- Triplanetary (novel)
Infobox Book
name = Triplanetary
title_orig =
translator =
image_caption = 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 =Science fiction novel
publisher =Fantasy Press
release_date =1948
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 287 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1225609
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followed_by =First Lensman "Triplanetary" is a
science fiction novel andspace opera by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.. It was first published in book form in 1948 byFantasy 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.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.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, PaperbackReferences
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=235 | date=1998
*cite web
last = Brown
first = Charles N.
authorlink = Charles N. Brown
coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
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url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/b442.htm#A6442
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accessdate = 2008-03-05
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=398 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8
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