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Title: King of the Gray Spaces

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Title: King of the Gray Spaces Title Record # 58398
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1943-12-00
Variant Title of: R Is for Rocket (1943) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), space exploration (1), astronaut training (1), boyhood (1), childhood (1), friendship (1)

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
King of the Gray Spaces (R is for Rocket) 143 143 149 159 194 263 386
Doorway into Time 109 110 115 125 158 196
Death Sentence 124 126 130 136 157
Yours Truly – Jack the Ripper 99 99 101 110
Q.U.R. 36 36 39
Exile 21 21
No Award 13 18
19 nominations with 11.67 final points.
(as King of the Gray Spaces)
2019 Retro Hugo Best Short Story

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1943 1943-12-00 ed. Mary Gnaedinger All-Fiction Field, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Lawrence Checkmark
Super Science Stories (Canadian), August 1944 1944-08-00 ed. Alden H. Norton Popular Publications, Inc.; Toronto, Canada  
C$0.15?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
84
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Leo Morey  
The Science Fiction Galaxy 1950-02-00 ed. Groff Conklin Permabooks P67
$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xii+
242
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Every Boy's Book of Science Fiction 1951-02-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library)  
$2.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume I: 1938-1943 2011-04-00 Ray Bradbury Kent State University Press 978-1-60635-071-3
$65.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xlvi+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
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