The Incredible Planet
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | A. J. Donnell |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Fantasy Press |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 344 |
| OCLC | 1462253 |
| Preceded by | The Mightiest Machine |
The Incredible Planet is a science fiction fix-up novel by American author John W. Campbell, Jr. It was published in 1949 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 3,998 copies. The novel is a collection of three linked novelettes that were not accepted for the magazine Astounding SF. The stories are sequels to Campbell's 1934 novel The Mightiest Machine.
Contents
[edit]- "The Incredible Planet"
- "The Interstellar Search"
- "The Infinite Atom"
Reception
[edit]Astounding reviewer P. Schuyler Miller found "The Incredible Planet" "a kind of bridge to the Don A. Stuart style which writer-editor Campbell [had been] developing."[1] Everett F. Bleiler thought the sequels "lack the strengths, such as they are, of The Mightiest Machine."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Book Reviews", Astounding, November 1950, p.94
- ^ Everett F. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years, Kent State University Press, 1998, p.59
Sources
[edit]- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 236–237.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 87. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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