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Short Story

A Game of Unchance

1964

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About this story

Martian settlers try to outwit the alien carnival that has been cheating them. Their plan to win a valuable prize draws them deeper into a game whose rules they barely understand.

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Work history

  1. no later than Dec 9, 1963

    Composition: no later than Dec 9, 1963

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Dec 9, 1963

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Dec 9, 1963

  3. Jul 1964

    First published Jul 1964

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