Operation: Outer Space

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Operation: Outer Space
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Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author Murray Leinster
Cover artist John T. Brooks
Country United States
Language English
Genre Science fiction novel
Publisher Fantasy Press
Publication date
1954
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 208 pp
OCLC 1561287

Operation: Outer Space is a science fiction novel by author Murray Leinster. It was first published in 1954 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 2,042 copies.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the first interstellar flight, financed by making it into a television show.

Reception

Galaxy reviewer Groff Conklin praised the novel as "a fast-paced, sardonic job that is primarily a satire on the future of mass communications."[1] Anthony Boucher similarly praised the novel's satirical elements, although he found that "a slight lack of genuine bite and emotion" kept the novel "from being a front-ranker."[2] P. Schuyler Miller reported that "It's no classic, but it's good reading."[3]

References

  1. "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1955, p.97
  2. "Recommended Reading," F&SF, February 1955, pp.97.
  3. Miller, P. Schuyler. "The Reference Library," Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1955, pp.150-51.
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