Space Tug is a young adult science fiction novel by author Murray Leinster. It was published in 1953 by Shasta Publishers in an edition of 5,000 copies. It is the second novel in the author's Joe Kenmore series. Groff Conklin gave it a mixed review in Galaxy, noting that it held "plenty of excitement though not much maturity." Boucher and McComas preferred it to the series's initial volume, but still found it "quite a notch below ... Leinster's adult work." P. Schuyler Miller reported the novel was marked by "the fastest kind of action" and "the feeling of technical authenticity." Plot introduction The novel concerns the problems of the running of a space station. Publication history 1953, US, Shasta Publishers , Pub date 1953, Hardback 1955, US, Pocket Books , Pub date 1955, Paperback 1957, Germany, Utopia-Grossband, Pub date 1957, Hardback, as Zwischen Erde und Mond 1965, US, Belmont , Pub date 1965, Paperback 1966, Germany, Terra Extra, Pub date 1966, Hardback, as Zwischen Erde und Mond 1972, the Netherlands, Luitingh-Sijthoff, Pub date 1972, Paperback, as Sabotage 2: Pendeldienst References Sources External links 1953 American novels 1953 science fiction novels American science fiction novels American young adult novels Children's science fiction novels Novels by Murray Leinster Space exploration novels 1953 children's books