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.