Space Tug
{{Short description|1953 novel by Murray Leinster}}
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{{infobox book |
| name = Space Tug
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = Space tug.jpg
| caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
| author = Murray Leinster
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = Malcolm Smith
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Joe Kenmore
| genre = Young adult science fiction novel
| publisher = Shasta Publishers
| release_date = 1953
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| media_type = Print (Hardback)
| pages = 223
| isbn =
| oclc = 6570191
| preceded_by = Space Platform
| followed_by = City on the Moon
}}
Space Tug is a young adult science fiction novel by author Murray Leinster. It was published in 1953 by Shasta Publishers in an edition of 5,000 copies. It is the second novel in the author's Joe Kenmore series. Groff Conklin gave it a mixed review in Galaxy, noting that it held "plenty of excitement though not much maturity.""Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1954, p.100 Boucher and McComas preferred it to the series's initial volume, but still found it "quite a notch below ... Leinster's adult work.""Recommended Reading," F&SF, June 1954, p.72. P. Schuyler Miller reported the novel was marked by "the fastest kind of action" and "the feeling of technical authenticity.""The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, November 1954, p.144
Plot introduction
The novel concerns the problems of the running of a space station.
Publication history
- 1953, US, Shasta Publishers {{OCLC|6570191}}, Pub date 1953, Hardback
- 1955, US, Pocket Books {{OCLC|40763228}}, Pub date 1955, Paperback
- 1957, Germany, Utopia-Grossband, Pub date 1957, Hardback, as Zwischen Erde und Mond
- 1965, US, Belmont {{OCLC|7370210}}, Pub date 1965, Paperback
- 1966, Germany, Terra Extra, Pub date 1966, Hardback, as Zwischen Erde und Mond
- 1972, the Netherlands, Luitingh-Sijthoff, Pub date 1972, Paperback, as Sabotage 2: Pendeldienst
References
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Sources
- {{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=594 | year=1998}}
- {{cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute |author2=Peter Nicholls |authorlink2=Peter Nicholls (writer) | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | location=New York| publisher=St. Martin's Griffin | pages=708 | year=1995|isbn=0-312-13486-X| title-link=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction }}
- {{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=244 | year=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1}}
External links
- {{Gutenberg|no=18719|name=Space Tug}}
- {{librivox book | title=Space Tug | author=Murray LEINSTER}}
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Category:1953 science fiction novels
Category:American science fiction novels
Category:American young adult novels
Category:Children's science fiction novels
Category:Novels by Murray Leinster
Category:Space exploration novels
Category:1953 children's books
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