Citizen in Space
# Citizen in Space

Citizen in Space is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1955 by Ballantine Books (catalogue number 126).

## Contents

The book includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):

* "The Mountain Without a Name" (1955)
* "The Accountant" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1954)
* "Hunting Problem" (Galaxy, September 1955)
* "A Thief in Time" (Galaxy, July 1954)
* "The Luckiest Man in the World" (Fantastic Universe 1955/2; also known as "Fortunate Person")
* "Hands Off" (Galaxy, April 1954)
* "Something for Nothing" (Galaxy, June 1954)
* "A Ticket to Tranai" (Galaxy, October 1955)
* "The Battle" (If, September 1954)
* "Skulking Permit" (Galaxy, December 1954)
* "Citizen in Space" (Playboy September 1955; also known as "Spy Story")
* "Ask a Foolish Question" (Science Fiction Stories No. 1, 1953)

## Reception

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the stories as "very high in inventiveness, ingenuity and reader appeal."

