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Construction Shack

Clifford D. Simak

First published January 1973
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

The first human expedition to Pluto discovers it to be artificial in origin, and attempt to determine what was its purpose.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1974 Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (27)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1973 Worlds of If, January-February 1973 Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. MAGAZINE 69
January 1973 Worlds of If, January-February 1973 UPD Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 69
May 1974 The 1974 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 267
May 1974 The 1974 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 267
July 1974 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection E. P. Dutton Anthology 75
September 1974 The Best from If, Vol. 2 Award Books Anthology 9
September 1974 The 1974 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 233
1975 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection Kaye & Ward Anthology
October 1975 The World's Best SF Short Stories No. 1 The Elmfield Press Anthology 267
April 1976 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology
December 1976 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection Ace Books Anthology 85
March 1978 Rod Serling's Other Worlds Bantam Books Anthology 151
December 1979 Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Three DAW Books Anthology 267
September 1986 Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology Bluejay Books Anthology 410
September 1986 Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology Bluejay Books Anthology 410
August 1988 Off-Planet Methuen Collection 13
September 1989 Off-Planet Methuen / Mandarin Collection 13
August 1994 The SF Collection Chancellor Press Anthology 404
October 1996 Over the River and Through the Woods Tachyon Publications Collection 180
October 1996 Over the River and Through the Woods Tachyon Publications Collection 180
October 1996 Over the River and Through the Woods Tachyon Publications Collection 180
June 1999 Over the River and Through the Woods Tachyon Publications / SFBC Collection 180
July 2017 The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories Open Road Integrated Media Collection |12
April 2024 The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories Tantor Audio Collection |12
April 2024 The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories Tantor Media Collection |12
April 2024 The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories Tantor Media Collection |12
April 2024 The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories Tantor Media Collection |12