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Title: Space Tug

Author: Murray Leinster

Release Date: June 29, 2006 [EBook #18719]

Language: English

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30 MINUTES TO LIVE!

Joe Kenmore heard the airlock close with a sickening wheeze and then
a clank. In desperation he turned toward Haney. "My God, we've been
locked out!"

Through the transparent domes of their space helmets, Joe could see
a look of horror and disbelief pass across Haney's face. But it was
true! Joe and his crew were locked out of the Space Platform.

Four thousand miles below circled the Earth. Under Joe's feet rested
the solid steel hull of his home in outer space. But without tools
there was no hope of getting back inside. Joe looked at his oxygen
meter. It registered thirty minutes to live.

_Space Tug_ by Murray Leinster is an independent sequel to the
author's popular _Space Platform_, which is also available in a
POCKET BOOK edition. Both books were published originally by Shasta
Publishers.

_Of other books by Murray Leinster, the following are science-fiction:_

[A]SPACE PLATFORM

SIDEWISE IN TIME

MURDER MADNESS

THE LAST SPACE SHIP

THE LAWS OF CHANCE
(_anthology_)

GREAT STORIES OF SCIENCE FICTION
(_editor_)

[A] Published in a POCKET BOOK edition.

_Murray Leinster_

SPACE TUG

_Pocket Books, Inc._
_New York, N. Y._

This Pocket Book includes every word contained in the original,
higher-priced edition. It is printed from brand-new plates made from
completely reset, clear, easy-to-read type.

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SPACE TUG

Shasta edition published November, 1953

POCKET BOOK edition published January, 1955
1st printing November, 1954

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