''Space Tug'' is a

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novel by author

Murray Leinster Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie ...

. It was published in 1953 by

Shasta Publishers Shasta Publishers was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947 by Erle Melvin Korshak, T. E. Dikty, and Mark Reinsberg, who were all science fiction fans from the Chicago area. The name of the press was ...

in an edition of 5,000 copies. It is the second novel in the author's Joe Kenmore series.

Groff Conklin Edward Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904 – July 19, 1968) was an American science fiction anthologist. He edited 40 anthologies of science fiction, one of mystery stories (co-edited with physician Noah Fabricant), wrote books on home improvemen ...

gave it a mixed review in ''Galaxy'', noting that it held "plenty of excitement though not much maturity." Boucher and McComas preferred it to the series's initial volume, but still found it "quite a notch below ... Leinster's adult work."

P. Schuyler Miller Peter Schuyler Miller (February 21, 1912 – October 13, 1974) was an American science fiction writer and critic. Life Miller was raised in New York's Mohawk Valley, which led to a lifelong interest in the Iroquois Indians. He pursued this as ...

reported the novel was marked by "the fastest kind of action" and "the feeling of technical authenticity.""The Reference Library", ''

Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'', November 1954, p.144

Plot introduction

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

Publication history

* 1953, US,

, Pub date 1953, Hardback * 1955, US,

Pocket Books Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books. History Pocket Books produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in the United States in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing in ...

, Pub date 1955, Paperback * 1957, Germany, Utopia-Grossband, Pub date 1957, Hardback, as ''Zwischen Erde und Mond'' * 1965, US, Belmont , Pub date 1965, Paperback * 1966, Germany, Terra Extra, Pub date 1966, Hardback, as ''Zwischen Erde und Mond'' * 1972, the Netherlands, Luitingh-Sijthoff, Pub date 1972, Paperback, as ''Sabotage 2: Pendeldienst''

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