The struggle of a race of mutants engineered to be superhuman to avoid extinction under a totalitarian world government, from the points of view of a young boy growing up in the slums and a young girl growing up in the government leader's palace.
Revised in 1951, according to Clute & Nicholls, for the 1951 Simon & Schuster edition.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Analog Award | All-Time Best Book | Runner-up |
| 2016 | Retro Hugo Award | Best Novel | Winner |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1940 |
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Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1940 | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 9 |
| October 1940 |
|
Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1940 | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 9 |
| November 1940 |
|
Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1940 | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 119 |
| December 1940 |
|
Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1940 | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 119 |
| 1946 |
|
Slan | Arkham House | Novel | |
| 1951 |
|
Slan | Simon & Schuster | Novel | |
| July 1952 |
|
Fantastic Story Magazine, Summer 1952 | Best Books, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 10 |
| 1953 |
|
Slan | Dell | Novel | 7 |
| 1953 |
|
Slan | Dell | Novel | 7 |
| January 1953 |
|
I Romanzi di Urania #8 | Mondadori | MAGAZINE | 3 |
| June 1953 |
|
Slan | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | Novel | |
| 1954 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | Gallimard | Novel | |
| March 1954 |
|
Häpna!, mars 1954 | Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | MAGAZINE | |
| April 1954 |
|
Häpna!, april 1954 | Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | MAGAZINE | |
| May 1954 |
|
Häpna!, maj 1954 | Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | MAGAZINE | |
| June 1954 |
|
Häpna!, juni 1954 | Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | MAGAZINE | |
| July 1954 |
|
Häpna!, juli-augusti 1954 | Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | MAGAZINE | |
| September 1954 |
|
Häpna!, september 1954 | Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | MAGAZINE | |
| October 1954 |
|
Häpna!, oktober 1954 | Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner | MAGAZINE | |
| 1955 |
|
Slan | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | Novel | |
| 1955 |
|
Slan | Livros do Brasil | Novel | |
| 1955 | Slan | E.D.H.A.S.A. | Novel | ||
| 1956 | 新しい人類スラン | 元々社 | Novel | ||
| March 1959 |
|
Slan | Moewig | Novel | |
| May 1959 |
|
Triad | Simon & Schuster / SFBC | Omnibus | 369 |
| November 1960 |
|
Slan | Panther | Novel | |
| May 1961 |
|
Slan | Ballantine Books | Novel | 5 |
| October 1962 |
|
Slan | Panther | Novel | 5 |
| September 1964 |
|
Urania #350 | Mondadori | MAGAZINE | 3 |
| May 1967 |
|
Slan | Heyne | Novel | |
| 1968 |
|
Slan | Aeonian Press | Novel | |
| April 1968 |
|
Slan | Berkley Medallion | Novel | 5 |
| April 1968 |
|
Slan | Panther | Novel | |
| June 1968 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans / La faune de l'espace | OPTA | Omnibus | 9 |
| 1970 |
|
Slan | Panther | Novel | 5 |
| August 1970 |
|
Slan | Berkley Medallion | Novel | 5 |
| 1971 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1971 |
|
Slan | Heyne | Novel | |
| January 1971 |
|
Slan | Berkley Medallion | Novel | 5 |
| July 1971 | Slan | Panther | Novel | ||
| August 1971 |
|
Van Vogt Omnibus (2) | Sidgwick & Jackson | Omnibus | |
| 1972 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| August 1972 |
|
Slan | Berkley Medallion | Novel | 5 |
| 1973 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1973 |
|
Slan | Berkley Medallion | Novel | 5 |
| 1973 |
|
Slan | Lindfors | Novel | |
| 1973 |
|
Slan | Heyne | Novel | |
| June 1973 |
|
Slan | Editrice Nord | Novel | 3 |
| 1974 |
|
Slan | Brabantia Nostra | Novel | 7 |
| January 1974 |
|
Slan | Panther | Novel | 5 |
| July 1975 |
|
Slan | Berkley Medallion | Novel | |
| August 1975 |
|
Slan | Berkley Medallion | Novel | 5 |
| September 1975 |
|
Slan | Panther | Novel | |
| September 1975 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| October 1975 |
|
Slan | Garland Publishing | Novel | |
| December 1975 | Slan | Garland Publishing | Novel | ||
| September 1976 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | Gallimard | Novel | |
| January 1977 |
|
Slan | Meulenhoff | Novel | |
| March 1977 |
|
Slan | Berkley Medallion | Novel | 5 |
| October 1977 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1978 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | Éditions Famot | Novel | |
| March 1978 |
|
Slan | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | Novel | 1 |
| September 1978 |
|
Slan | Panther | Novel | 5 |
| 1979 | Slan | Heyne | Novel | ||
| June 1979 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1980 | Slan | Heyne | Novel | ||
| October 1980 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| July 1981 |
|
Slan | Meulenhoff | Novel | |
| November 1982 |
|
Slan | Berkley Books | Novel | 5 |
| February 1983 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1985 |
|
Slan | Panther | Novel | 5 |
| 1985 |
|
Slan | Meulenhoff | Novel | |
| January 1985 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| July 1985 |
|
Slan | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | Novel | |
| July 1985 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| April 1986 |
|
Welten der Zukunft: Chroniken aus Raum und Zeit Band 12 | Heyne | Omnibus | 377 |
| February 1987 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| August 1987 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| March 1989 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| May 1991 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1992 |
|
Science Fiction almanah Monolit knjiga 7 | Flamarion | Anthology | 9 |
| June 1992 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1994 |
|
Slan | The Easton Press | Novel | 1 |
| February 1995 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1998 |
|
Slan | Editura Nemira | Novel | |
| March 1998 |
|
Slan | Tor | Novel | 9 |
| June 1998 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 1999 |
|
Слен | Офир | Novel | |
| November 2000 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| October 2002 |
|
A la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| September 2003 |
|
Slan | Mondadori | Novel | 11 |
| January 2005 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| 2006 |
|
Slan | Novel | ||
| June 2007 |
|
Slan & Slan Hunter | Science Fiction Book Club | Omnibus | 7 |
| July 2007 |
|
Slan | Orb | Novel | 9 |
| July 2010 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| October 2012 |
|
Slan | Agency Editions | Novel | |
| March 2013 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| September 2015 |
|
À la poursuite des Slans | J'ai Lu | Novel |