Title: Kindergarten
Title Record # 45720
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1953-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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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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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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) | ||
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) | ||
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |