A young ne'er-do-well from a small town who has moved to the city bumps into his great-uncle, who has found a new way to use his knack for making worn and broken old things stop malfunctioning.
First appeared in "Adam" - issue unknown.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1971 |
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Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ...: A Collection of Short Stories | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | 177 |
| May 1971 |
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Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... | G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC | Collection | 165 |
| August 1971 |
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Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... | Berkley Medallion | Collection | 180 |
| 1974 |
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Sein Name war Mensch | Goldmann | Collection | |6 |
| January 1978 |
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Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... | Pocket Books | Collection | 155 |
| January 1978 |
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Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... | Pocket Books | Collection | 155 |
| November 1999 |
|
Lo scrigno delle 15 perle | Editrice Nord | Collection | 64 |
| October 2009 |
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Slow Sculpture | North Atlantic Books | Collection | 169 |
| April 2013 |
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Slow Sculpture | North Atlantic Books | Collection | |169 |
| September 2013 |
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Slow Sculpture | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| 8888 | Slow Sculpture | Timescape / Pocket Books | Collection |