"Double Dare"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Short story
Year: 1956
ID: 251
Publication history:
- 1956: Galaxy November 1956, Magazine
- 1956: Galaxy [UK] #46, Magazine
- 1963: The Fifth Galaxy Reader, Pocket Mass market paperback, 241 pp.
- 1965: To Worlds Beyond, Chilton Hard cover book, 170 pp.
- 1969: To Worlds Beyond, Sphere Mass market paperback, 157 pp.
- 1970: The Cube Root of Uncertainty, Macmillan Hard cover book
- 1971: The Cube Root of Uncertainty, Signet Mass market paperback, 239 pp.
- 1979: The Songs of Summer, Gollancz Hard cover book, ISBN 0575025654, 173 pp.
- 1980: Invaders from Earth and To Worlds Beyond, Ace Mass market paperback
- 1981: The Songs of Summer, Pan Mass market paperback, ISBN 0330263153
- 1982: Les Chants de l'été, J'ai lu Mass market paperback, ISBN 2277213926, 245 pp., in French as Double dfi
- 2000: Fictionwise, Fictionwise Online
Other resources:
[None on record]
Comments:
When an alien from Domerang V offhandedly remarks that Earth possesses a dangerous bet is born. Two Domerangi engineers come to Earth, where they will be given challenges to overcome, and two human engineers will go to Domerang for testing. The winners get the prestige of being proven the best. But is there something more going on?
On 19 December, 1957, a radio version of the story was broadcast on X Minus One. Tapes or CDs may be available if you search for it.