Title: Construction Shack
Title Record # 54512
Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1973-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Clifford D. Simak
Date: 1973-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: The first human expedition to Pluto discovers it to be artificial in origin, and attempt to determine what was its purpose.
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Awards
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| 3 | 1974 Hugo | Best Short Story |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worlds of If, January-February 1973 | 1973-01-00 | ed. Ejler Jakobsson | UPD Publishing Corporation | $0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
180 | 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 | David A. Hardy |  |
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| Worlds of If, January-February 1973 [UK] | 1973-01-00 | ed. Ejler Jakobsson | Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. | £0.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
180 | 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 | David A. Hardy | |
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| Galaxie (2ème série), #111 | 1973-08-00 | ed. Michel Demuth | OPTA | F4.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999 |
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 | Sylvie Dausset | |
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| The 1974 Annual World's Best SF | 1974-05-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #101) | 0-87997-109-6 / UY1109 | $1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
280 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| The 1974 Annual World's Best SF | 1974-05-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | UY1109 | C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
280 | 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 | Jack Gaughan | |
| Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection | 1974-07-00 | ed. Lester del Rey | E. P. Dutton | 0-525-06492-3 | $7.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
251 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The 1974 Annual World's Best SF | 1974-09-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books / SFBC | 6278 | $1.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 245 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Victor Valla | |
| The Best from If, Vol. 2 | 1974-09-00 | ed. Editors of If | Award Books | AQ1360 | $1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
235 | 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 | |
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| Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection | 1975-00-00 | ed. Lester del Rey | Kaye & Ward | 0-7182-1106-5 | £?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
251 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Science Fiction Story Reader 4 | 1975-07-00 | ed. Herbert W. Franke | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3451) | 3-453-30344-X | DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
159 | 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 | John Berkey | |
| The World's Best SF Short Stories No. 1 | 1975-10-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | The Elmfield Press | 0-7057-0057-7 | £4.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
280 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Josh Kirby | |
| Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection | 1976-04-00 | ed. Lester del Rey | Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | 1111 | 245 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection | 1976-12-00 | ed. Lester del Rey | Ace Books | 05477 | $1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
305 | 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 | Dean Ellis | |
| Sprong naar Omega | 1978-00-00 | ed. A. van Hageland | D.A.P. Reinaert | 90-310-0419-7 | 373 | 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 | |
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| Rod Serling's Other Worlds | 1978-03-00 | ed. Rod Serling | Bantam Books | 0-553-11275-9 | $1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
x+ 244 |
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 | Bob Larkin | |
| Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Three | 1979-12-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books | 0-87997-507-5 / UE1507 | $2.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
280 | 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 | Segrelles | |
| Il Meglio di If, Volume 2 | 1980-08-00 | ed. uncredited | Mursia (Tascabili Mursia #35) | 40035 N | Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
266 | 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 | |
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| Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology | 1986-09-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl | Bluejay Books | 0-312-94471-3 | $19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
438 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alan Gutierrez | |
| Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology | 1986-09-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl | Bluejay Books | 0-312-94472-1 | $10.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
438 | 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 | Alan Gutierrez | |
| Off-Planet | 1988-08-00 | Clifford D. Simak | Methuen | 0-413-18500-1 | £10.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
223 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Chris Moore | |
| Off-Planet | 1989-09-00 | Clifford D. Simak | Methuen / Mandarin | 0-7493-0099-X | £3.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
223 | 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 | |
| The SF Collection | 1994-08-00 | ed. Edel Brosnan | Chancellor Press | 1-85152-317-0 | £4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
501 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Luis Royo | |
| Over the River and Through the Woods | 1996-10-00 | Clifford D. Simak | Tachyon Publications | 0-9648320-2-X | $25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiii+ 218 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Michael Dashow | |
| Over the River and Through the Woods | 1996-10-00 | Clifford D. Simak | Tachyon Publications | 0-9648320-2-X | $40.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiii+ 218 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Michael Dashow | |
| Over the River and Through the Woods | 1996-10-00 | Clifford D. Simak | Tachyon Publications | 0-9648320-2-X | $65.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiii+ 218 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Michael Dashow | |
| Over the River and Through the Woods | 1999-06-00 | Clifford D. Simak | Tachyon Publications / SFBC | 00282 | $9.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiii+ 218 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Michael Dashow | |
| Nova science fiction, nummer 4 2004 | 2004-00-00 | ed. John-Henri Holmberg | Gafiac | 160 | A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines |
mag | ||||
| The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories | 2017-07-04 | Clifford D. Simak | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-5040-4521-6 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Jason Gabbert | ||
| The 1974 Annual World's Best SF | date unknown | ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #101) | UY1109 | $1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
280 | 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 | Jack Gaughan |