Outer Space

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

Operation: Outer Space is a science fiction novel by American writer Murray Leinster. It was first published in 1954 by Fantasy Press.

Premise

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

^ Conklin, Groff (March 1955). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 95–99.
^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, February 1955, pp.97.
^ Miller, P. Schuyler. "The Reference Library," Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1955, pp.150-51.

Sources

Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, Maryland and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 240.
Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 708. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 243. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.