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1954 collection of short science-fiction stories by Eric Frank Russell
Deep Space
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorEric Frank Russell
Cover artistMel Hunter
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction short stories
PublisherFantasy Press
Publication date1954
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages249 pp
OCLC1142714

Deep Space is a collection of short science-fiction stories by the British writer Eric Frank Russell. It was first published by Fantasy Press in 1954 in an edition of 2,257 copies. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Thrilling Wonder Stories, Other Worlds, Astounding, Galaxy Science Fiction, Imagination and Blue book.

Contents

  • "First Person Singular"
  • "The Witness"
  • "Last Blast"
  • "Homo Saps"
  • "The Timid Tiger"
  • "A Little Oil"
  • "Rainbow’s End"
  • "The Undecided"
  • "Second Genesis"

Reception

Anthony Boucher praised the selection of stories, saying they had been "chosen so as to form a cohesive series of comments upon human (and extra-human) relationships in space flight and colonization." P. Schuyler Miller declared Deep Space to be "one of the most satisfying one-author collections of the past year, and one of Fantasy Press' all-time best selections."

References

  1. "Recommended Reading," F&SF, December 1954, p.91.
  2. Miller, P. Schuyler. "The Reference Library," Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1955, pp.147-48.
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