- The Planet Savers
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name = The Planet Savers
title_orig =
translator =
image_caption = Cover of the first English language edition
author =Marion Zimmer Bradley
illustrator =
cover_artist =Ed Emshwiller
country =United States
language = English
series = Darkover
genre =Science fiction novel
publisher =Ace Books
release_date = 1962
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Paperback )
pages = 91 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 17399915
preceded_by =
followed_by ="The Planet Savers" is a
science fiction novel byMarion Zimmer Bradley in her Darkoverbook series . It was first published in book form in English byAce Books in 1962, dos-à-dos with Bradley's novel "The Sword of Aldones ". The story first appeared in the November 1958 issue of the magazine "Amazing Stories ". It subsequently appeared in a German translation in 1960 with additional chapters added that were not by the author [cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=64 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1] .Plot introduction
The novel concerns a person with two personalities who seeks help from an alien race to save the planet Darkover.
Publication history
*1958, USA, "
Amazing Stories ", Pub date November 1958, magazine publication
*1960, Germany, Utopia-Zukunftsroman OCLC|73611777, Pub date 1960, in German as "Dr. Allisons zweites Ich" with additional material not by Bradley
*1962, USA,Ace Books OCLC|17399915, Pub date September 1962, Paperback, dos-à-dos with "The Sword of Aldones "
*1979, USA,Gregg Press ISBN 0839825145, Pub date 1979, Hardcover
*1979, UK,Arrow Books ISBN 0099193205, Pub date 1979, Paperback
*1980, USA,Ace Books ISBN 044167027X, Pub date 1980, Paperback, with "The Sword of Aldones ", an additional short story and an article
*1995. USA,DAW Books ISBN 0-88677-630-9, Pub date April 1995, Paperback, with "The Winds of Darkover "Notes
References
*cite web
last = Brown
first = Charles N.
authorlink = Charles N. Brown
coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
work =
publisher =
date = 2007-11-20
url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/b64.htm#A752.128
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2008-09-07
*cite book | last=Corrick | first=James A. | authorlink=James A. Corrick | title=Double Your Pleasure: The Ace SF Double | location=Brooklyn | publisher=Gryphon Books | pages=36-37 | date=1991|id=ISBN 0-936071-21-4
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=64 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1
*Isfdb title|32470
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