Great Short Novels of Science Fiction

Ballantine Books
(Cover Donna Violetti)

"Jack" Chandler is the British-born skipper of a cargo vessel that plies the Australian coast. Since about 1944 he has whiled away the long hours of maritime duty by writing science fiction, much of it, unsurprisingly, dealing with the space-going "navy" of the future. Giant Killer was one of his first stories, and - though perhaps it is no compliment to a writer of more than a quarter of a century's standing to say so - it is almost certainly his best work, an astonishly compelling realisation of a truly alien society.

• Astounding, October 1945
• Astounding, March 1946 (British Edition)
• World of Wonder, Twayne Publications, (New York), 1951
• Great Short Novels of Science Fiction, Ballantine Books, (USA), 1970
• The Astounding-Analog Reader, (UK), 1973
• The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels, Arbor House, (New York), 1980
• The Golden Years of Science Fiction Fourth Series, Bonanza Books, (USA), 1984
• From Sea To Shining Star, Australia (1990)
• Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, Galahad Books (US), 1991