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Second Game

Katherine MacLean & Charles V. De Vet

First published March 1958
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Kalin Trobt

Synopsis

In order to find a way to avoid warfare, a spy for the organization of human planets infiltrates a planet of humanoid aliens who only respect competition and conflict.

Notes

First published in Astounding, March 1958.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1959 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (15)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1958 Astounding Science Fiction, March 1958 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 56
June 1958 Astounding Science Fiction, June 1958 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 50
July 1970 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction Ballantine Books Anthology 192
July 1970 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction Ballantine Books Anthology 192
December 1971 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction Ballantine Books (UK) Anthology 192
November 1979 The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction Doubleday Anthology 97
March 1980 The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 97
November 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology
December 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House Anthology 263
May 1981 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House / SFBC Anthology 256
April 1989 Worlds Imagined Avenel Books Anthology 263
July 1990 The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s Robinson Anthology 91
November 1990 The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s Carroll & Graf Anthology 91
January 2003 Give Me Liberty Baen Books Anthology 211
July 2006 Freedom! Baen Books Omnibus