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As on a Darkling Plain

Ben Bova

First published 1972
Publisher Walker & Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art Enrico Scull
Pages 193
Price $5.95
ISBN 0802755569

Chapter 5 "The Jupiter Mission" and chapter 6 "The Sirius Mission" are noted as being based on magazine stories in Worlds of If February 1970 and Galaxy January 1969 respectively, presumably "Pressure Vessel" and "Foeman, Where Do You Flee?".


First published in the United States of America in 1972 on copyright page. "Jacket Design by Enrico Scull" on back jacket flap.

Year Reviewer Publication
1973 Theodore Sturgeon Galaxy Magazine, March-April 1973
1981 John Hobson Paperback Inferno, Volume 4, Number 5
1991 Edward James Paperback Inferno, #89

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 1974 Dell Paperback Novel 3211 Dean Ellis 189
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 1978 Dell Paperback Novel Larry Kresek 189
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 1978 Dell Paperback Novel Larry Kresek 189
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 1981 Magnum Paperback Novel Chris Moore 189
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 1981 Magnum Paperback Novel Chris Moore 189
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 1985 Tor Paperback Novel Tom Kidd 287
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 1990 Mandarin Paperback Novel Alex Pang 189
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 1991 Tor Paperback Novel Tom Kidd 287
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 2012 ReAnimus Press eBook Novel Clay Hagebusch
As on a Darkling Plain Cover 2016 ReAnimus Press Trade Paperback Novel Clay Hagebusch 219