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Cover for The Cosmic Poachers
Short Story

The Cosmic Poachers

1953

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About this story

Human space travelers seize a valuable-looking cargo from an alien vessel. Their confidence in the find's commercial value rests on assumptions about its contents that they have little reason to trust.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Oct 22, 1952

    Composition: no later than Oct 22, 1952

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Oct 22, 1952

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Oct 22, 1952

  3. Jul 1953

    First published Jul 1953

    Imagination