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Ultima Thule

Mack Reynolds

First published March 1961
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series United Planets

Synopsis

An enthusiastic new agent is sent on a mission to find an elusive political agitator known as Tommy Paine. On the way he gets a whistle-stop tour of some of the strangest governments in the galaxy.

Notes

  • Ultima Thule is part 1 of the fix-up novel Planetary Agent X published in 1965, the other part of the fix-up is Pistolero(intended title). This last title according to the copyright page of the 1965 Ace Double edition was also published in Analog, but it was not. It was published later as Hatchetman in Impulse June 1966.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1962 Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist

Publications (10)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1961 Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, March 1961 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 8
July 1961 Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, July 1961 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 4|4.1
October 2009 Ultima Thule Project Gutenberg Chapbook
November 2009 Ultima Thule LibriVox Chapbook
March 2010 The Best of Mack Reynolds: 19 Novels and Short Stories Halcyon Press Collection |18
June 2013 Ultima Thule Spastic Cat Press Chapbook
June 2013 The Mack Reynolds Megapack: 23 Classic Science Fiction Stories Wildside Press Collection 28
January 2018 Ultima Thule Jovian Press Chapbook
January 2018 Ultima Thule Ozymandias Press Chapbook
March 2018 Ultima Thule Perennial Press Chapbook