Space Tug

For the spacecraft, see Space tug.

Space Tug

File:Space tug.jpg Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Murray Leinster
Cover artist	Malcolm Smith
Language	English
Series	Joe Kenmore
Genre	Young adult science fiction novel
Publisher	Shasta Publishers
Publication date	1953
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	223
OCLC	6570191
Preceded by	Space Platform
Followed by	City on the Moon

Space Tug is a young adult science fiction novel by author Murray Leinster. It was published in 1953 by Shasta Publishers in an edition of 5,000 copies. It is the second novel in the author's Joe Kenmore series.

Plot introduction

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

Publication history

• 1953, US, Shasta Publishers OCLC 6570191, Pub date 1953, Hardback
• 1955, US, Pocket Books OCLC 40763228, Pub date 1955, Paperback
• 1957, Germany, Utopia-Grossband, Pub date 1957, Hardback, as Zwischen Erde und Mond
• 1965, US, Belmont OCLC 7370210, 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

Reception

Groff Conklin 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 reported the novel was marked by "the fastest kind of action" and "the feeling of technical authenticity."

External links

• Space Tug at Project Gutenberg
• File:Speaker Icon.svg Space Tug public domain audiobook at LibriVox