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Astounding Science Fiction, June 1947. Original appearance of "Centaurus II" |
 Berkley
Medallion, 1966. |
 Super Science Fiction, March 1950. Original appearance of "Rogue Ship" |
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DAW, 1980. Cover by Greg Theakston. |
 Worlds of If,
1963. Original appearance of "The Expendables" |
Edhasa, 1967. |
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Marabout,
1966. |
 Hungarian edition, published by Haja & Fiai in 1994. |
Eons,
E-Book. Cover art by Michel Koch. More info on this here. |
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Editura Vrema, 1994. |
 Urania, 1964. The Expendables and other stories by f.e. Robert Silverberg, Philip K. Dick and more. More info here. |
 Dobson, 1967. Cover by Richard Weaver.
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 Sogen-sha, 1973. | |||||
entaurus was the destination of the
space ship The Hope of Man. It had been traveling through
space for almost twenty years, and still nine years of
flight remained before Centaurus would be reached. For
many on board the craft earth had become a vague memory,
while for others it was a mere dot in the vast starry
reaches of space. Restlessness was evident everywhere;
the people wanted to return to a place they knew was
inhabited-not continue to an unknown where life was
questionable. Mutiny seemed inevitable. Captain Lesbee
knew that mutiny bred mutiny, but what was more vital was
his knowledge of earth's possible obliteration. The one
hope was Centaurus. Now more than ever, there could be no
turning back. Order had to be maintained even at the
price of human life. This is only the beginning of a
dramatic and fascinating interspace voyage, where the
greatest hazards are not the forces of an unknown
scientific world, but man himself.
