Space Tug

Space Tug

infobox Book |
name = Space Tug
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 = 6570191
preceded_by = Space Platform
followed_by = City on the Moon

"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 second novel in the author's Joe Kenmore series.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the problems of running of a space station.

Publication history

*1953, USA, Shasta Publishers OCLC|6570191, Pub date 1953, Hardback
*1955, USA, Pocket Books OCLC|40763228, Pub date 1955, Paperback
*1957, Germany, Utopia-Grossband, Pub date 1957, Hardback, as "Zwischen Erde und Mond"
*1965, USA, Belmont OCLC|7370210, Pub date 1965, Paperback
*1966, Germany, Terra Extra, Pub date 1966, Hardback, as "Zwischen Erde und Mond"

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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