This e-text was produced from “Tiger by the Tail and Other Science
Fiction Stories by Alan E. Nourse” and was first published in Galaxy,
January 1956. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the
U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
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by Alan E. Nourse
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