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Title: Kindergarten Title Record # 45720
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1953-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A man has moved countryside after a diagnosis of terminal cancer. One day he finds a strange machine nearby his house. The machine gives him a statue made of jade. A young woman who lives nearby gets a small bottle of eloquent perfume. Soon other people stat to come and everyone gets something - something which they have hoped. Then the machine starts to build something, and military gets very interested in what is going on. At the same time the polio epidemic which has been going on disappears suddenly. The military starts to suspect that the man has something to do with the alien machine and captures him. After through study they are convinced that the man is human after all and relax so much that man is able to escape. He has a powerful compulsion to return to the site. He meets the young woman from the next door from his cottage, and she also has the compulsion to return. They return. Meanwhile the military has tried to attack the now gigantic building which has appeared without any success. The couple gets inside feel welcome, and start learning things - in "kindergarten".
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1956 French L'école du bonheur
1964Translated by Francisco Cazorla Olmo
Spanish Kindergarden
1966Translated by Clark Darlton under his legal name Walter Ernsting.
German Geschenke von den Sternen
1966Translated by Roberta Rambelli
Italian Kindergarten
2012Translated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
French La maternelle

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1953 1953-07-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Emsh Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], v3 #9 1953-11-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
1/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Emsh Checkmark
Portals of Tomorrow: The Best Tales of Science Fiction and Other Fantasy 1954-05-00 ed. August Derleth Rinehart  
$3.75?$: US dollar
xii+
371
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Portals of Tomorrow 1955-01-00 ed. August Derleth Rinehart / SFBC  
$1.15?$: US dollar
x+
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fiorello & Marmaras Checkmark
Portals of Tomorrow 1956-00-00 ed. August Derleth Cassell & Company  
12/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
x+
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mudge-Marriott Checkmark
Strangers in the Universe 1956-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Simon & Schuster  
$3.50?$: US dollar
371
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Charles Skaggs (artist) Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #34 September 1956 1956-09-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)
Editions Nuit et Jour  
F100?F: French frank
148
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag  
Strangers in the Universe 1957-05-00 Clifford D. Simak Simon & Schuster / SFBC  
$1.15?$: US dollar
280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Charles Skaggs (artist) Checkmark
Strangers in the Universe 1958-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Faber and Faber  
15/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Strangers in the Universe 1959-05-00 Clifford D. Simak The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 38
5/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll C. W. Bacon Checkmark
Strangers in the Universe 1962-02-00 Clifford Simak Panther 1332
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll John Richards Checkmark
Extranjeros en el Universo 1964-00-00 Clifford D. Simak E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #101) 101   196
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bas  
Galaxy 5 1966-04-00 ed. Walter Ernsting Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3068) 3068
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
158
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Atelier Heinrichs Checkmark
Stranieri nell'universo 1966-06-30 Clifford D. Simak Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #28)  
Lit 1,700?Lit: Italian lira
396
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Rocco Borella Checkmark
Stranieri nell'universo 1971-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #28)  
Lit 1,700?Lit: Italian lira
396
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Rocco Borella  
Brother and Other Stories 1986-00-00 Clifford D. Simak Severn House 0-7278-1417-6
£8.95?£: UK pound
165
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Nigel Hills Checkmark
Brother and Other Stories 1988-12-00 Clifford D. Simak Methuen 0-413-17760-2
£2.95?£: UK pound
165
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Chris Moore Checkmark
Eternity Lost 2005-05-00 Clifford D. Simak Darkside Press 0-9740589-4-7
$45.00?$: US dollar
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Allen Koszowski Checkmark
Voisins d'ailleurs 2012-07-10 Clifford D. Simak Gallimard (Folio SF #431) 978-2-07-043966-9   400
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Sam Van Olffen  
Good Night, Mr. James and Other Stories 2016-07-08 Clifford D. Simak Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-3735-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jason Gabbert  
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