- Where were you last Pluterday?
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Where were you last Pluterday? 
Book coverAuthor(s) Paul van Herck Original title Sam, of de Pluterdag Translator Danny de Laet and Willy Magiels Country Belgium Language English Genre(s) Science Fiction Publisher DAW Books Publication date 1968 Published in
English1973 Media type Paperback[1] Pages 159 ISBN 0879970510 OCLC Number 1374846 Dewey Decimal 823 Where were you last Pluterday? is a science fiction novel by Paul van Herck, originally released in Dutch in 1968 as Sam, of de Pluterdag by J.M. Meulenhoff (in their science fiction and fantasy range M=SF as the 14th book of the range) and released in English by DAW books in 1973.
The novel won the first prize at the European Science Fiction Convention (EuroCon)[2] in Trieste, Italy.
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Plot summary
The theme in the book is Pluterday, an extra day in the week which can be withdrawn if one saves enough time (e.g. by taking a plane instead of a train). Only the rich can save enough time and thus Pluterday is in practice reserved for the "happy few", resulting in a class society. The existence of Pluterdays is kept secret to non-privileged people.
Other translations
- Spanish (Mexico: Novaro, 1975: translated by Manuel Campo as ¿Dónde Estabas el Pasado Pluterday?)
- Swedish (Stockholm/Bromma: Delta, 1976: translated by Gunnar Gällmo as Vi ses på plurdag, ISBN 9172280921)
- French (Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées, 1977: translated by Mary Rosenthal as Crésudi dernier ?, ISBN 2702406025)
- German (München: Heyne Verlag, 1981: translated by Ronald M. Hahn as Framstag Sam, ISBN 3453306953)
- Hungarian (Budapest: Háttér Lap- és Könyvkiado, 1991: translated by Anikó Kocsis as Viszlát jövő plutónap!, ISBN 9637455175)
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Categories:- 1968 novels
- Belgian novels
- Dutch-language novels
- 1960s science fiction novels
- Comic science fiction novels
- Belgium stubs
- 1960s science fiction novel stubs
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