Citizen in Space

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Citizen in Space
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First edition
Author Robert Sheckley
Cover artist Richard M. Powers
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Ballantine Books
Publication date
1955
Media typePrint (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 American writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1955 by Ballantine Books (catalogue number 126).

Contents

Contents

The book includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):

Reception

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

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References

  1. "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction , July 1956, p.100.