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Bolden's Pets

F. L. Wallace

First published October 1955
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A man falls ill while trading with the inhabitants of an alien planet. They give him a pet as payment - a nice and friendly creature. Before returning to his base, he must wait out a storm and he feels much better. But after he confines the creature and lands on the base, he starts to feel really sick.

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Publications (9)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1955 Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1955 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 72
January 1956 Galaxy Science Fiction, No. 34 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 70
April 1963 Great Science Fiction About Doctors Collier Books Anthology 365
1965 Great Science Fiction About Doctors Collier Books Anthology 365
1966 Great Science Fiction About Doctors Collier Books Anthology 365
1970 Great Science Fiction About Doctors Collier Books Anthology 365
March 2009 Bolden's Pets Project Gutenberg Chapbook
August 2009 Short Science Fiction Collection 23 LibriVox Anthology |1
November 2014 The Eleventh Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack Wildside Press Collection