Travelers of Space

Travelers of Space

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Editor	Martin Greenberg
Illustrator	Edd Cartier
Cover artist	Edd Cartier
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Gnome Press
Publication date	1951
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	400

Travelers of Space is a 1951 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Planet Stories, Astounding SF, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Startling Stories.

Contents

• Foreword, by Martin Greenberg
• Introduction, by Willy Ley
• "The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears", by Keith Bennett
• "Christmas Tree", by Christopher S. Youd
• "The Forgiveness of Tenchu Taen", by Frederic Arnold Kummer
• "Episode on Dhee Minor", by Harry Walton
• "The Shape of Things", by Ray Bradbury
• "Columbus Was a Dope", by Lyle Monroe (pseudonym for Robert A. Heinlein)
• "Attitude", by Hal Clement
• "The Ionian Cycle", by William Tenn
• "Trouble on Tantalus", by P. Schuyler Miller
• "Placet Is a Crazy Place", by Fredric Brown
• "Action on Azura", by Robertson Osborne
• "The Rull", by A. E. van Vogt
• "The Double Dyed Villains", by Poul Anderson
• "Bureau of Slick Tricks", by H. B. Fyfe
• "Life on Other Worlds", by Edd Cartier
• "The Interstellar Zoo", by David A. Kyle
• Science Fiction Dictionary

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller noted that Greenberg had limited his selections to "largely if not entirely unanthologized stories," limiting the contents to lesser if less familiar stories on the central theme.

Sources

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 299–300.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-02-24.

• Travelers of Space title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database