.		£0.25^?£: UK pound	180	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	Rick Sternbach
The Ginger Star	1974-05-00	Leigh Brackett	Ballantine Books	0-345-23963-6	$1.25^?$: US dollar	186	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	Steranko
The Ginger Star	1974-05-00	Leigh Brackett	Ballantine Books	0-345-23963-6	C$1.25^?C$: Canadian dollar	186	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	Steranko
La stella amara	1974-06-00	Leigh Brackett	Libra Editrice (Slan. Il Meglio della Fantascienza #23)	23	Lit 3,500^?Lit: Italian lira	270	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Allison
Galaxie (2ème série), #128	1975-01-00	ed. Michel Demuth	OPTA		F5.00^?F: French frank	164	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	Michel Desimon
Galaxie (2ème série), #129	1975-02-00	ed. Michel Demuth	OPTA		F6.00^?F: French frank	164	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	Sergio Macedo
Galaxie (2ème série), #130	1975-03-00	ed. Michel Demuth	OPTA		F6.00^?F: French frank	164	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	Pierre Clément^?Pierre Clement
Galaxie (2ème série), #131	1975-04-00	ed. Michel Demuth	OPTA		F6.00^?F: French frank	164	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	Padraig Creston
The Ginger Star	1975-08-00	Leigh Brackett	Ballantine Books	0-345-24932-1	$1.50^?$: US dollar	186	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	Steranko
Les voix de Skaith	1976-00-00	Leigh Brackett	Librairie des Champs-Élysées^?Librairie des Champs-Elysees (Le Masque - Science Fiction #50)	2-7024-0563-0		250	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
The Ginger Star	1976-05-00	Leigh Brackett	Sphere	0-7221-1834-1	£0.60^?£: UK pound	192	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
The Book of Skaith: The Adventures of Eric John Stark	1976-10-00	Leigh Brackett	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	3047	$3.50^?$: US dollar	468	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Don Maitz
Der sterbende Stern	1979-11-13	Leigh Brackett	Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #320)	TTB320	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	161	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	David A. Hardy
The Ginger Star	1979-12-00	Leigh Brackett	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28514-X	$1.95^?$: US dollar	186	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	Boris Vallejo
The Ginger Star	1979-12-00	Leigh Brackett	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28514-X	C$2.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	[6]+ 186	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	Boris Vallejo
The Ginger Star	1982-10-00	Leigh Brackett	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28514-X	$1.95^?$: US dollar	186	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	Boris Vallejo
The Ginger Star	1984-10-00	Leigh Brackett	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31827-7	$2.50^?$: US dollar	186	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	Boris Vallejo
The Ginger Star	1985-08-00	Leigh Brackett	New English Library	0-450-05090-4	£1.95^?£: UK pound	186	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	Chris Achilleos
Le secret de Skaith	1987-09-02	Leigh Brackett	Albin Michel ( Épées et Dragons^?Epees et Dragons #3)	2-226-03029-8		248	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	Philippe Caza
Atlantisz fantasztikus magazin, January 1991	1991-01-00	ed. Baranyai Gyula	Móra Ferenc Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó^?Mora Ferenc Ifjusagi Konyvkiado		Ft 52^?Ft: Hungarian forint	52	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag	Vicente Segrelles
Skaith: Ciclo delle Avventure di Eric John Stark sul Pianeta Skaith	1999-10-00	Leigh Brackett	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #180)	88-429-1110-0	Lit 30,000^?Lit: Italian lira	xiv+ 626	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	Peter Jones
The Ginger Star	2008-02-00	Leigh Brackett	Baen Books		$4.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Doug Chaffee , Michael Young (artist)
The Eric John Stark Saga	2008-02-00	Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton	Baen Books		$20.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
The Ginger Star	2008-06-00	Leigh Brackett	Paizo Publishing (Planet Stories #10)	978-1-60125-084-1	$12.99^?$: US dollar	198	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	Andrew Hou
Stark et les rois des étoiles	2014-03-13	Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, Edmond Hamilton	Le Bélial'^?Le Belial'	978-2-84344-123-3	€26.00^?€: Euro	696	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	Élian Black'mor^?Elian Black'mor
The Ginger Star	2016-05-17	Leigh Brackett	Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio	978-1-5226-0476-1	$9.99^?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel
The Ginger Star	2020-02-07	Leigh Brackett	Phoenix Pick	978-1-61242-483-5	$9.99^?$: US dollar	176	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 Ginger Star	2020-02-07	Leigh Brackett	Phoenix Pick	978-1-64973-061-9	$24.99^?$: US dollar	176	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel

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Reviews

Review by L. David Allen (1975) in The Ballantine Teachers' Guide to Science Fiction , reprinted in:
The Ballantine Teachers' Guide to Science Fiction (1976)
The Ballantine Teachers' Guide to Science Fiction (1978)
Review by L. David Allen (1975) in The Ballantine Teachers' Guide to Science Fiction, (1978)
Review [French] by George W. Barlow (1977) in Fiction, #278
Review by Fred Patten [as by Frederick Patten] (1977) in Delap's F & SF Review, May 1977
Review [German] by Michael Nagula (1980) in Orion, #103: Bewohner des Hades
Review [German] by Hermann Urbanek [as by H. Urbanek] (1980) in Der Diktator von Tittakat
Review by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt (2008) in Ray Gun Revival, December 2008