New Folks' Home : And Other Stories

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These are works of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2016 the Estate of Clifford D. Simak

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

“New Folks’ Home” © 1963 by The Conde Nast Publications, Inc. © 1991 by the Estate of Clifford D. Simak. Original appearance in Analog Science Fact-Science Fiction, v. 71, no. 5, July, 1963.

“The Questing of Foster Adams” © 1953 by King-Size Publications, Inc. © 1981 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Fantastic Universe, v. 1, no. 2, Aug.-Sept., 1953.

“Hermit of Mars” © 1939 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. © 1967 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Astounding Science-Fiction, v. 23, no. 4, June, 1939.

“Worlds Without End” © 1956 by Columbia Publications, Inc. © 1984 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Future Science Fiction, no. 31, Winter 1956-1957.

“Barb Wire Brings Bullets!” © 1945 by Fictioneers, Inc. © 1973 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Ace-High Western Stories, v. 10, no. 3, Nov., 1945.

“Second Childhood” © 1950 by World Editions, Inc. © 1978 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, v. 1, no. 5, Feb., 1951.

“You’ll Never Go Home Again” © 1951 by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. © 1979 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Fantastic Adventures, v. 13, no. 7, July, 1951. Subsequently reprinted under title “Beachhead.”

“Sunspot Purge” © 1940 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. © 1968 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Astounding Science-Fiction, v. 26, no. 3, Nov., 1940.

“Drop Dead” © 1956 by Galaxy Publishing Corp. © 1984 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, v. 12, no. 3, July, 1956.

“Worrywart” © 1953 by Galaxy Publishing Corp. © 1981 by Clifford D. Simak. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, v. 6, no. 6, Sept., 1953.

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