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A Ticket to Tranai

Robert Sheckley

First published October 1955
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A man hears about a nice planet where life is really free. There are no taxes, there are ample opportunities for everyone, and all of the women are young and beautiful. But it turns out that there are some catches. And then some more catches. And then even more.

Publications (23)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1955 Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1955 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 6
December 1955 Citizen in Space Ballantine Books Collection 108
December 1955 Citizen in Space Ballantine Books Collection 108
January 1956 Galaxy Science Fiction, No. 34 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 4
October 1962 Citizen in Space Ballantine Books Collection 108
October 1962 Citizen in Space Ballantine Books Collection 108
March 1968 Citizen in Space Ballantine Bal-Hi Collection 108
June 1969 Citizen in Space New English Library Collection 105
October 1973 The Robert Sheckley Omnibus Gollancz Collection 199
1975 The Robert Sheckley Omnibus Penguin Books Collection 250
December 1978 Citizen in Space Ace Books Collection 141
1984 The Robert Sheckley Omnibus Penguin Books Collection 250
September 1991 The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing Omnibus 1-241
September 1991 The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One Pulphouse Publishing Collection 241
July 1992 The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One Pulphouse Publishing Collection 241
May 2002 The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction Robinson Anthology 160
May 2002 The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction Carroll & Graf Anthology 160
August 2005 The Masque of Mañana NESFA Press Collection 251
December 2005 The Masque of Mañana NESFA Press / SFBC Collection 251
August 2008 The Masque of Mañana NESFA Press Collection 251
November 2013 The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction Robinson Anthology |160
November 2014 Citizen in Space Gateway / Orion Collection
February 2022 Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley Centipede Press Collection 681