The Planet of Youth

The Planet of Youth

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author Stanton A. Coblentz
Cover artist Walter
Country United States
Language English
Genre Science fiction novel
Publisher Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date
1952
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 71 pp
OCLC 6674904

The Planet of Youth is a science fiction novel by 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

  1. "Recommended Reading," F&SF, April 1953, p.98


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