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The Leader

Murray Leinster

First published February 1960
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

An allegorical take on Hitler's frightening charisma, the story details a Germanic warmonger called "The Leader" who conducts experiments with ESP in order to learn how to control the minds of his followers. The story is told in exchanges of letters and telegrams, creating a distance between the events and their revelation.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1960 Cover Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, February 1960 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 142
June 1960 Cover Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, June 1960 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 107
1969 Cover 14 Great Tales of ESP Fawcett Gold Medal Anthology 54
1970 Cover 14 Great Tales of ESP Coronet Anthology 54
January 1982 Cover Space Mail: Volume II Fawcett Crest Anthology 298
November 2007 The Leader Project Gutenberg Chapbook
March 2011 Cover Murray Leinster Resurrected Resurrected Press Collection
March 2012 Cover The Murray Leinster Megapack Wildside Press Omnibus |25
July 2013 Cover Anthology of Sci-Fi V25: The Pulp Writers: Murray Leinster Spastic Cat Press Collection
November 2015 Cover The First Murray Leinster Megapack ® Wildside Press Omnibus |20
March 2016 Cover Murray Leinster Collection: Volume 1 Eternal Books Omnibus 571
February 2017 Cover Murray Leinster Collection: Volume 1 Eternal Sun Books Omnibus 448