Title: The Iron Thorn
Title Record # 684809
Author: Algis Budrys
Date: 1967-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Algis Budrys
Date: 1967-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: A small isolated colony of humans survives in a restricted area of a planet with the help of a technological artifact, having forgotten everything about its origin, and all of human history. A boy seeking initiation into the ruling caste by passing the test of hunting one of the alien creatures who live outside the area habitable by humans discovers that there are many secrets being hidden from the colony by its leaders, and resolves to find out the truth.
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Current Tags: hostile aliens (1), interplanetary travel (1), forgotten human colony (1), sentient spaceship (1), artificial intelligence (1), genetic engineering (1), mars (1), idyllic earth (1), planetary sentient technology (1), castes (1), initiation rite (1), secret knowledge (1) Add Tags
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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 Amsirs and the Iron Thorn | 1967-00-00 | Algis Budrys | Fawcett Gold Medal | d1852 | $0.50?$: 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 | Frank Frazetta |  |
| If, January 1967 | 1967-01-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.50?$: US dollar |
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 | Morrow | |
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| If, February 1967 | 1967-02-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.50?$: US dollar |
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 | Wenzel | |
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| If, March 1967 | 1967-03-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.50?$: US dollar |
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 | McKenna | |
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| If, April 1967 | 1967-04-00 | ed. Frederik Pohl | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.50?$: US dollar |
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 | Morrow | |
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| The Iron Thorn | 1968-02-00 | Algis Budrys | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2)) | 21/-?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). |
189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| The Iron Thorn | 1969-00-00 | Algis Budrys | Coronet Books | 0-340-04399-7 | £0.20?£: UK pound |
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 | |
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| Terugkeer in de toekomst | 1969-00-00 | Algis Budrys | Born (Born SF #12) | 12 | ƒ3.15 | 181 | 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 | Lemaire | |
| The Iron Thorn | 1969-02-00 | Algis Budrys | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 142 | 189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Terry James | ||
| Galaxie (2ème série), #67 | 1969-12-00 |
ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux |
OPTA | F3.00?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), #68 | 1970-01-00 | ed. Michel Demuth | OPTA | F3.00?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 | Ed Emshwiller | |
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| Galaxie (2ème série), #69 | 1970-02-00 | ed. Michel Demuth | OPTA | F3.00?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 | Gilles Rimbault | |
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| Das verlorene Raumschiff | 1972-07-00 | Algis Budrys | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3301) | 3301 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
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 | Atelier Frank & Zaugg | |
| The Iron Thorn | 1980-00-00 | Algis Budrys | Fontana | 0-00-615410-7 | £0.90?£: 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 Jones | |
| Das verlorene Raumschiff | 1984-01-00 | Algis Budrys | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3979) | 3-453-31006-3 | DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
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 | |
| The Iron Thorn | 2011-09-00 | Algis Budrys | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-10839-4 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Iron Thorn / Michaelmas / Hard Landing | 2014-01-00 | Algis Budrys | Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-0-575-10833-2 | £18.99?£: UK pound |
xii+ 379+ [4] |
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 | Guy Worley | |
| The Iron Thorn / Michaelmas / Hard Landing | 2014-01-00 | Algis Budrys | Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-1-4732-0193-4 | £9.49?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni |
Reviews
- Review by Algis Budrys (1968) in Galaxy Magazine, February 1968
- Review by Judith Merril (1968) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1968
- Review by Leroy Tanner (1968) in Amazing Stories, July 1968
- Review by Jack Marsh (1968) in Vector 50
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1968) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, October 1968
- Review by Keith Plunkett (1980) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 3, Number 6