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Deadhead

Robert Sheckley

First published July 1955
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

An apparent stowaway arrives to a Mars colony. He wants to get a job, but you need to have at least one doctorate to work at the colony. The scientists do the routine maintenance as well as they are able and have time, and it seems it really might be useful to have someone used to construction work at the colony, but the law is law, and the scientist think about sending the man back to Earth in the same ship he apparently arrived. But that ship was only for cargo and wasn't even pressurized...

Publications (13)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1955 Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1955 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 81
October 1957 Pilgrimage to Earth Bantam Books Collection 112
October 1957 Pilgrimage to Earth Bantam Books Collection 112
November 1957 Pilgrimage to Earth Bantam Books Collection 112
1959 Pilgrimage to Earth Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 129
August 1964 Pilgrimage to Earth Bantam Books Collection 112
August 1964 Pilgrimage to Earth Bantam Books Collection 112
August 1978 Pilgrimage to Earth Ace Books Collection 163
September 1991 The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing Omnibus 2-133
September 1991 The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two Pulphouse Publishing Collection 133
July 1992 The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Two Pulphouse Publishing Collection 133
May 2014 Pilgrimage to Earth Open Road Integrated Media Collection
October 2014 Pilgrimage to Earth Gateway / Orion Collection