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The Hour of Battle

Robert Sheckley

First published 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

"As one of the Guardian ships protecting Earth, the crew had a problem to solve. Just how do you protect a race from an enemy who can take over a man's mind without seeming effort or warning?" -- From original publication, via Gutenberg.

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Publications (18)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1953 Space Science Fiction [UK], Volume 2 No. 2 The Archer Press MAGAZINE 65
September 1953 Space Science Fiction, September 1953 Space Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 74
July 1968 The Future Makers Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 103
September 1969 The Future Makers New English Library Anthology 70
May 1971 The Future Makers Belmont Books Anthology 85
May 1971 The Future Makers Belmont Books Anthology 85
July 1971 Science Fiction Special (5) Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus 30
June 1974 The Future Makers Belmont Tower Anthology 85
June 1974 The Future Makers Flamingo Books Anthology 85
1975 The Future Makers Robert Hale Anthology 85
1979 The Future Makers Magnum Anthology 86
July 2009 The Hour of Battle Project Gutenberg Chapbook
November 2009 Short Science Fiction Collection 30 LibriVox Anthology |9
December 2010 Robert Sheckley Resurrected: The Early Works of Robert Sheckley Resurrected Press Collection 111
June 2011 "The Perfect Woman" and Other Stories Armchair Fiction Collection 286
February 2016 Space Science Fiction Super Pack Positronic Publishing Anthology |6
April 2016 Space Science Fiction Super Pack Start Publishing Anthology |6
April 2018 Space Science Fiction Super Pack Positronic Publishing Anthology |6