Publication History
(Information has been gleaned from the Library of Congress, the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, and WorldCat.)
| Year | Country | Publisher | ISBN (available occasionally) | Binding | Notes |
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| 1938 | UK | John Lane, The Bodley Head | Hardcover | 1st edition. First published 1 April 1938. John Lane issued many reprints. |
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| 1943 | UK | The Macmillan Company | Hardcover | ||
| 1946 | USA | Macmillan | |||
| 1948 | Austria | Amandus-Ed. | Hardcover | Title: Der verstummte Planet: Roman, trans. by Else von Juhàsz. | |
| 1949 | USA | Avon | Paperback | Avon Reprint Edition. On cover: "Complete and unabridged." On cover: "Reads like the best of Merritt and Burroughs - D. A. Wollheim" Colorful cover art, by Ann Cantor, shows Ransom in a boat with Hyoi and two séroni on the shore. |
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| 1949 | Spain | José Janés Editor | Title: Fuga a los Espacio ("Space Flight"), trans. by Manuel Bosch Barrett. Series: Cosmic Trilogy #1. |
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| 1952 | UK | Pan Books | Paperback | First Pan paperback printing. Second Pan paperback printing appeared in 1955. Cover art by George Woodman. |
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| 1952 | France | Hachette | Paperback | Title: Le silence de la Terre ("The Silence of Earth"); trans. by Marguerite Faguer. Series: Le Rayon Fantastique #12. Colorful cover illustration, possibly by Christian Broutin, shows a man in middle distance, a boat on water to his right, twisting mountains in the background, a twisted tree to the left, and a green sky with wispy white clouds. |
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| 1955 | Sweden | FA-Press | Title: Utflykt från tyst planet ("Flight Out of Silent Planet"); trans. by Karin Hartman and Erik Egberg. Cover art by Cliff Nielsen shows a grenade-like spaceship, with a man preparing to exit from it, landing on a Mars that is more greenish than red. |
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| 1956 | USA | Avon | Paperback | Cover art by Everett Kinstler shows a rocket and Ransom, distraught, looking over his shoulder at an enormous eye in the sky, all against a red background. | |
| 1958 | Germany | Rowohlt Verlag | Paperback | Title: Jenseits des Schweigenden Sterns; trans. by Ernst Sander. 1st German ed. Series: rororo Taschenbuch, Ausg. 289. Cover illustration shows a green planet. |
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| 1960 | USA | Avon | Paperback | 3rd Avon printing. Cover artist, uncredited, appears signed as Suss or Siess. |
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| 1960 | UK | Pan Books | Paperback | Great Pan "New Edition" 1960. The three previous printings in Pan were 1952, 1955 and 1956. On cover: "A strikingly original story of man's leap into space - and what he finds there." Cover art, reminiscent of the work of Richard M. Powers, shows what might be two séroni, one with Ransom on his back; or possibly eldil. |
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| 1960 | Netherlands | Ten Have | Title: Ver van de zwijgende planeet, trans. H. C. Weiland. | ||
| 1965 | USA | Macmillan | Paperback | 1st pbk. ed. Issued for a juvenile audience. Publisher's summary: ... Dr. Ransom is kidnapped and spirited by spaceship to the mysterious red planet of Malandra . He escapes and goes on the run, jeopardizing both his chances of ever returning to Earth and his very life... Lewis modeled Dr. Ransom after his dear friend J.R.R. Tolkien... brings to life strange and magical realms in which epic battles are fought between the forces of light and those of darkness. But in the many layers of its allegory, and the sophistication and piercing brilliance of its insights into the human condition, it occupies a place among the English language's most extraordinary works for any age, and for all time... |
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| 1965 | USA | Macmillan | ISBN 0-02-086880-4 | Paperback | 160 pp. Cover art by Bernard Symancyk. |
| 1966 | Oxford | Paperback | |||
| 1966 | UK | Longmans | Paperback. | Introduction and notes by David Elloway. Series: Heritage of literature series, Section B, no. 87. |
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| 1967 | France | OPTA | Hardcover omnibus. | Trilogy title: Le silence de la Terre / Voyage à Vénus / Cette hideuse puissance. Translated by Marguerite Faguer and Frank Straschitz. Numbered and limited printing of 4000+150 copies. Cloth cover in magenta with illustration of spaceship (or meteor) in goldenrod color. |
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| 1971 | UK | The Bodley Head | ISBN 0-370-00536-8 and ISBN 978-0-370-00536-2 |
Hardcover | Stated Eleventh Impression. |
| 1977 | USA | Macmillan | ISBN 0-02-086880-4 ; and ISBN 978-0-02-086880-4 | Paperback | (Published as Space trilogy, according to WorldCat.) |
| 1984 | Portugal | Publicações Europa-America | Title: Para Além do Planeta Silencioso; trans. by Maria Luísa Gonçalves dos Santos. Series: Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #80 |
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| 1984 | USA | Macmillan | ISBN 0-025-70790-6 | Hardcover | |
| 1988 | USA | Megaforce Worldwide/Atlantic | Sound recording (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.) | ||
| 1990 | USA | Macmillan | ISBN 978-0-02-570795-5 | Hardcover | Publisher's description: A philologist is kidnapped and taken via space-ship from England to Malacandra where he escapes and goes on the run. |
| 1996 | Scribner Paperback Fiction | ISBN 0-684-82380-2 and ISBN 978-0-684-82380-5 | Paperback | First Scribner Paperback Fiction edition. Cover design by Kevin Mohlenkamp. |
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| 1998 | USA | G.K. Hall & Company | ISBN 0-7838-0411-3 and ISBN 978-0-7838-0411-8 | Hardcover | Published December, 1998. Large-print edition. |
| 1999 | USA | Scribner Classics | ISBN 0-684-83364-6 and 978-0-684-83364-4 | Hardcover | Cover art by Kinuko Y. Craft. Reprinted often. |
| 2000 | UK | Voyager / HarperCollins | ISBN 0-00-628165-6 and 978-0-00-628165-8 | Trade paperback | Published June, 2000. Colorful cover art by Kinuko Craft shows Mars with pink foliage and teal river. |
| 2003 | USA | Simon & Schuster | ISBN 0-7432-3490-1 | Paperback | Issued 17 March 2003. |
| 2005 | Turkey | Kabalcı Yayınevi | ISBN 9789759970154 | Paperback | Published July 2005. Named "Sessiz Gezegenin Dışında" |
| 2005 | UK | Voyager | ISBN 0-00-715715-0 and 978-0-00-715715-0 | Trade paperback | Published December 2005. Cover art by Cliff Nielsen same as 1955 edition above. |
| 2008 | France | Éditions Gallimard | ISBN 9782070346127 | Title: Au-delà de la planète silencieuse, trans. by Maurice Le Péchoux. Cover illustration by Emmanuel Malin. |
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