- Sinister Barrier
Infobox Book
name = Sinister Barrier
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author =Eric Frank Russell
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country =United Kingdom
language = English
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genre =Science fiction novel
publisher = The World's Work, Ltd.
release_date =1943
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 135 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 81034269
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followed_by ="Sinister Barrier" is a
science fiction novel by authorEric 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 byFantasy Press in 1948. Most subsequent editions were based on the Fantasy Press version.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.
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 invisibles"
*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, PaperbackReferences
*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/b410.htm#A5987
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accessdate = 2008-03-13
*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=236 | date=1998
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*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=374 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8
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