Title: The Mightiest Machine Title Record # 318041
Author: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1947-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Mightiest Machine
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Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles	Translations	Serializations	Translated Serializations
Year Title 1965 The Mightiest Machine [as by John W. Campbell]	Year Language Title 1960ⓘTranslated by Walter Ernsting, i.e. Clark Darlton "The Incredible Planet"(Der unglaubliche Planet)is the sequel of this novel. German Das unglaubliche System 1963ⓘTranslated by Jean Cathelin French La machine suprême?La machine supreme [as by John W. Campbell] 1971ⓘTranslated by Stanis La Bruna Italian I figli di Mu 1972ⓘTranslated by Fúlvio Fonseca Portuguese Guerra das Galáxias [as by John W. Campbell]	Year Title 1934 The Mightiest Machine (Part 1 of 5) 1935 The Mightiest Machine (Part 2 of 5) 1935 The Mightiest Machine (Part 3 of 5) 1935 The Mightiest Machine (Part 4 of 5) 1935 The Mightiest Machine (Part 5 of 5)	Year Language Title 1955ⓘTranslated by Stanis La Bruna Italian I figli di Mu (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Astounding Stories, December 1934	1934-12-00	ed. F. Orlin Tremaine	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Howard V. Brown
Astounding Stories, January 1935	1935-01-00	ed. F. Orlin Tremaine	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Howard V. Brown
Astounding Stories, February 1935	1935-02-00	ed. F. Orlin Tremaine	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Howard V. Brown
Astounding Stories, March 1935	1935-03-00	ed. F. Orlin Tremaine	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Howard V. Brown
Astounding Stories, April 1935	1935-04-00	ed. F. Orlin Tremaine	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Howard V. Brown
The Mightiest Machine	1947-00-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Hadley Publishing Company		$3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	228	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Robert Pailthorpe
The Mightiest Machine	1947-00-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Hadley Publishing Company		$3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	228	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Frank R. Paul
I Romanzi di Urania #87	1955-07-14	ed. Giorgio Monicelli	Mondadori	87	Lit 130?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	128	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	Curt Caesar
Das unglaubliche System	1960-00-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Balowa / Gebrüder Zimmermann (Balowa Bestseller des Kosmos)	225	DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	272	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Fritz Horn
Das unglaubliche System	1961-08-18	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Moewig (Terra #187)	187	DM 0.70?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	62	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".	novel	Johnny Bruck
La machine suprême	1963-00-00	John W. Campbell	Hachette (Le Rayon Fantastique #110)			251	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	Jean-Claude Forest
The Mightiest Machine	1965-00-00	John W. Campbell	Ace Books	F-364	$0.40?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	220	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	Jerome Podwil
Urania #366	1965-01-10	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	366	Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	152	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
Aarn Munro il Gioviano	1971-12-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #2)		Lit 3,200?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	iv+ 500	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Antonio Cazzamali
Guerra das Galáxias	1972-00-00	John W. Campbell	Editorial Bruguera ( Coleção Urania?Colecao Urania #6)			192	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 Mightiest Machine	1972-12-00	John W. Campbell	Ace Books (Science Fiction from the Great Years)	0-441-53151-2 / 53151	$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	217	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	Dean Ellis
Millemondinverno 1977: La trilogia completa di John W. Campbell, Jr.	1977-11-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Mondadori (Millemondi #12)		Lit 1,800?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	418	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.	omni	Karel Thole
I figli di Mu	1998-06-00	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Mondadori (Classici Urania #255)		Lit 6,500?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	190	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	Bruce Pennington
The Mightiest Machine	2008-04-00	John W. Campbell	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-6462-0	$11.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	220	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 Mightiest Machine	2008-04-00	John W. Campbell	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-6463-7	$29.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	224	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Mightiest Machine	2011-09-00	John W. Campbell	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10194-4	£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 Mightiest Machine	2023-04-17	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Faded Page	20230427	C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Mightiest Machine	2025-09-15	John W. Campbell	Faded Page	20230427	C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Mightiest Machine	unpublished	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Buffalo Book Company		$3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel

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Reviews

• Review by Larry Farsace [as by Larry B. Farsaci] (1939) in Spaceways, February 1939
• Review by John Aiken [as by John K. Aiken] (1948) in Fantasy Review, February-March 1948
• Review by M. N. (1948) in Fantasy Book, Vol 1, No. 2 , reprinted in:
•     Fantasy Book, Vol 1, No. 2 (deluxe edition) (1948)
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1950) in Astounding Science Fiction, November 1950
• Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
•     '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
• Review [French] by
  Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis
  (1963) in Fiction, #118
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1966) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1966
• Review by Lynn E. Catoe (1969) in UFOs and Related Subjects: An Annotated Bibliography, (1978)
• Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
• Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years