Planets of Adventure

Not to be confused with Planet of Adventure, a series of science fiction novels by Jack Vance.

Planets of Adventure

File:Planets of adventure.jpg Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Basil Wells
Cover artist	Jack Gaughan
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date	1949
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	292
OCLC	5973502

Planets of Adventure is a collection of science fiction short stories by author Basil Wells. It was published in 1949 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,500 copies. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy Book, Planet Stories and Future.

Contents

• "Empire of the Dust"
• "The Twisted Men"
• "The Hairy Ones"
• "Prison Rats"
• "Gateways"
• "Quest of Thig"
• "Power for Darm"
• "A Knight for Miss Merkins"
• "Caverns of Ith"
• "Wall of Darkness"
• "The Swift People"
• "World of Misters"
• "Planet of New Men"
• "Crusader"
• "Scrambled World"

Publication history

• 1949, US, Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. OCLC 5973502, Pub date 1949, Hardback
• 1949, Canada, Nelson, Pub date 1949, Hardback