Triplanetary (novel)

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Triplanetary

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
Illustrator A. J. Donnell
Cover artist A. J. Donnell
Country United States
Language English
Series Lensman series
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Fantasy Press
Publication date 1948
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 287 pp
ISBN NA
OCLC 1225609
Followed by First Lensman

Triplanetary is a science fiction novel and space opera by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.. It was first published in book form in 1948 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 4,941 copies. The book publication is significantly expanded from the version that was originally serialized in the magazine Amazing Stories in 1934.

[edit] Plot introduction

The novel covers several initial episodes in the the eons-long eugenics project of the super-intelligences of Arisia to breed the Kinnison line to become the ultimate weapon in Arisia's cosmic war with Boskone.

[edit] Publication history

  • 1934, USA, Amazing Stories, Pub date January 1934, serialized magazine publication in 4 parts
  • 1948, USA, Fantasy Press, Pub date 1948, Hardback, 4,941 copies
  • 1950, USA, Fantasy Press, Pub date 1950, Hardback, 2,505 copies, title in yellow
  • 1954, UK, Boardman Books, Pub date 1954, Hardback
  • 1960, Germany, Zimmermann, Pub Date 1960, Hardback, as Die Planetenbasis
  • 1965, USA, Pyramid Books, Pub date 1965, Paperback
  • 1997, UK, Ripping Publishing ISBN 1-899884-12-2, Pub date July 1997, Paperback
  • 1997, USA, Old Earth Books ISBN 1-882968-09-3, Pub date November 1997, Paperback

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