Space Platform

Space Platform

infobox Book |
name = Space Platform
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Murray Leinster
illustrator =
cover_artist = Malcolm Smith
country = United States
language = English
series = Joe Kenmore
genre = YA Science fiction novel
publisher = Shasta Publishers
release_date = 1953
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 223 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1953791
preceded_by =
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.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the sabotage of attempts to place a platform in Earth orbit.

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"

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=594 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute |coauthors=Peter Nicholls| title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | location=New York| publisher=St. Martin's Griffin | pages=708 | date=1995|id=ISBN 0-312-13486-X
*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 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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