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Tiger by the Tail

Alan E. Nourse

First published November 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A shop lifter is using a purse with unlimited capacity to steal utensils which are made from aluminum. It turns out that an alternate universe wants to get aluminum from ours.

Publications (29)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1951 Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1951 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 42
March 1953 Science-Fiction Adventures in Dimension Vanguard Press Anthology 269
April 1954 Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 379
1955 Adventures in Dimension Grayson & Grayson Anthology
1961 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories David McKay Collection
October 1961 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories David McKay / SFBC Collection 3
1962 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Dennis Dobson Collection
February 1963 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
February 1963 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
September 1963 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection 3
1964 Beyond Infinity Corgi Collection 9
April 1964 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Macfadden Books Collection 7
April 1964 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Macfadden Books Collection 7
March 1965 Science Fiction Adventures in Dimension Berkley Medallion Anthology 153
1966 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
1968 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
January 1968 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Macfadden Books Collection 7
January 1968 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Macfadden Books Collection 7
1969 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
1971 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
1973 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
1973 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
1973 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
1974 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
1976 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
1978 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
1979 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 185
July 1985 The Great SF Stories #13 (1951) DAW Books Anthology 244
August 1997 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Scribner Paperback Fiction Anthology