Synopsis
History
First publication: Astounding, July 1944
1945 RetroHugo finalist for best short story.
Review
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak, paperback, Berkley, 1978-08-00
City, paperback, Ace Books, 1981-10-00
The Great SF Stories 6 (1944), edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, paperback, DAW Books, 1981-12-00
No Life of Their Own, trade paperback, Open Road Integrated Media, 2020-01-14
All of the stories in the City series:
City
Huddling Place
Census
Desertion
Paradise
Hobbies
Aesop
The Simple Way
Epilog