The Shipshape Miracle : And Other Stories

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Copyright © 2017 the Estate of Clifford D. Simak

All stories reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

“The Money Tree” © 1958 by Mercury Press, Inc. © 1986 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Venture Science Fiction, v. 2, no. 4, July, 1958. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

“Shotgun Cure” © 1960 by Mercury Press, Inc. © 1988 by the Estate of Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, v. 20, no. 1, Jan., 1961. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

“Paradise” © 1946 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. © 1974 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, v. 37, no. 4, June, 1946. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

“The Gravestone Rebels Ride by Night!” © 1944 by Popular Publications, Inc. © 1972 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Big-Book Western Magazine, v. 14, no. 3, Oct., 1944. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

“How-2” © 1954 by Galaxy Publishing Corporation. © 1982 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, v. 9, no. 2, November, 1954. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

“The Shipshape Miracle” © 1962 by Digest Productions Corporation. © 1990 by the Estate of Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in If, v. 12, no. 6, January, 1963. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

“Rim of the Deep” © 1940 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. © 1968 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Astounding Science-Fiction, v. 25, no. 3, May, 1940. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

“Eternity Lost” © 1949 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. © 1977 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, v. 43, no. 5, July, 1949. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

“Immigrant” © 1954 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. © 1982 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, v. 53, no. 1, March, 1954. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Clifford D. Simak.

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