The Planet Buyer Author:Cordwainer Smith First edition paperback. Cover by Peter Bramley. — A shorter version of this book appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction for April, 1964, under the title: "The Boy Who Bought Old Earth". — One fabulous night of frenzied manipulation had made the obscure rancher from the far planet the single richest man in history. It also made him the sole owner of M... more »an's home planet - and a sitting duck target for every criminal in the universe. There was one way he could reach the planet he now owned, alive. But it meant he would have to die first...« less