Space Chantey
- by R. A. Lafferty
- Novel
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- Space Chantey by R. A. Lafferty, in Ace Double #H-56: Pity about Earth by Ernest Hill / Space Chantey by R. A. Lafferty (Ace Books, 1968).
Lafferty rewrites The Odyssey with a time machine, called a Dong Button, featured in Chapters 3 and 4.
—Fred Galvin
The Dong button was just that, a big green button with the word Dong engraved on it. You pushed it, and it went dong. Well, that was alnost too simple. Should there not be a deeper reason for it? And the small instruction plate over it didn't add much. It read: “Wrong prong, bong gong.
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Variants
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- Space Chantey by R. A. Lafferty, in Ace Double #H-56: Pity about Earth by Ernest Hill / Space Chantey by R. A. Lafferty (Ace Books, 1968).
- De avonturen van kapitein Roodstorm [The adventures of Captain Roodstorm] by R. A. Lafferty (Meulenhoff, 1970).
- Chants de l’espace [Songs of space] by R. A. Lafferty (OPTA, April 1974).
- Die Odyssee des Captain Roadstrum [The odyssey of Captain Roadstrum] by R. A. Lafferty (Moewig, November 1980).
- Cantata spaziale [Space cantana] by R. A. Lafferty, Galassia #216, June 1976.
- Salomas del espacio [Shanties of space] by R. A. Lafferty (Acervo, 1978).
Translations
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- Space Chantey by R. A. Lafferty, in Ace Double #H-56: Pity about Earth by Ernest Hill / Space Chantey by R. A. Lafferty (Ace Books, 1968).
- Dutch.
De avonturen van kapitein Roodstorm [The adventures of Captain Roodstorm] by R. A. Lafferty (Meulenhoff, 1970). - French.
Chants de l’espace [Songs of space] by R. A. Lafferty (OPTA, April 1974). - German.
Die Odyssee des Captain Roadstrum [The odyssey of Captain Roadstrum] by R. A. Lafferty (Moewig, November 1980). - Italian.
Cantata spaziale [Space cantana] by R. A. Lafferty, Galassia #216, June 1976. - Spanish.
Salomas del espacio [Shanties of space] by R. A. Lafferty (Acervo, 1978).