''Venus Equilateral'' is a collection of
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
by American writer
George O. Smith. The stories belong to Smith's
Venus Equilateral
The Venus Equilateral series is a set of 13 science fiction short stories by American writer George O. Smith, concerning the Venus Equilateral Relay Station, an interplanetary communications hub located at the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Venus ...
series. The collection was first published in
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
by
Prime Press
Prime Press, Inc. was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947. It published a number of interesting science fiction books in its brief four-year lifespan.
It was founded by Oswald Train, James A. Wil ...
in an edition of 3,000 copies. "Mad Holiday" was written for this collection. The other stories first appeared in the magazine ''
Astounding
''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 Cl ...
''.
Contents
* Introduction, by
John W. Campbell, Jr.
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
* "QRM—Interplanetary"
* "Calling the Empress"
* "Recoil"
* "Off the Beam"
* "The Long Way"
* "Beam Pirate"
* "Firing Line"
* "Special Delivery"
* "Pandora’s Millions"
* "Mad Holiday"
* "The External Triangle"
* "Epilogue: Identity"
References
Sources
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External links
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1947 short story collections
Science fiction short story collections
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