Title: Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids

Title: Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids Title Record # 9565
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1953-00-00
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Series: Lucky Starr
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: From the front flap of the Gregg Press edition: "Suddenly after 25 years of peace, space pirates are active again, preying on helpless trading ships from earth and their hideouts among the countless small worlds in the asteroid belt. In an attempt to smoke out the space pirates from their unknown base, the Council of Science decides to send out a decoy trading ship, manned only with mechanical instruments for acquiring information and designed to explode when it is taken to the pirates' base. But Lucky Starr, space ranger and member extraordinary of the Council, is unwilling to trust science entirely and stows away to view the situation with his own eyes. He is determined to prove that the arch-rival Sirians are behind the pirate menace, trying to provoke reprisals against the asteroids by Earth that will lead to war. In the course of his adventures, Lucky endures an attempt to kill him by leaving him adrift in space, and attack by the pirates on an Earth outpost, and a dangerous high speed chase to catch the pirate leader that takes him almost into the sun itself!"

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Translations

Year	Title
1953	Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids [as by Paul French]
1972	Pirates of the Asteroids

Year	Language	Title
1954^ⓘTranslated by Henri Pacquet	French	La bataille des astres [as by Paul French]
1956^ⓘTranslated by Mário-Henrique Leiria	Portuguese	Os corsários do espaço [as by Paul French]
1963^ⓘTranslated by Heinz Zwack	German	Flug durch die Sonne [as by Paul French]
1974^ⓘTranslated by Günter Riedmeier	German	Flug durch die Sonne
1978^ⓘTranslated by Annelies van Dijk	Dutch	Piraten van de asteroïden
1981^ⓘTranslated by Jens Rösner	German	Lucky Starr im Asteroidengürtel^?Lucky Starr im Asteroidenguertel
1988^ⓘTranslated by Giuseppe Lippi	Italian	Lucky Starr e i pirati degli asteroidi
1992^ⓘTranslated by Kiss Marianne	Hungarian	Az aszteroidák kalózai
1998^ⓘTranslated by Virgiliu Păstoreanu	Romanian	Capcana

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	1953-00-00	Paul French	Doubleday		$2.50^?$: US dollar	188	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Richard Powers
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	1953-00-00	Paul French	World's Work (The Master Science Fiction Series #7)		7/6^?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).	175	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
La bataille des astres	1954-00-00	Paul French	Presses de la Cité^?Presses de la Cite			187	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Os corsários do espaço	1956-00-00	Paul French	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #36)			169	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	Lima de Freitas
Flug durch die Sonne	1963-04-12	Paul French	Moewig (Terra #279)	279	DM 0.70^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	58	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".	novel	Johnny Bruck
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	1971-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Signet / New American Library of Canada	T4850	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	144	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	Bob Pepper
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	1971-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Signet / New American Library	T4850	$0.75^?$: US dollar	144	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	Bob Pepper
The Astronomical Adventures of Space Ranger Starr, Agent of the Council of Space	1972-01-01	Isaac Asimov	Signet / New American Library		$4.50^?$: US dollar	144+ 144+ 142+ 143+ 142+ 144	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	Bob Pepper
An Isaac Asimov Double: Space Ranger and Pirates of the Asteroids	1972-09-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-01313-8	£2.50^?£: UK pound	286	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Bruce Pennington
Pirates of the Asteroids	1973-08-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-01549-1	£0.30^?£: UK pound	144	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	Bruce Pennington
Pirates of the Asteroids	1974-03-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-02028-2	£0.35^?£: UK pound	144	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	Bruce Pennington
Flug durch die Sonne	1974-07-16	Isaac Asimov	Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #242)	TTB242	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	143	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	Dean Ellis
Pirates of the Asteroids	1975-03-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-02028-2	£0.35^?£: UK pound	144	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	Bruce Pennington
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	1978-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23421-5	$1.50^?$: US dollar	175	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 Berkey
Piraten van de asteroïden	1978-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Born (Nova SF #8)	90-283-0558-0	ƒ10.90	160	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	Peter A. Jones
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	1978-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Gregg Press	0-8398-2487-4	$7.95^?$: US dollar	188	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Wayne Barlowe
Pirates of the Asteroids	1980-06-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-04695-8	£0.90^?£: UK pound	144	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
Lucky Starr im Asteroidengürtel	1981-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Action^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Action #21141)	3-404-21141-3	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	189	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 Foss
Pirates of the Asteroids	1983-09-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-01549-1	£1.50^?£: UK pound	144	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
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	1984-05-00	Paul French	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31562-6	$1.95^?$: US dollar	175	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 B. Mattingly
The Adventures of Lucky Starr	1985-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	04552		viii+ 340	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Steve Ferris
Lucky Starr e i pirati degli asteroidi	1988-04-11	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Oscar #2022)	88-04-30803-6	Lit 6,000^?Lit: Italian lira	148	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
Pirates of the Asteroids	1988-06-00	Isaac Asimov	Lightning	0-340-42609-8	£1.95^?£: UK pound	144	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
Az aszteroidák kalózai	1992-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Cédrus Kiadó^?Cedrus Kiado	963-7429-15-8	Ft 179^?Ft: Hungarian forint	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	Szabó Árpád^?Szabo Arpad
David Starr, Space Ranger & Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	1993-04-00	Paul French	Bantam Spectra	0-553-29166-1	$4.99^?$: US dollar	309	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	Romas
Rătăcitor în spațiu^?Ratacitor în spatiu	1998-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Lucman (Lucman SF #1)	973-98707-0-x		256	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
Lucky Starr	1998-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction #23200)	3-404-23200-3	DM 15.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	964	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	Luis Royo
Lucky Starr	1998-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction #23200)	3-404-23200-3	DM 15.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	964	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	Luis Royo
The Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr	2001-08-00	Isaac Asimov	Science Fiction Book Club	0-7394-1941-2 / 38475	$14.98^?$: US dollar	[9]+ 701	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Matt Stawicki
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23421-5	$1.50^?$: US dollar	175	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 Berkey
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Signet	T4850	$0.75^?$: US dollar	144	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	Bob Pepper
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	date unknown	Paul French	Signet / New American Library	Q7047	$0.95^?$: US dollar	144	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	Bob Pepper

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Reviews

Review by Groff Conklin (1954) in Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1954
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1954) in Astounding Science Fiction, November 1954
Review [Dutch] by Annemarie van Ewijck [as by Annemarie Kindt] (1978) in Holland-SF 1978, #4
Review by Mary S. Weinkauf (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, October 1979 , reprinted in:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Review by Andy Sawyer (1988) in Paperback Inferno, #74