Islands of Space is a
science fiction novel by author
John W. Campbell, Jr.. It was first published in book form in
1957 by
Fantasy Press in an edition of 1,417 copies. The novel originally appeared in the magazine
Amazing Stories Quarterly; the text was "extensively edited" for book publication, with Campbell's approval, by
Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. A paperback edition was published by
Ace Books in 1966. In 1973,
Islands was included in a
Doubleday omnibus of all three "Arcot, Wade, and Morey" novels. A German translation appeared in 1967 as
Kosmische Kreuzfahrt, and an Italian translation was published in 1976 as
Isole nello spazio.