Space on My Hands

Space on My Hands

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Fredric Brown
Cover artist	Malcolm Smith
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Shasta Publishers
Publication date	1951
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	224
OCLC	1613135

Space on My Hands is a 1951 collection of science fiction short stories by Fredric Brown. It was first published by Shasta Publishers in 1951 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The story "Something Green" is original to this collection. The other stories originally appeared in the magazines Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Captain Future, Planet Stories and Weird Tales.

Contents

• Introduction
• "Something Green"
• "Crisis"
• "Pi in the Sky"
• "Knock"
• "All Good Bems"
• "Daymare"
• "Nothing Sirius"
• "The Star Mouse"
• "Come and Go Mad"

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller reported the collection to be "a selection of nine top-notch stories."^[1]

Publication history

• 1951, US, Shasta Publishers OCLC 1613135, Pub date 1951, Hardback
• 1953, US, Bantam Books OCLC 14022135, Pub date 1953, Paperback
• 1953, UK, Corgi OCLC 18608543 Pub date 1953, Paperback
• 1954, France, Éditions Denoël, Pub date 1954, Hardback, as Une étoile m'a dit
• 1956, Spain, Nebulae, Pub date 1956, Paperback, as Amo del espacio
• 1965, Germany, Terra Sonderband, Pub date 1965, Hardback, as Sehnsucht nach der Erde
• 1996, Romania, Editura Nemira, as Atingerea spațiului, ISBN 973-569-159-0 OCLC 1613135

References

1. "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, February 1952, p.158

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 593.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-04-22.
• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 69. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.