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Author | Murray Leinster |
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Cover artist | Malcolm Smith |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Joe Kenmore |
Genre | Young adult science fiction novel |
Publisher | Shasta Publishers |
Publication date
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1953 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 223 |
OCLC | 1953791 |
Followed by | Space Tug |
Space Platform is a young adult science fiction novel by author Murray Leinster. It was published in 1953 by Shasta Publishers in an edition of 5,000 copies. It is the first novel in the author's Joe Kenmore series.
The novel concerns the sabotage of attempts to place a platform in Earth orbit.
P. Schuyler Miller reported the novel was marked by "the fastest kind of action" and "the feeling of technical authenticity."