"Out There Where The Big Ships Go"

Title"Out There Where The Big Ships Go"
Year for Search1979
Authors[Murry], [John Middleton] [Jr.](1926-2002)
Tertiary AuthorsCowper, Richard [pseud.]
Secondary TitleThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Volume / Edition57.2
Pagination6-31
Date PublishedAugust 1979
ISSN Number00024-984X
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Eutopia brought about through a galactic game that was brought back to a ravaged Earth from a distant eutopian planet. Having reached the planet humans were then allowed to play the Game, which was the route to the next step in human evolution.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his Out There Where The Big Ships Go (New York: Pocket Books, 1980), 9-37; and in The 1980 Annual World's Best SF. Ed. Donald A. Wollheim with Arthur W. Saha (New York: DAW Books, 1980), 217-45.

Pseudonym

Richard Cowper [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1926-2002) never used his legal name and was known as Colin Middleton Murry. 

Full Text

1979 [Murry, John Middleton, Jr.] (1926-2002). “Out There Where The Big Ships Go.” By Richard Cowper [pseud.]. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 57.2 (August 1979): 6-31. Rpt. in his Out There Where The Big Ships Go (New York: Pocket Books, 1980), 9-37; and in The 1980 Annual World’s Best SF. Ed. Donald A. Wollheim with Arthur W. Saha (New York: DAW Books, 1980), 217-45.  The author never used his legal name and was known as Colin Middleton Murry. PSt

Eutopia brought about through a galactic game that was brought back to a ravaged Earth from a distant eutopian planet. Having reached the planet humans were then allowed to play the Game, which was the route to the next step in human evolution.