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Lost in a Comet's Tail; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Strange Adventure with His New Air-Ship

Luis P. Senarens

First published February 1967
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Per Sam Moskowitz's foreword in Masterpieces of Science Fiction, this story was first published as "a 25,000 word 'novel'" in "Frank Reade Library Number 122 for December 13, 1895". The version in Masterpieces of Science Fiction is "condensed to about 10,000 words [by Moskowitz], all entirely the author's [Senarens'], with the greatest amount of material on the more fascinating space aspects."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1967 Cover Masterpieces of Science Fiction World Publishing Co. Anthology 276
1974 Cover Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 276
1974 Cover Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 276