Synopsis
History
First publication: Worlds of If, March 1970
1970 Nebula finalist for best novella.
1971 Hugo finalist for best novella.
Review
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak, paperback, Berkley, 1978-08-00
The Thing in the Stone and Other Stories, trade paperback, Open Road Integrated Media, 2022-02-08
World’s Best Science Fiction: 1971, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr, hardcover, Ace Books / SFBC, 1971-09-00