The Planet of Youth
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Author | Stanton A. Coblentz |
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Cover artist | Walter |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. |
Publication date | 1952 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 71 |
OCLC | 6674904 |
The Planet of Youth is a science fiction novella by American writer Stanton A. Coblentz. It was first published in book form in 1952 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 600 copies, of which 300 were hardback. The novel originally appeared in the October 1932 issue of the magazine Wonder Stories.
Plot introduction[]
The novel concerns the first real estate boom on the planet Venus.
Reception[]
Boucher and McComas found the novel to have dated badly, "pleasing in period for its irony and economy, but pretty slight today."[1]
References[]
Sources[]
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 271–272.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 106. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
Categories:
- 1952 American novels
- 1952 science fiction novels
- American science fiction novels
- Works originally published in Wonder Stories
- Novels set on Venus
- Works by Stanton A. Coblentz
- 1950s science fiction novel stubs