Hunting Problem

First published	September 1955
Type	Short Fiction
Length	Short Story

Synopsis

A group of alien "boy scouts" is visiting a planet as corporeal beings. Usually they live on the upper atmosphere in a non-material state, but now they are living like their ancestors. One young scout is a bit timid, but the scout leader tells him that several bulls of the almost mythical beasts, Mirash, have been seen. Maybe he could redeem himself and hunt one of the beasts? At the same time, human prospectors are trying to find valuable jewels on the planet...

Publications (31)

Date	Publication	Publisher	Type	Page
September 1955	Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1955	Galaxy Publishing Corporation	MAGAZINE	35
December 1955	Citizen in Space	Ballantine Books	Collection	27
December 1955	Citizen in Space	Ballantine Books	Collection	27
December 1955	Galaxy Science Fiction, No. 33	Strato Publications	MAGAZINE	33
August 1960	Help!, #1 August 1960	General Promotions Co.	MAGAZINE	11\|2
October 1962	Citizen in Space	Ballantine Books	Collection	27
October 1962	Citizen in Space	Ballantine Books	Collection	27
1966	Stories from Science Fiction	Thomas Nelson & Sons	Anthology	49
March 1968	Citizen in Space	Ballantine Bal-Hi	Collection	27
June 1969	Citizen in Space	New English Library	Collection	31
October 1973	The Robert Sheckley Omnibus	Gollancz	Collection	277
1975	The Robert Sheckley Omnibus	Penguin Books	Collection	342
1977	Strange Planets	Blackie	Anthology	82
December 1978	Citizen in Space	Ace Books	Collection	35
1984	The Robert Sheckley Omnibus	Penguin Books	Collection	342
June 1988	Things Hunting Men	Baen Books	Anthology	265
June 1988	Things Hunting Men	Baen Books	Anthology	265
September 1991	The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley	Pulphouse Publishing	Omnibus	1-163
September 1991	The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One	Pulphouse Publishing	Collection	163
July 1992	The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One	Pulphouse Publishing	Collection	163
January 2005	The World Turned Upside Down	Baen Books	Anthology	109
January 2005	The World Turned Upside Down	Baen Books	Anthology	4
January 2005	The World Turned Upside Down	Baen Books	Anthology
February 2005	The World Turned Upside Down	Baen Books / SFBC	Anthology
June 2006	The World Turned Upside Down	Baen Books	Anthology	109
May 2007	The 1634: The Baltic War Disk	Baen Books	Omnibus	\|17.06
May 2007	The 1634: The Baltic War Disk	Baen Books	Omnibus	\|17.06
July 2007	The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006 Disk	Baen Books	Omnibus	\|3.06
March 2008	The David Drake When the Tide Rises Disk	Baen Books	Omnibus	\|17.06
October 2010	The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk	Baen Books	Omnibus	\|19.06
November 2014	Citizen in Space	Gateway / Orion	Collection