"Will Barrent had no memory of his crime ... but he found himself shipped across space to a brutal prison-planet. On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes. The average inmate's life expectancy from time of arrival is three years. Can Barrett survive, escape, and return to Earth to clear his name?"
<br> - From the cover of the 2007 <a href="/issue/368930/">Wildside paperback edition</a>.
The Status Civilization appeared, under the title Omega, in Amazing Science Fiction Stories
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Prometheus Award | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1960 |
|
Amazing Science Fiction Stories, August 1960 | Ziff-Davis Publishing Company | MAGAZINE | 6 |
| September 1960 |
|
Amazing Science Fiction Stories, September 1960 | Ziff-Davis Publishing Company | MAGAZINE | 64 |
| September 1960 |
|
The Status Civilization | Signet / New American Library | Novel | 5 |
| June 1961 |
|
Urania #258 | Mondadori | MAGAZINE | 3 |
| August 1963 |
|
Planet der Verbrecher | Heyne | Novel | |
| May 1967 |
|
The Status Civilization | Four Square Books | Novel | 5 |
| October 1968 |
|
The Status Civilization | Dell | Novel | 5 |
| October 1968 |
|
The Status Civilization | Dell | Novel | 5 |
| November 1968 |
|
Oméga | OPTA | Novel | 7 |
| 1971 |
|
De statusplaneet | Bruna | Novel | |
| December 1971 |
|
Urania #581 | Mondadori | MAGAZINE | 3 |
| April 1976 |
|
The Status Civilization | Gollancz | Novel | |
| April 1976 |
|
Pianeta Sheckley | Mondadori | Omnibus | 213 |
| March 1977 |
|
Oméga | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| 1979 |
|
The Status Civilization | Penguin Books | Novel | |
| November 1979 |
|
The Status Civilization and Notions: Unlimited | Ace Books | Omnibus | 1 |
| January 1981 |
|
Scambio mentale / Gli orrori di Omega / AAA ASSO | Euroclub | Omnibus | 183 |
| March 1983 |
|
Planet der Verbrecher | Bastei Lübbe | Novel | |
| October 1983 |
|
Gli orrori di Omega | Mondadori | Novel | |
| May 1985 |
|
Anonima Aldilà / Gli orrori di Omega / I testimoni di Joenes / Scambio mentale | Mondadori | Omnibus | 131 |
| June 1985 |
|
Das große Robert Sheckley Buch | Bastei Lübbe | Collection | 537 |
| June 1986 |
|
The Status Civilization | Methuen | Novel | |
| 1989 |
|
Ômega: o planeta dos condenados | Edições GRD | Novel | |
| 1989 |
|
A státuscivilizáció | Móra Ferenc Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó | Novel | |
| 1991 |
|
Planet der Verbrecher / Captain Aesop und das Schiff der Fremden | Das Beste | Omnibus | |
| 1993 |
|
The Status Civilization / Mind Swap | Legend | Omnibus | 1 |
| November 2005 |
|
Gli orrori di Omega | Mondadori | Novel | 7 |
| March 2007 | The Status Civilization | Project Gutenberg | Novel | ||
| April 2007 | The Status Civilization | Wildside Press | Novel | ||
| April 2007 |
|
The Status Civilization | Wildside Press | Novel | |
| October 2007 | The Status Civilization | BiblioBazaar | Novel | ||
| March 2009 |
|
The Status Civilization | Wilder Publications | Novel | |
| April 2010 |
|
The Status Civilization | LibriVox | Novel | |
| February 2011 |
|
The Status Civilization | Bottom of the Hill Publishing | Novel | |
| March 2012 |
|
Omega | Spastic Cat Press | Novel | |
| April 2012 |
|
The Status Civilization | Prologue Books | Novel | |
| 2013 |
|
Survive, or Die! 21 Ultimate Adventures | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | |
| January 2013 |
|
The Last Plea / The Status Civilization | Armchair Fiction | Omnibus | |
| January 2014 |
|
The Status Civilization | E-Reads | Novel | |
| November 2014 |
|
The Status Civilization | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| March 2015 |
|
The Status Civilization | Open Road Integrated Media | Novel |