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Title: Citizen in Space Title Record # 71160
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1955-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1955 Spy Story
Year Language Title
1962 Italian Una storia di spie
1963Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Ein Irrtum der Regierung
1969Translated by Henk Bouwman
Dutch Burger in de ruimte
1972Translated by Anna Marie von Welck
German Spitzel-Geschichte
1977Translated by Edith Zilli and Norma B. de López.
Spanish Ciudadano del espacio
1978Translated by Mimi Perrin
French Citoyen de l'espace
1981Translated by Alexandra Delia Poenaru
Romanian Spy Story
1982Translated by Alexandra Delia Poenaru
Romanian Poveste cu spioni
1995Translated by Delia Ivănescu
Romanian
Cetățean în spațiu?Cetatean in spatiu
1996 Polish Obywatel Galaktyki

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Finalists 1956 Hugo Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Playboy, September 1955 1955-09-00 ed. Editors of Playboy        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Citizen in Space 1955-12-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Books 126
$0.35?$: US dollar
200
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Citizen in Space 1955-12-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Books H-126   200
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers  
Third Playboy Annual 1957-00-00 ed. Hugh M. Hefner Waldorf Publishing Co.  
$4.95?$: US dollar
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Argosy (UK), April 1957 1957-04-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
144
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag  
Galaxy #49 1962-06-00 ed. Luigi Vitali Casa Editrice La Tribuna 49
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
128
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Dillon Checkmark
Citizen in Space 1962-10-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Books F648
$0.50?$: US dollar
200
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Citizen in Space 1962-10-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Books F648
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
200
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Citizen in Space 1962-10-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Books F648
$0.50?$: US dollar
200
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Utopia mit kleinen Fehlern 1963-08-00 Robert Sheckley Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #46) Z 46
DM 5.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
189+
[1]
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
Utopia mit kleinen Fehlern 1963-08-00 Robert Sheckley Goldmann (Goldmanns Zukunftsromane #46) Z 46
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
189+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Eyke Volkmer  
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy 1966-00-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy Press  
$5.95?$: US dollar
ix+
403
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Gregory , Seymour Mednick Checkmark
Utopia mit kleinen Fehlern 1967-07-00 Robert Sheckley Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #081) 081
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
189+
[1]
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Eyke Volkmer  
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy 1968-00-00 ed. Editors of Playboy Playboy Press BA0115
$0.95?$: US dollar
ix+
402
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Jack Gregory , Seymour Mednick Checkmark
Citizen in Space 1968-03-00 Robert Sheckley Ballantine Bal-Hi U2862
$0.50?$: US dollar
[6]+
200
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Stel eens een domme vraag! 1969-00-00 Robert Sheckley Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1269) 1269
ƒ2.75?ƒ: Dutch guilder
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Dick Bruna Checkmark
Citizen in Space 1969-06-00 Robert Sheckley New English Library 0-450-00230-6 / 2462
6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ronald Ferns Checkmark
The Dead Astronaut 1971-00-00 ed. uncredited Playboy Press 16114
$0.75?$: US dollar
186
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Pompeo Posar Checkmark
Der Diamantenmacher 1972-00-00 ed. Edwin Orthmann Neues Leben (Wissenschaftlich-phantastische Erzählungen aus aller Welt)  
M 8.60?M: East German mark
482
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Werner Ruhner Checkmark
Utopia mit kleinen Fehlern 1974-00-00 Robert Sheckley Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #081) 3-442-23081-0
DM 4.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
183
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll
Jürgen Rogner?Juergen Rogner
Checkmark
2001 and Beyond: Science Fiction Stories 1975-00-00 ed. H. G. Stenzel Longman (Longmans' Simplified English Series) 0-582-52907-7
£0.31?£: UK pound
93
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
Science Fiction: Five Stories = Science Fiction: Fünf Geschichten 1976-12-00 ed. uncredited dtv (dtv zweisprachig) 3-423-09061-8
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
120
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Celestino Piatti Checkmark
Ciudadano del espacio 1977-00-00 Robert Sheckley Edhasa (Nebulae (2ª época) #11) 84-350-0154-7   195
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Das Raumschiff 1977-00-00 ed. Edwin Orthmann Neues Leben (Wissenschaftlich-phantastische Erzählungen aus aller Welt)  
M 13.50?M: East German mark
478
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Werner Ruhner Checkmark
Das Raumschiff 1977-00-00 ed. Edwin Orthmann Herder 3-451-17755-2
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
478
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Werner Ruhner  
Douces illusions 1978-05-17 Robert Sheckley Calmann-Lévy (Dimensions SF) 2-7021-0256-5   267
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Citizen in Space 1978-12-00 Robert Sheckley Ace Books 0-441-10595-5
$1.95?$: US dollar
264
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Dean Ellis Checkmark
Utopia mit kleinen Fehlern 1979-00-00 Robert Sheckley Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23081) 3-442-23081-0
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
183
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Paradox, #6, 1981 1981-00-00 ed. The Editors of Paradox Cenaclul H. G. Wells  
Lei 1?Lei: Romanian leu
20
tabloid?11" by 16" magazine, usually newsprint, e.g. British Science Fiction Monthly.
fanzine  
Almanah Anticipația 1983?Almanah Anticipatia 1983
1982-00-00 ed. Ioan Albescu, Alexandru Mironov,
Maria Păun?Maria Pahun
Maria Paun
Știință & Tehnică?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah
(
Almanah Anticipația?Almanah Anticipatia
Almanah Anticipatsia
#1)
 
Lei 25?Lei: Romanian leu
320
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth
Alexandru Andrieș?Alexandru Andries
,
Bogdan Mălinescu?Bogdan Malinescu
 
Das große Robert Sheckley Buch 1985-06-00 Robert Sheckley
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24070)
3-404-24070-7
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
715
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Tim White Checkmark
Douces illusions 1987-10-00 Robert Sheckley Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5273) 2-266-02069-2   284
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll W. Siudmak  
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing  
$150.00?$: US dollar
331+
380+
360+
275+
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One 1991-09-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing     331
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One 1992-07-00 Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing 1-56146-420-1
$12.95?$: US dollar
331
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Monștrii?Monstrii
1995-00-00 Robert Sheckley Editura Nemira (Nautilus #091) 973-9144-45-4
Lei 4,000?Lei: Romanian leu
236
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Obywatel Galaktyki 1996-00-00 Robert Sheckley Amber (Mistrzowie SF) 83-7169-084-3   255
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Colin Hay  
The Masque of Mañana 2005-08-00 Robert Sheckley NESFA Press 1-886778-60-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
569
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Masque of Mañana 2005-12-00 Robert Sheckley NESFA Press / SFBC 1202183
$14.50?$: US dollar
569
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Masque of Mañana 2008-08-00 Robert Sheckley NESFA Press 1-886778-60-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
569
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Der widerspenstige Planet 2009-12-00 Robert Sheckley Heyne (Meisterwerke der Science Fiction) 978-3-453-52562-7
€10.95?€: Euro
[1]+
700
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Hauptmann & Kompanie Werbeagentur Checkmark
Citizen in Space 2014-11-27 Robert Sheckley Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0760-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley 2022-02-00 Robert Sheckley Centipede Press (Masters of Science Fiction (Centipede Press)) 978-1-61347-311-5
$65.00?$: US dollar
727
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Keegan , Ruth Keegan Checkmark
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