Title: The Visitors

Title: The Visitors Title Record # 14876
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1980-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: WorldCat: Intelligent, alien creatures arrive on Earth from outer space, threatening world stability and presaging the destruction of civilization.

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Translations

Serializations

Translated Serializations

Year	Language	Title
1981	Portuguese	Os Visitantes, 1º volume
1981	Portuguese	Os Visitantes, 2º volume
1981^ⓘTranslated by France-Marie Watkins.	French	Les visiteurs
1983^ⓘTranslated by Ulrich Kiesow	German	Fremde Besucher
1987	Italian	I visitatori

Year	Title
1979	The Visitors (Part 1 of 3)
1979	The Visitors (Part 2 of 3)
1979	The Visitors (Part 3 of 3)

Year	Language	Title
1981	Italian	I visitatori (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
3	1979 Analog	Best Serial Novel or Novella

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1979	1979-10-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Condé Nast		$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	180	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Vincent Di Fate
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1979	1979-11-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Condé Nast		$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	180	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Richard Anderson (II)
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1979	1979-12-00	ed. Stanley Schmidt	Condé Nast		$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	180	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Vincent Di Fate
The Visitors	1980-01-00	Clifford D. Simak	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28441-0	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	282	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Dennis Luzak
The Visitors	1980-06-00	Clifford D. Simak	Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC	3864	$2.49^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	250	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Dennis Luzak
The Visitors	1980-11-00	Clifford D. Simak	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28387-2	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	283	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Visitors	1980-11-00	Clifford D. Simak	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28387-2	C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Martin Hoffman
Os Visitantes, 1º volume	1981-00-00	Clifford D. Simak	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #286)				pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Os Visitantes, 2º volume	1981-00-00	Clifford D. Simak	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #287)				pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Visitors	1981-01-29	Clifford D. Simak	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98718-9	£7.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	282+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ian Craig
The Visitors	1981-02-00	Clifford D. Simak	Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	1176		283	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ian Craig
Urania #887	1981-05-10	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	887	Lit 1,200^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	224	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Karel Thole
Les visiteurs	1981-05-15	Clifford D. Simak	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1194)	2-277-21194-X		286	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Sergio Macedo
The Visitors	1982-02-00	Clifford D. Simak	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28387-2	C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Visitors	1982-09-00	Clifford D. Simak	Methuen	0-417-06530-2	£1.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Moore
Fremde Besucher	1983-04-00	Clifford D. Simak	Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5759)	3-426-05759-X	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	238+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
I visitatori	1987-10-00	Clifford D. Simak	Mondadori (Classici Urania #127)		Lit 4,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	208	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Vicente Segrelles
The Visitors	1988-06-00	Clifford D. Simak	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28387-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Les visiteurs	1990-08-22	Clifford D. Simak	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1194)	2-277-21194-X		286	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Lehr
Les visiteurs	1999-00-00	Clifford D. Simak	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1194)	2-277-21194-X		286	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Sergio Macedo
The Visitors	2011-09-29	Clifford D. Simak	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12260-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Visitors	2023-06-06	Clifford D. Simak	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-7983-9	$17.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	200	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Visitors	2023-07-04	Clifford D. Simak	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-7980-8	$1.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review by David Pringle (1980) in Foundation, #19 June 1980 , reprinted in:
[French] Bifrost, #22 (2001)
Review by Thomas D. Clareson (1980) in Extrapolation, Winter 1980
Review by Lee Smith (1980) in Thrust, #15, Summer 1980
Review by Ian Williams (1981) in Vector 101
Review by Sue Beckman (1981) in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1981
Review [French] by Richard D. Nolane (1981) in Fiction, #322
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review [German] by Uwe Anton [as by Hermann Wolff-Sasse] (1983) in Science Fiction Times, Juni 1983