Space Platform
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| Space Platform | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | Murray Leinster |
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| Cover artist | Malcolm Smith |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Joe Kenmore |
| Genre(s) | YA Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Shasta Publishers |
| Publication date | 1953 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 223 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC | 1953791 |
| Followed by | Space Tug |
Space Platform is a YA 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 first novel in the author's Joe Kenmore series.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel concerns the sabotage of attempts to place a platform in Earth orbit.
[edit] Publication history
- 1953, USA, Shasta Publishers OCLC 1953791, Pub date 1953, Hardback
- 1953, USA, Pocket Books OCLC 40763249, Pub date 1953, Paperback
- 1957, Germany, Utopia-Kriminal, Pub date 1957, Hardback, as Projekt Raumstation
- 1957, Italy, Cosmo OCLC 223998537, Pub date 1957, Hardback, as Plattaform spaziale
- 1965, USA, Belmont OCLC 42047570, Pub date 1965, Paperback
- 1966, Germany, Terra Extra, Pub date 1966, Hardback, as Projekt Raumstation
[edit] References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 594.
- Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 708. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 244. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
