Most of Jones' short fiction was published during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, in magazines such as
Thrilling Wonder Stories,
Astounding Stories, and
Galaxy. His sixteen novels were published between 1951 and 1978. His short story "Rat Race", first published in the April 1966 issue of
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, was nominated for a Hugo Award. In 1996, "Correspondence Course", first published in the April 1945 edition of
Astounding Stories, was nominated for a Retro Hugo award for best short story. Another short story, "The Alien Machine", first published in the June 1949 edition of
Thrilling Wonder Stories, was later combined with two other short stories, "The Shroud of Secrecy" and "The Greater Conflict", and expanded into the novel
This Island Earth, upon which
the movie of the same name was based. Jones also wrote the story upon which a 1952
Tales of Tomorrow television program episode, titled "The Children's Room", was based. Jones short story, "Tools of the Trade", that appeared in the November 1950 issue of
Astounding, was the first story dealing with
3D printing, although he called it "Molecular Spray" at the time. In 1978, three of his stories were dramatized and released through audio cassette by AudiSee:
The Renegades of Time (The Lost Ones),
The King of Eolim (The Star Prince) and
The Rebels of Empiria. All three adaptations were sold with an accompanying art-filled booklet. ==Bibliography==