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Cover by John Berkey. Source: www.davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.com
y separately published work icon Spartan Planet single work   novel   science fiction  
Alternative title: False Fatherland
Is part of The Rim Worlds A. Bertram Chandler , 1950 series - author short story novel novella
Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 Spartan Planet
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Fantastic vol. 17 no. 4 March 1968 Z1840733 1968 periodical issue science fiction fantasy 1968 pg. 5-39
    Note: Part 1 (as Spartan Planet)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Fantastic vol. 17 no. 5 May 1968 Z1840736 1968 periodical issue science fiction fantasy 1968 pg. 80-123
    Note: Part 2 (as Spartan Planet)
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Horwitz , 1968 .
      Alternative title: False Fatherland
      Extent: 161p.
      Note/s:
      • PB374
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Dell ,       1969 .
      person or book cover
      Cover by John Berkey. Source: www.davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.com
      Extent: 156p.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Commodore at Sea / Spartan Planet A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Ace Books , 1979 Z1838693 1979 selected work novella science fiction Contains the four-story collection The Commodore at Sea (aka Alternate Orbits), comprising 'Hall of Fame' (aka 'The Kinsolving's Planet Irregulars'), 'The Sister Ships,' 'The Man Who Sailed the Sky' and 'The Rub,' along with the novella Spartan Planet (aka False Fatherland). New York (City) : Ace Books , 1979 pg. 193-374
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon John Grimes : Lieutenant of the Survey Service A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Science Fiction Book Club [USA] , 2000 Z1837592 2000 selected work short story novella A collection of five early John Grimes adventures with the Federation Navy Academy. New York (City) : Science Fiction Book Club [USA] , 2000 pg. 357-484
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon John Grimes - Federation Survey Service A. Bertram Chandler , Wake Forest : Baen EBooks , 2007 Z1837652 2007 selected work novella Wake Forest : Baen EBooks , 2007
    • Wake Forest, North Carolina,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Baen EBooks ,       2007 .
      person or book cover
      Source: Baen Books
      Note/s:
      • ebook
      • SKU: 0441115551
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon First Command : The John Grimes Saga II A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Baen Books , 2011 Z1840483 2011 selected work novella science fiction After moving on from the Terran Navy, John Grimes tries his hand at leading a private life, and finds he likes being his own man. The only problem is, his ship The Far Traveller has a (very stubborn and very feminine) mind of its own, and a penchant for getting Grimes into the worse sort of interplanetary trouble!

    The second in a four-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes books published by Baen Books, this collection comprises the entire Far Traveller Courier saga.

    [Source: Baen Books website]
         New York (City) : Baen Books , 2011     pg. 1-148
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Orion ,       2015 .
      image of person or book cover 4679405107887126344.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 17 December 2015.
      ISBN: 9781473211155
      Series: y separately published work icon Gateway London : Orion , 2011- 19458199 2011 series - publisher novel science fiction

      Inaugurated by Orion in 2011, Gateway originally republished significant works of science fiction. By 2015, it had a catalogue of nearly three thousand titles, by over two hundred authors. Latterly, it has extended its catalogue to classic works of fantasy, horror, and crime, as well as science fiction.

      It is a companion series to SF Masterworks.

      Only works on the list by Australian authors are included on AustLit.

      Sources include https://www.thebookseller.com/news/more-hachette-authors-join-gateway.
Alternative title: O Planeta Esparta
Language: Portuguese
    • Rio de Janeiro,
      c
      Brazil,
      c
      South America, Americas,      :       Nosso Tempo ,       ca. 1970-1979 .
      person or book cover
      Source: skoob.com.br
      Extent: 197p.
Alternative title: Wakusei Suparuta no Hanran
Alternative title: 惑星スパルタの反乱
Language: Japanese
Alternative title: Grimes bei den Rebellen von Sparta
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Goldmann ,       1984 .
      person or book cover
      Cover by Bob Petillo. Source: Science Fiction Phantastik (www.dassein.de)
      Extent: 156p.
      Note/s:
      • Goldmann 23760-2
      Series: y separately published work icon A. Bertram Chandler : Abenteuer Randwelt A. Bertram Chandler , Goldmann (publisher), Denis Scheck (translator), Munich : Goldmann , 1983-1985 Z1839481 1983 series - publisher novella science fiction Through its Science Fiction Abenteuer Roman (adventure novels) series, German publishing house Goldman released 14 Rim Worlds stories between 1983 and 1985 under the collective title A. Bertram Chandler: Abenteuer Randwelt (adventure series). The novellas, which range from The Road to the Rim (1967) to the final John Grimes tale The Last Amazon (1984), were all translated into German by Denis Scheck. Number in series: 5
Alternative title: Планета спартанцев
Language: Russian
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Коммандер Граймс Commander Grimes A. Bertram Chandler , Moscow : ACT , 2004 Z1840017 2004 selected work novella science fiction Коммандер Граймс, translated into English as Commander Grimes, contains:

    • 'The Road to the Rim' (1967), translated by A. Olefir.
    • 'The Hard Way Up' (1972 collection), translated by A. Olefir.
    • 'Spartan Planet' (1968), translated by O. Chumichevoy.
    • 'The Inheritors' (1972), translated by A. Grabuzdova.
    • 'The Gateway to Never' (1972), translated by E. Vygotskoy.
    • 'The Dark Dimensions' (1971), translated by A. Olefir.
    • 'The Universe of John Grimes' (essay by T.Serebryanay).
    Moscow : ACT , 2004     pg. 231-352
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