# Planets of Adventure

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{{distinguish|text=[Planet of Adventure](/source/Planet_of_Adventure), a series of science fiction novels by Jack Vance}}
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| name          = Planets of Adventure
| title_orig    = 
| translator    = 
| image         = Planets of adventure.jpg
| caption       = Dust-jacket from the first edition
| author        = [Basil Wells](/source/Basil_Wells)
| illustrator   = 
| cover_artist  = [Jack Gaughan](/source/Jack_Gaughan)
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = 
| genre         = [Science fiction](/source/Science_fiction)
| publisher     = [Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.](/source/Fantasy_Publishing_Company%2C_Inc.)
| release_date  = [1949](/source/1949_in_literature)
| english_release_date =
| media_type    = Print (hardback)
| pages         = 292
| isbn          = <!-- NA -->
| oclc          = 5973502
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'''''Planets of Adventure''''' is a collection of [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) [short stories](/source/short_stories) by American writer [Basil Wells](/source/Basil_Wells).  It was published in [1949](/source/1949_in_literature) by [Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.](/source/Fantasy_Publishing_Company%2C_Inc.) in an edition of 1,500 copies.  Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines ''Fantasy Book'', ''[Planet Stories](/source/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"

==References==
*{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings  | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=270 | year=1998}}
*{{cite web
  | last = Contento
  | first= William G. 
  | authorlink = 
  | title = Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
  | publisher =
  | url = http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t92.htm#A2050
  | doi =
  | accessdate = 2008-04-28}}
*{{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=[Advent](/source/Advent_(publisher)) | pages=449 | year=1978|isbn=0-911682-22-8}}

Category:1949 short story collections
Category:Science fiction short story collections
Category:Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. books

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