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A Spaceship Named McGuire

Randall Garrett

First published July 1961
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Spaceship McGuire #1

Synopsis

Viking Spacecraft is having trouble with the computers in their experimental ships. Their manager, suspecting sabotage, hires a Confidential Expeditor to investigate - and to babysit his rebellious teenager, who is also prone to fly off in unexpected directions.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1962 Hugo Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Publications (8)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1961 Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, July 1961 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 7
November 1961 Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, November 1961 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 4
March 1987 Takeoff Too! Starblaze / The Donning Company Collection 57
January 2008 A Spaceship Named McGuire Project Gutenberg Chapbook
January 2010 The Best of Randall Garrett: 43 Novels and Short Stories Halcyon Press Omnibus |10
January 2011 The Bramble Bush, The Destroyers, The Highest Treason, A Spaceship Named McGuire; A Collection of Short Stories Benediction Classics Collection
September 2012 A Spaceship Named McGuire LibriVox Chapbook
February 2013 The Randall Garrett Megapack Wildside Press Omnibus |19