Citizen in Space

Citizen in Space

First edition
Author	Robert Sheckley
Cover artist	Richard M. Powers
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	science fiction short stories
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	1955
Media type	Print (paperback)
ISBN	978-0-441-10595-3 (US edition), 978-0-450-00230-4 (UK edition)
Preceded by	Untouched by Human Hands
Followed by	Pilgrimage to Earth

Citizen in Space is a collection of science fiction short stories by Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1955 by Ballantine Books (catalogue number 126). It includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):

1. "The Mountain Without a Name" (1955)
2. "The Accountant" (F&SF 1954/7)
3. "Hunting Problem" (Galaxy 1955/9)
4. "A Thief in Time" (Galaxy 1954/7)
5. "The Luckiest Man in the World" (Fantastic Universe 1955/2; also known as "Fortunate Person")
6. "Hands Off" (Galaxy 1954/4)
7. "Something for Nothing" (Galaxy 1954/6)
8. "A Ticket to Tranai" (Galaxy 1955/10)
9. "The Battle" (If 1954/9)
10. "Skulking Permit" (Galaxy 1954/12)
11. "Citizen in Space" (Playboy 1955/9; also known as "Spy Story")
12. "Ask a Foolish Question" (Science Fiction Stories No. 1, 1953)

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the stories as "very high in inventiveness, ingenuity and reader appeal."^[1]

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