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Giant Killer

A. Bertram Chandler

First published October 1945
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Mutants of a nonhuman species have enough intelligence to gain some insight into the nature of their reality, and their relationship to humans.

Notes

Story length is approximately 18,500 words based upon analysis of the electronic reprint of the story in "Baen's Universe".

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1996 Retro Hugo Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
2020 Retro Hugo Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (30)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1945 Astounding Science Fiction, October 1945 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 7
March 1946 Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1946 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 2
August 1951 World of Wonder Twayne Publishers Anthology 385
October 1951 World of Wonder Twayne Publishers Anthology 385
July 1970 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction Ballantine Books Anthology 1
July 1970 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction Ballantine Books Anthology 1
December 1971 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction Ballantine Books (UK) Anthology 1
1972 The Astounding-Analog Reader: Volume One Doubleday Anthology 433
October 1973 The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two Sphere Anthology 216
1978 Novella: 3 Orbit / Futura Anthology 12
November 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology
December 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House Anthology 448
May 1981 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House / SFBC Anthology 438
July 1982 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 DAW Books Anthology 264
July 1982 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 264
December 1984 The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 264
1989 The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s Robinson Anthology 369
1989 The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s Carroll & Graf Anthology 369
1989 The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s Carroll & Graf Anthology 369
April 1989 Worlds Imagined Avenel Books Anthology 448
November 1990 From Sea to Shining Star Dreamstone Collection 303
November 1990 From Sea to Shining Star Dreamstone Collection 303
1991 Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 331
1991 Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 331
1991 The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction Jaico Publishing House Anthology 369
August 2000 Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 331
2007 The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction Robinson Anthology 389
2007 The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction Carroll & Graf Anthology 389
June 2007 Jim Baen's Universe, June 2007 Baen Books MAGAZINE 10
March 2010 Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 331