"Big Planet"

Title"Big Planet"
Year for Search1952
AuthorsVance, Jack [John Holbrook](1916-2013)
Secondary TitleStartling Stories
Volume / Edition 27.2
Pagination10-101
Date PublishedSeptember 1952
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Includes chapters that describe a eutopian city where all take turns being rich, being servants to the rich, and being workers. These are chapters 11-13 in both versions. See also 1975 Vance.

Additional Publishers

Repub. New York: Avalon, 1957. Rpt. New York: Ace Books, 1957. U.K. ed. London: Coronet, 1977. All these versions are abbreviated from the original manuscript. Unabridged U.S. ed. San Francisco, CA/Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1978. Unabridged U.K. ed. London: VGSF, 1989. Also rpt. in The Rapparee Big Planet Vandals of the Void. vol. 4 of The Complete Works of Jack Vance (Oakland, CA: Vance Integral Editions, 2002), 157-364.

Holding Institutions

L, Merril, MoU-St

Author Note

(1916-2013)

Full Text

1952 Vance, Jack [John Holbrook] (1916-2013). “Big Planet.” Startling Stories 27.2 (September 1952): 10-101. Repub. New York: Avalon, 1957. Rpt. New York: Ace Books, 1957. U.K. ed. London: Coronet, 1977. All these versions are abbreviated from the original manuscript. Unabridged U.S. ed. San Francisco, CA/Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1978. Unabridged U.K. ed. London: VGSF, 1989. Also rpt. in The Rapparee Big Planet Vandals of the Void. vol. 4 of The Complete Works of Jack Vance (Oakland, CA: Vance Integral Editions, 2002), 157-364. L, Merril, MoU-St

Includes chapters that describe a eutopian city where all take turns being rich, being servants to the rich, and being workers. These are chapters 11-13 in both versions. See also 1975 Vance.