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The Deserter

William Tenn

First published February 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

During a long war with Jupiter, one enemy soldier decides to defect to Earth. A former POW, who is all too familiar with the Jovians' method of communication, is sent to ask it why.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1953 Cover Star Science Fiction Stories Ballantine Books Anthology 91
February 1953 Cover Star Science Fiction Stories Ballantine Books Anthology 91
April 1953 Cover Star Science Fiction Stories Ballantine Books Anthology 91
1954 Cover Star Science Fiction Stories T. V. Boardman Anthology 97
July 1961 Cover Star Science Fiction Stories Ballantine Books Anthology 91
November 1967 Cover La guerra è sempre la guerra De Carlo Editore Anthology 277
June 1968 Cover The Wooden Star Ballantine Books Collection 95
June 1968 Cover The Wooden Star Ballantine Books Collection 95
July 1971 Cover The Wooden Star Ballantine Books (UK) Collection 95
1972 Cover Bug-Eyed Monsters Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 130
November 1972 Cover Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1 Ballantine Books Anthology 88
November 1972 Cover Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1 Ballantine Books Anthology 88
April 1973 Cover Fiction, #232 OPTA MAGAZINE 53
July 1973 Cover Null-P Heyne Collection 60
June 1974 Cover Bug-Eyed Monsters Panther Anthology 119
August 1981 Cover The Wooden Star Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 95
February 2001 Cover Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 NESFA Press Collection 109
July 2001 Cover Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 NESFA Press Collection 109
September 2002 Cover Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 NESFA Press / SFBC Collection 109
July 2013 Cover The Wooden Star Gateway / Orion Collection