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The Survivors (Godwin novel)

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The Survivors
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorTom Godwin
Cover artistWallace Wood
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherGnome Press
Publication date
1958
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages190 pp
ISBNNA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
OCLC1147635
Followed byThe Space Barbarians 

The Survivors is a science fiction novel by author Tom Godwin. It was published in 1958 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which 1,084 were never bound. The novel was published in paperback by Pyramid Books in 1960 under the title Space Prison. The novel is an expansion of Godwin's story "Too Soon to Die" which first appeared in the magazine Venture.

Plot introduction

Prisoners in an interstellar war are marooned on the inhospitable planet Ragnarok, where they struggle to survive.

References

  • Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 307. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 188. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.