HH: "Violence and death concern me very much. There is too much of it in our society and our world, and at one time I put far too much of it into my own work. A pulp reflex that took effort to break ... Yet it does have its fascination or it would not be there. At one extreme is the escape-thriller that we will read to relax ... At the other extreme is what can only be called the excess vicarious violence of screen and box ... Neither am I fond of the legend of the hired killer, the cool hand who butchers for money. I believe in the rule of conscience and law that has taken us out of the jungle. That is what this story is about." (Best of Harry Harrison)
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Analog, March 1969, p.107-117. Illustrated by Leo Summers.
One Step From Earth, 1970.
in: Vertrek van Aankomst [One Step from Earth] [Flemish].
as: "Der Fahnder" in: Stationen im All [One Step from Earth]. 1972. Translated by Walter Ernsting and Rosemarie Ott.. [German].
The Best of Harry Harrison, June 1976.
as: "Des Raisons au Meurtre d'Un Homme" in Le Livre d'Or de la Science Fiction: Harry Harrison, edited by George W. Barlow. Paris: Presses Pocket, 1985, pbk. p.126-140. Translated by George W. Barlow. [French].
as "Av Fanatism, eller Mot Betalning" in Aschkelons Gator [The Best of Harry Harrison]. 1985. [Swedish].
Cyber-Killers, edited by Ric Alexander. London: Orion / Millennium, June 1997, p.281-292, ISBN: 0-75280-783-8, hbk. ISBN: 0-75280-980-6, tpbk.
as: "Per Fanatismo, O Per Soldi" in: La Macchina che Uccide (Millemondi 18), edited by Ric Alexander. 15th December 1998. Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. ISSN: 1123-0762. Translated by Delio Zinoni. [Italian]
50 in 50, July 2001.
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