This Island Earth (novel)

This Island Earth (novel)

Infobox Book |
name = This Island Earth
title_orig =
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Raymond F. Jones
illustrator =
cover_artist = Robert Johnson
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Shasta Publishers
release_date = 1952
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 220 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 62875599
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"This Island Earth" is a 1952 science fiction novel by Raymond F. Jones. It was first published as a serial in "Thrilling Wonder Stories" magazine. It was the basis for the film "This Island Earth".

The story revolves around a race of aliens who, in recruiting humans for a group called "Peace Engineers", are actually using Earth as a pawn in an intergalactic war.

Publication details

*1952, USA, Shasta Publishers (ISBN NA), pub date ? ? 1952, hardback (op.)
*1991, UK, HarperCollins (ISBN 0-586-09035-5), pub date ? ? 1991, paperback (re-issue)
*1999, USA, Pulpless (ISBN 1-58445-051-7), pub date ? ? 1999 paperback (re-issue)

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=593 | date=1998


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