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Title: Second Childhood Title Record # 55231
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1951-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: One of the oldest men in the world where everyone is immortal is bored with his life. There is nothing new for him any more, so he decides to revert to childhood.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1969Translated by Birgit Ress-Bohusch.
German Kampf gegen die Unsterblichkeit
1977• Translated by Gavrilo Vučković
Serbian Drugo detinjstvo [as by Kliford Simak]
1977 French Seconde enfance [as by Clifford Simak]
1989
Serbian Drugo detinjstvo [as by Kliford D. Simak]

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, February 1951 1951-02-00 ed. H. L. Gold World Editions, Inc.  
$0.25?$: 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 Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction 1952-02-00 ed. H. L. Gold Crown Publishers  
$3.50?$: US dollar
x+
566
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Arbib Checkmark
Stories for Tomorrow: An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction 1954-06-00 ed. William Sloane Funk & Wagnalls  
$3.95?$: US dollar
xii+
628
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stanley Meltzoff Checkmark
9 Science Fiction-Stories 1969-00-00 ed. A. D. Krauß, H. W. Mommers Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #30) HA30   288
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 & Bachmann Checkmark
Andromeda almanah naučne fantastike sf2?Andromeda almanah naucne fantastike sf2
Andromeda almanah nauchne fantastike sf2
1977-00-00
Gavrilo Vučković?Gavrilo Vutchkovich
Gavrilo Vuckovic
BIGZ (
Andromeda almanah naučne fantastike?Andromeda almanah naucne fantastike
Andromeda almanah nauchne fantastike
#2)
    x+
407
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.
omni Checkmark
Voyageurs de l'éternité et couloirs du temps 1977-01-25 ed. Michel Demuth OPTA (Marginal #14)  
F12.00?F: French frank
253
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Georges Raimondo Checkmark
Sf galaksija 1989-00-00 ed.
Zoran Živković?Zoran Zivkovic
Prosveta (Kentaur) 86-07-00457-3   303
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Chris Foss Checkmark
Second Childhood 2016-01-25 Clifford D. Simak Project Gutenberg 51037
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
The 11th Science Fiction Megapack 2016-01-28 ed. uncredited Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0820-7
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
New Folks' Home and Other Stories 2016-03-01 Clifford D. Simak Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-2318-4
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jason Gabbert  
Second Childhood 2020-08-24 Clifford D. Simak Wildside Press 978-1-4794-5268-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
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