| This Island Earth | |
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 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author(s) | Raymond F. Jones |
| Cover artist | Robert Johnson |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Shasta Publishers |
| Publication date | 1952 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 220 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC Number | 62875599 |
This Island Earth is a 1952 science fiction novel by Raymond F. Jones. It was first published as a serial in Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine. It was the basis for the film This Island Earth.
The story revolves around a race of aliens who, in recruiting humans for a group called "Peace Engineers", are actually using Earth as a pawn in an intergalactic war.
Reception
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Boucher and McComas found the novel disappointing; after starting "with some fine technological gadgetry," it "becomes ultimately incredible in its galactic wildness (and offensive in its extreme labor-baiting)."[1]
Publication detailsEdit
- 1952, USA, Shasta Publishers (ISBN NA), pub date ? ? 1952, hardback (op.)
- 1956, Germany, Pabel, No ISBN, paperback
- 1991, UK, HarperCollins (ISBN 0-586-09035-5), pub date ? ? 1991, paperback (re-issue)
- 1999, USA, Pulpless (ISBN 1-58445-051-7), pub date ? ? 1999 paperback (re-issue)
ReferencesEdit
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. p. 593.
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