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Brightside Crossing

Alan E. Nourse

First published January 1956
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A group tries to cross to sun side of Mercurius while it is closest to the sun. An old-timer who once attempted the same thing tries to warn them and tells his story.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1956 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (50)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1956 Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1956 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 6
March 1956 Galaxy Science Fiction, No. 36 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 4
September 1959 The World That Couldn't Be and 8 Other Novelets from Galaxy Doubleday Anthology 61
1961 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories David McKay Collection
March 1961 The World That Couldn't Be and 8 Other Novelets from Galaxy Permabooks Anthology 43
October 1961 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories David McKay / SFBC Collection 79
1962 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Dennis Dobson Collection
September 1963 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection 79
1964 Beyond Infinity Corgi Collection 78
April 1964 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Macfadden Books Collection 64
April 1964 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Macfadden Books Collection 64
1965 Beyond Tomorrow Harper & Row Anthology 1
1965 Beyond Tomorrow Harper & Row Anthology 1
1965 Beyond Tomorrow Longmans (Canada) Anthology
September 1965 Beyond Tomorrow Harper & Row Anthology 1
January 1968 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Macfadden Books Collection 64
January 1968 Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories Macfadden Books Collection 64
February 1968 Beyond Tomorrow Gollancz Anthology
1969 Beyond Tomorrow Fawcett Gold Medal Anthology 9
1969 Focus Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 248
August 1973 Beyond Tomorrow Pan Books Anthology 9
1978 Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology Harper & Row Anthology 49
May 1978 Perilous Planets: An Anthology of Way-Back-When Futures Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology 35
June 1978 Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology Harper & Row Anthology 49
October 1979 The Science Fictional Solar System Harper & Row Anthology 34
1980 The Science Fictional Solar System Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 34
February 1980 Perilous Planets Avon Anthology 19
June 1980 Perilous Planets Orbit / Futura Anthology 35
July 1980 Wide-Angle Lens: Stories of Time and Space William Morrow Anthology 165
March 1981 The Science Fictional Solar System Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology 34
1982 The Science Fictional Solar System Panther Anthology 34
February 1982 Science Fiction Special 43 Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus 34
August 1988 The Great SF Stories # 18 (1956) DAW Books Anthology 13
August 1988 The Great SF Stories # 18 (1956) DAW Books Anthology 13
1998 Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology HarperCollins Anthology
January 2000 Beyond Tomorrow HarperCollins Anthology
May 2015 The 17th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack Wildside Press Collection
June 2015 Brightside Crossing Project Gutenberg Chapbook
August 2015 The 10th Science Fiction Megapack Wildside Press Anthology |19
January 2016 Brightside Crossing Positronic Publishing Chapbook
February 2016 Alan E. Nourse Super Pack Positronic Publishing Collection |18
February 2016 Alan E. Nourse Super Pack Positronic Publishing Collection |18
March 2016 Alan E. Nourse Super Pack Start Publishing Collection |18
March 2016 Brightside Crossing Start Publishing Chapbook
April 2018 Alan E. Nourse Super Pack Positronic Publishing Collection |18
July 2020 Incredible Science Fiction: Amazing Tales from the 50's and Beyond, Volume 2 Andrew G. Gibson Anthology |6
July 2020 Incredible Science Fiction: Amazing Tales from the 50's and Beyond, Volume 2 Andrew G. Gibson Anthology 286
August 2020 Incredible Science Fiction: Amazing Tales from the 50's and Beyond, Volume 2 Andrew G. Gibson Anthology |6
December 2021 Black Infinity, Winter/Spring 2022 Rocket Science Books MAGAZINE 57
May 2024 Brightside Crossing HardPress Publishing Chapbook