Title: Police Your Planet

Title: Police Your Planet Title Record # 850414
Author: Lester del Rey
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English

Note: The 1956 Avalon edition was abridged from the 1953 serial. The 1975 version is a rewrite of the 1953 serial. The serial was published under the name "Erik Van Lhin" because del Rey was the editor of the magazine where it was published. Later editions are sometimes credited to both names.

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Serializations

Year	Title
1956	Police Your Planet [as by Erik Van Lhin]
1975^ⓘA somewhat shorter version of this novel was serialized in Science Fiction Adventures (1953), under the pseudonym "Erik Van Lhin." This version restores text cut for the 1956 Avalon edition, and is a revision of the 1953 serial.	Police Your Planet (1975 revision) [as by Lester del Rey and Erik Van Lhin]
1981	Police Your Planet (1975 revision)

Year	Language	Title
1958^ⓘTranslated by Krey	German	Attentat auf Mars [as by Eric van Lhin]
1974	Italian	Veglia sul tuo pianeta
2001^ⓘTranslated by Г. Максимюк (G. Maksimyuk)	Russian	Полиция вашей планеты^?Politsiya vashey planety [as by Лестер дель Рей^?Lester del' Rey ]

Year	Title
1953	Police Your Planet (Part 1 of 4) [as by Erik Van Lhin]
1953	Police Your Planet (Part 2 of 4) [as by Erik Van Lhin]
1953	Police Your Planet (Part 3 of 4) [as by Erik Van Lhin]
1953	Police Your Planet (Part 4 of 4) [as by Erik Van Lhin]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Science Fiction Adventures, March 1953	1953-03-00	ed. Philip St. John	Future Publications, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Emsh
Science Fiction Adventures, May 1953	1953-05-00	ed. Philip St. John	Future Publications, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Van Dongen
Science Fiction Adventures, July 1953	1953-07-00	ed. Philip St. John	Future Publications, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Alex Schomburg
Science Fiction Adventures, September 1953	1953-09-00	ed. Philip St. John	Future Publications, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Berwin
Police Your Planet	1956-00-00	Erik Van Lhin	Avalon Books		$2.50^?$: US dollar	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ed Emshwiller
Attentat auf Mars	1958-10-27	Eric van Lhin	Pabel ( Utopia Großband^?Utopia Grossband #85)	UGB085	DM 1.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	94	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	novel
Veglia sul tuo pianeta	1974-06-00	Lester del Rey	Libra Editrice (Slan. Il Meglio della Fantascienza #20)	20	Lit 4,200^?Lit: Italian lira	304	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Allison
Police Your Planet	1975-05-00	Lester del Rey, Erik Van Lhin	Ballantine Books	0-345-24465-6	C$1.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	James Steranko
Police Your Planet	1975-05-00	Lester del Rey, Erik Van Lhin	Ballantine Books	0-345-24465-6	$1.50^?$: US dollar	217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	James Steranko
Police Your Planet	1978-01-00	Lester del Rey, Erik Van Lhin	New English Library	0-450-03295-7	£0.90^?£: UK pound	190	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bruce Pennington
Police Your Planet	1981-11-00	Lester del Rey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29858-6	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David B. Mattingly
Police Your Planet	1981-11-00	Lester del Rey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29858-6	$2.25^?$: US dollar	217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David B. Mattingly
Звездная полиция^?Zvezdnaya politsiya	2001-00-00	Лестер дель Рей^?Lester del' Rey	АСТ^?AST ( Классика мировой фантастики^?Klassika mirovoy fantastiki )	5-17-008135-9		688	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Д. Бернс^?D. Berns , В. Сюдмак^?V. Siudmak
Police Your Planet	2006-00-00	Lester del Rey	Wildside Press	0-8095-0147-3	$13.95^?$: US dollar	123	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Stefan Schiessl
Police Your Planet	2006-12-29	Lester del Rey	Project Gutenberg	20212	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Police Your Planet	2007-01-24	Lester del Rey	Wildside Press	978-0-8095-0152-6	$29.95^?$: US dollar	124	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Stefan Schiessl
Police Your Planet	2008-06-13	Lester del Rey	Phoenix Pick	978-1-60450-248-0	$4.99^?$: US dollar	132	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Lester Del Rey SciFi Collection	2010-07-01	Lester del Rey	Bottom of the Hill Publishing	978-1-935785-55-2	$19.99^?$: US dollar	384	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Police Your Planet	2010-07-13	Lester del Rey	Audible Studios		$14.95^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Lester Del Rey Collection	2011-11-28	Lester del Rey	Oxford City Press	978-1-78139-036-8	$24.99^?$: US dollar	294	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Lester Del Rey Collection	2011-12-01	Lester del Rey	Oxford City Press	978-1-78139-040-5	$29.99^?$: US dollar	294	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Police Your Planet	2013-03-27	Lester del Rey	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Ed Emshwiller
Anthology of Sci-Fi V31: The Pulp Writers: Lester del Rey	2013-07-01	Lester del Rey	Spastic Cat Press (Anthology of Sci-Fi #31)	978-1-4837-0255-1	$17.99^?$: US dollar	446	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Police Your Planet	2013-07-01	Lester del Rey	Spastic Cat Press	978-1-4837-0259-9	$9.99^?$: US dollar	120	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Ed Emshwiller
Mirage for Planet X / Police Your Planet	2014-05-21	Lester del Rey, Stanley Mullen	Armchair Fiction (Armchair Sci-Fi & Horror Double Novels #128)	978-1-61287-209-4 / D-128	$12.95^?$: US dollar	216	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Mel Hunter
The Fifth Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack	2014-06-06	Lester del Rey	Wildside Press	978-1-4794-0301-1	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Police Your Planet	2019-01-01	Lester del Rey	IDB Productions	978-1-77676-865-3			audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel
Police Your Planet	2021-08-19	Lester del Rey	Wildside Press	978-1-4794-6396-1		123	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel

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Reviews

Review by James Blish [as by William Atheling, Jr.] (1953) in The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction, (1964) , reprinted in:
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1967)
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1969)
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)
[as by William Atheling, Jr.] The Issue at Hand: Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction (1974)
Review by Murray King (1956) in Future Science Fiction, #31, Winter 1956-1957
Review by Anthony Boucher (1957) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1957
Review by Henry Bott (1957) in Imagination, April 1957
Review by Villiers Gerson (1957) in Amazing Stories, June 1957
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1957) in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1957 , reprinted in:
Astounding Science Fiction, December 1957 (UK) (1957)
Review by Monte Davis (1975) in The Science Fiction Review (Monthly), May 1975
Review by Spider Robinson (1976) in Galaxy, February 1976
Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1978) in Paperback Parlour, February 1978
Review by Charles Platt (1982) in The Patchin Review, Number Three