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“Dusty Zebra” © 1954 by Galaxy Publishing Corp. © 1982 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, v. 8, no. 6, Sept., 1954. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.
“Hobbies” © 1946 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. © 1974 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, v. 38, no. 3, Nov., 1946. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.
“Guns on Guadalcanal” © 1943 by Better Publications, Inc. © 1971 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Air War, v. 5, no. 2, Fall (November), 1943. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.
“Courtesy” © 1951 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. © 1979 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, v. 47, no. 6, Aug., 1951. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.
“The Voice in the Void” © 1932 by Gernsback Publications, Inc. © 1960 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Wonder Stories Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Spring, 1932. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.
“Retrograde Evolution” © 1953 by Gernsback Publications, Inc. © 1981 by Clifford D. Simak. First published in Science Fiction Plus, v. 1, no. 2, April, 1953. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.
“Way for the Hangtown Rebel!” © 1945 by Fictioneers, Inc. © 1973 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Ace-High Western Stories, v. 9, no. 4, May, 1945. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.
“Final Gentleman” © 1959 by Mercury Press, Inc. © 1987 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, v. 18, no. 1, January, 1960. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.
“Project Mastodon” © 1955 by Galaxy Publishing Corporation. © 1983 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, v. 9, no. 6, March, 1955. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.
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