Gold and Iron-Jack Vance novel, book review
Gold and Iron-Jack Vance novel (author’s preferred title) AKA: Slaves of the Klau and Planet of the Damned Gold and Iron was Vance's preferred title for this 158 page novel. It was first published in December of 1952 by Standard Magazines in a magazine issue titled Space Stories. One of the stories in that issue was by Vance but the title was changed from Vance’s title of “Gold and Iron” to “Planet of the Damned”. In 1958 Ace published it in paperback book form as an Ace Double with Big Planet. They changed the title to “Slaves of the Klau" and made major cuts in the text. When it was published by Coronet as “Slaves of the Klau” in paperback in 1980 they restored the text without the Ace cuts. In 1982 Underwood-Miller published it in a limited edition, again under the title Slaves of the Klau. They used the original edited magazine version. The novel was finally published under Vance's preferred title of "Gold and Iron" i...