Sinister Barrier
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| Sinister Barrier | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | Eric Frank Russell |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | The World's Work, Ltd. |
| Publication date | 1943 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 135 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC | 81034269 |
Sinister Barrier is a science fiction novel by author Eric Frank Russell. It was first published in book form in 1943 by The World's Work, Ltd. The novel originally appeared in the magazine Unknown in 1939 and was the first novel to appear in Unknown. Russell revised and expanded the book for its first US publication by Fantasy Press in 1948. Most subsequent editions were based on the Fantasy Press version.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel concerns a future where the human race is owned and operated by the Vitons, parasites that feed on human pain and aguish.
[edit] Publication history
- 1939, USA, Unknown, Pub date March 1939
- 1943. UK, The World's Work, Pub date 1943, Hardback
- 1948, USA, Fantasy Press, Pub date 1948, Hardback, revised and expanded, 3,084 copies
- 1950, USA, Galaxy SF Novel, Pub date 1950, Paperback, abridged
- 1952, UK, Kemsley, Pub date 1950, paperback
- 1952, France, Le Rayon Fantastique, Pub date 1952, Hardback, as Guerre aux invisbles
- 1953, Italy, Romanzi di Urania, Pub date 1953, Hardback, as Schiavi degli invisibili
- 1953, Germany, Utopia-Kriminal, Pub date 1953, Hardback, as Die Todeschranke
- 1964, USA, Paperback Library, Pub date 1964, Paperback
- 1967, UK, Dobson, Pub date 1967, Hardback
- 1986, USA, Del Rey Books ISBN 0-345-32760-8, Pub date January 1986, Paperback
- 1986, UK, Methuen Publishing ISBN 0-413-58870-X, Pub date February 1986, Paperback
[edit] References
- Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998). Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 236.
- Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1036. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 374. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.
