The Kingslayer

The Kingslayer

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	L. Ron Hubbard
Cover artist	William Benulis
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date	1949
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	208 pp
OCLC	52003995

The Kingslayer is a collection of science fiction short stories by author L. Ron Hubbard. It was first published in 1949 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,200 copies. The title story first appeared in this collection. The other stories had previously appeared in the magazine Astounding.

Contents

• Preface
• "The Kingslayer"
• "The Beast"
• "The Invaders"

Publication history

• 1949, US, Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. OCLC 52003995, Pub date 1949, Hardback
• 1950, US, Two Complete Science Adventure Books, Pub date Winter 1950, Magazine
• 1957, Germany, Utopia Zukunftsroman 105, Pub date 1957, Hardback, as Rebell der Milchstrasse
• 1975, US, Major, Pub date 1975, Paperback, as Seven Steps to the Arbiter^[1]

References

1. D' Ammassa (2005). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-5924-9.

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 269–270.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-04-28.
• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 233. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

The title novella was reprinted in Two Complete Science-Adventure Books in 1950

External links

• The Kingslayer title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database