Space Tug is a young adult science fiction novel by author Murray Leinster. It was published in 1953 by Shasta Publishers in an edition of 5,000 copies. It is the second novel in the author's Joe Kenmore series. Groff Conklin gave it a mixed review in Galaxy, noting that it held "plenty of excitement though not much maturity."[1] Boucher and McComas preferred it to the series's initial volume, but still found it "quite a notch below ... Leinster's adult work."[2] P. Schuyler Miller reported the novel was marked by "the fastest kind of action" and "the feeling of technical authenticity."[3]
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | Murray Leinster |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Malcolm Smith |
| Language | English |
| Series | Joe Kenmore |
| Genre | Young adult science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Shasta Publishers |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 223 |
| OCLC | 6570191 |
| Preceded by | Space Platform |
| Followed by | City on the Moon |
Plot introduction
editThe novel concerns the problems of the running of a space station.
Publication history
edit- 1953, US, Shasta Publishers OCLC 6570191, Pub date 1953, Hardback
- 1955, US, Pocket Books OCLC 40763228, Pub date 1955, Paperback
- 1957, Germany, Utopia-Grossband, Pub date 1957, Hardback, as Zwischen Erde und Mond
- 1965, US, Belmont OCLC 7370210, Pub date 1965, Paperback
- 1966, Germany, Terra Extra, Pub date 1966, Hardback, as Zwischen Erde und Mond
- 1972, the Netherlands, Luitingh-Sijthoff, Pub date 1972, Paperback, as Sabotage 2: Pendeldienst
References
edit- ^ "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1954, p.100
- ^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, June 1954, p.72.
- ^ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, November 1954, p.144
Sources
edit- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 594.
- Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 708. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 244. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External links
edit- Space Tug at Project Gutenberg
Space Tug public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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