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Murray Leinster

First published May 1945
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1996 Retro Hugo Award Best Novelette Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (65)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1945 Astounding Science Fiction, May 1945 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 7
November 1945 Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1945 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 2
February 1946 The Best of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 559
1951 The Fireside Book of Flying Stories Simon & Schuster Anthology 431
February 1952 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Simon & Schuster Anthology 218
February 1952 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Simon & Schuster Anthology 218
1953 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 218
1954 The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Grayson & Grayson Anthology
June 1954 Stories for Tomorrow: An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction Funk & Wagnalls Anthology 149
1955 Stories for Tomorrow Eyre & Spottiswoode Anthology 101
December 1956 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Berkley Books Anthology 42
1963 The Best of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 305
May 1963 Contact Paperback Library Anthology 11
1964 The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Four Square Books Anthology 206
January 1964 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Berkley Medallion Anthology 44
August 1965 Contact Paperback Library Anthology 11
August 1965 Contact Paperback Library Anthology 11
December 1967 Selections from The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Berkley Medallion Anthology 44
August 1969 First Step Outward Dell Anthology 143
August 1969 First Step Outward Dell Anthology 143
April 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday Anthology 250
May 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 250
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 310
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 310
November 1971 First Contact Pinnacle Books Anthology 9
1972 The Astounding-Analog Reader: Volume One Doubleday Anthology 401
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol One Sphere Anthology 316
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol One Sphere Anthology 316
November 1972 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 310
March 1973 First Contact Pinnacle Books Anthology 9
April 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 310
October 1973 The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two Sphere Anthology 182
1974 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol One Sphere Anthology 316
1975 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Avon Anthology 310
November 1977 Aliens Orbit / Futura Anthology 13
1978 Approaches to Science Fiction Houghton Mifflin Anthology 319
April 1978 The Best of Murray Leinster Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 131
April 1978 The Best of Murray Leinster Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 131
August 1978 Aliens St. Martin's Press Anthology 13
August 1978 First Contact Pinnacle Books Anthology 9
October 1979 Science Fiction Stories Octopus Books Anthology 7
1980 The Golden Age of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 559
July 1982 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 DAW Books Anthology 126
July 1982 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 126
1983 Aliens from Analog Davis Publications Anthology 13
1983 Aliens from Analog The Dial Press Anthology 13
1983 Science Fiction Stories Octopus Books Anthology 7
December 1984 The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 126
1986 Science Fiction Stories Octopus Books Anthology
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 310
1987 Science Fiction Stories Octopus Books Anthology 7
February 1988 Encounters Headline Anthology 260
August 1998 First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster NESFA Press Collection 85
August 1998 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 250
February 1999 First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster NESFA Press / SFBC Collection 85
2001 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One The Easton Press Anthology 250
February 2003 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology 252
February 2005 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Orb Anthology 252
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |152
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |152
December 2017 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964 Blackstone Audio Anthology |250
February 2018 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology
March 2020 First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster Gateway / Orion Collection |85
September 2020 Sidewise in Time Gollancz / Orion Collection 255
September 2020 Sidewise in Time Gateway / Orion Collection