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Planets of Adventure

Basil Wells

First published 1949
Publisher Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Jack Gaughan
Pages 280
Price $3.00

Copyright 1949 by Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc. No edition or publication date stated
Cover artist is credited on the front flap of the dustjacket. Illustration is on page 26 of Outermost: The Art & Life of Jack Gaughan
Data also in Contento, cross-checked against this checklist. (Contento page count is incorrect.)
Cover art attribution confirmed by the Merril collection at the Toronto Public Library.
"Daddy!" by Jack L. Chalker in Fantasy Newsletter No. 61, August 1983 notes that 2000 copies were printed, but only 1500 were bound. The other 500 were sold for Pick-a-Book.

Year Reviewer Publication
1949 John K. Aiken Science-Fantasy Review, Autumn 1949
1950 uncredited Fantasy Book, Vol. 1, No. 6
1950 Frederik Pohl Super Science Stories, January 1950

Page Title Author(s) Type
11 Empire of Dust Basil Wells Short Story
39 The Twisted Men Basil Wells Short Story
47 The Hairy Ones Basil Wells Short Story
63 Prison Rats Basil Wells Short Story
69 Gateways Basil Wells Short Story
103 Quest of Thig Basil Wells Short Story
117 Power for Darm Basil Wells Short Story
133 A Knight for Miss Merkins Basil Wells Short Story
145 Caverns of Ith Basil Wells Novelette
179 Wall of Darkness Basil Wells Short Story
187 The Swift People Basil Wells Short Story
201 World of Misters Basil Wells Short Story
215 Planet of New Men Basil Wells Novelette
251 Crusader Basil Wells Short Story
265 Scrambled World Basil Wells Short Story