Title: Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury

Title: Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury Title Record # 9567
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Series: Lucky Starr
Series Number: 4
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: From the front flap of the Gregg Press edition: "When Lucky Starr and his cocky little pal Bigman arrive on Mercury, they are under orders from the Council of Science to put a stop to sabotage that is threatening Project Light. But they step into a tangle of mysteries that appears to have no possible solution. Is the sabotage being done by Sirians - humans from the warlike planet of Sirius, who are known to want Earth's resources? Or by Dr. Scott Mindes, head of Project Light, for his own twisted reasons? And what part does Jonathan Urteil, roving investigator for an unscrupulous senator, play in the intrigue on Mercury? Lucky and Bigman must face a variety of deadly enemies - a mad robot, tentacles of living rock - before they find the shocking answers to their questions."

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Translations

Year	Title
1956	Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury [as by Paul French]
1972	The Big Sun of Mercury

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by María Luisa Masó	Spanish	Lucky Starr y el Gran Sol de Mercurio
1958^ⓘTranslated by Saga Gripenberg and Claës Gripenberg	Swedish	Lucky Starr på Merkurius [as by Paul French]
1963^ⓘTranslated by Heinz Zwack	German	Im Licht der Merkur-Sonne [as by Paul French]
1972	Portuguese	O Grande Sol de Mercúrio
1974^ⓘTranslated by Günter Riedmeier	German	Im Licht der Merkur-Sonne
1976^ⓘTranslated by Claës Gripenberg and Saga Gripenberg. This was a re-release of the 1958 Swedish translation but giving Asimov rather than Paul French as the author.	Swedish	Lucky Starr på Merkurius^?Lucky Starr paa Merkurius
1978^ⓘTranslated by Annelies van Dijk	Dutch	De grote zon van Mercurius
1981^ⓘTranslated by Ekkehart Reinke	German	Lucky Starr im Licht der Merkursonne
1992^ⓘTranslated by Kiss Marianne	Hungarian	A Merkúr óriás Napja
1999^ⓘTranslated by Virgil Dorobanțu Translated by Dorin Preisler	Romanian	Proiectul Lumina

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury	1956-00-00	Paul French	Doubleday		$2.50^?$: US dollar	191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Albert Orbaan
Lucky Starr y el Gran Sol de Mercurio	1957-00-00	Isaac Asimov	E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #43)	43		237	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	Llobera
Lucky Starr på Merkurius	1958-00-00	Paul French	Svensk Läraretidnings (Saga #340)	340	skr 7.50^?skr: Swedish krona (crown)	180	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Bosse Andersson
Im Licht der Merkur-Sonne	1963-05-24	Paul French	Moewig (Terra #285)	285	DM 0.70^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	63	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	Karl Stephan
O Grande Sol de Mercúrio	1972-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Hemus			194	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 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
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury	1972-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Signet / New American Library	T4925	$0.75^?$: US dollar	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	Bob Pepper
A Second Isaac Asimov Double: The Big Sun of Mercury and The Oceans of Venus	1973-00-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-01473-8		281	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Ray Feibush
The Big Sun of Mercury	1974-03-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-01767-2	£0.30^?£: UK pound	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	Bruce Pennington
Im Licht der Merkur-Sonne	1974-09-10	Isaac Asimov	Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #246)	TTB246	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	145	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	George Jones
The Big Sun of Mercury	1974-10-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-02402-4	£0.35^?£: UK pound	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	Bruce Pennington
Lucky Starr på Merkurius^?Lucky Starr paa Merkurius	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Opal	91-7270-077-7	skr 20^?skr: Swedish krona (crown)	180	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jack Gaughan
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury	1978-00-00	Paul French	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23492-4	$1.50^?$: 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.	novel	Don Maitz
De grote zon van Mercurius	1978-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Born (Nova SF #11)	90-283-0570-X		143	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	Nico Keulers
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury	1978-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Gregg Press	0-8398-2489-0	$7.95^?$: US dollar	191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Wayne Barlowe
The Big Sun of Mercury	1980-06-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-04692-3	£0.90^?£: UK pound	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	Peter Elson
Lucky Starr im Licht der Merkursonne	1981-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Action^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Action #21145)	3-404-21145-6	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	154	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
The Big Sun of Mercury	1983-09-00	Isaac Asimov	New English Library	0-450-02402-4	£1.50^?£: UK pound	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	Peter Elson
Lucky Starr and The Big Sun of Mercury	1984-01-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31439-5	$1.95^?$: 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.	novel	Darrell K. Sweet
The Further Adventures of Lucky Starr	1985-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	04553		viii+ 341	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Steve Ferris
The Big Sun of Mercury	1988-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Lightning	0-340-48497-7	£1.99^?£: UK pound	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	Danny Flynn
A Merkúr óriás Napja	1992-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Cédrus Kiadó^?Cedrus Kiado	963-7429-18-2	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
Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus & Lucky Star and the Big Sun of Mercury	1993-05-00	Paul French	Bantam Spectra	0-553-56254-1	$4.99^?$: US dollar	307	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
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
Fantomele Soarelui	1999-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Lucman (Lucman SF #3)	973-98707-39-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
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 Big Sun of Mercury	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Signet	T4925	$0.75^?$: US dollar	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	Bob Pepper
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury	date unknown	Paul French	Signet	Q6772	$0.95^?$: US dollar	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	Bob Pepper

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Reviews

Review by Villiers Gerson (1956) in Amazing Stories, September 1956 , reprinted in:
Amazing Stories, September 1956 (2013)
Review by Floyd C. Gale (1956) in Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1956
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1956) in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1956 , reprinted in:
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1957 (UK) (1957)
Review by Hans Stefan Santesson (1956) in Fantastic Universe, August 1956, (1956)
Review by Anthony Boucher (1957) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1957
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 L. J. Hurst (1989) in Paperback Inferno, #76