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| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | International Fantasy Award | Fiction | Runner-up |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1952 |
|
Takeoff | Doubleday | Novel | 11 |
| November 1952 |
|
Takeoff | Doubleday / SFBC | Novel | 11 |
| September 1953 |
|
Takeoff | Pennant Books | Novel | 1 |
| April 1954 |
|
New Worlds Science Fiction, Volume 8, Number 22 | Nova Publications Ltd. | MAGAZINE | 5 |
| May 1954 |
|
New Worlds Science Fiction, May 1954 | Nova Publications Ltd. | MAGAZINE | 75 |
| June 1954 |
|
New Worlds Science Fiction, June 1954 | Nova Publications Ltd. | MAGAZINE | 84 |
| 1956 |
|
Partida | Jacobo Muchnik | Novel | |
| June 1958 |
|
Start zum Mond | Pabel | Novel | 3 |
| 1960 |
|
Partida para o espaço | Livros do Brasil | Novel | |
| July 1966 |
|
Galassia, #67 | Casa Editrice La Tribuna | MAGAZINE | 8 |
| April 1983 |
|
Gunner Cade | Tor / Pinnacle | Omnibus | 169 |
| October 2011 |
|
The Ship from Infinity / Takeoff | Armchair Fiction | Omnibus | |
| March 2016 |
|
The 34th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection |