Synopsis
A spaceship finds some strange artifacts from an unremarkable planet. It seems like some unknown time ago an alien ship landed on the planet, and its' crew disassembled ship's engines, and used another, older alien ships' engines to replace them. And when the earth ship tries to leave, the crew discovers that all members the crew have forgotten how to fly the ship.
Publications (10)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1953 | Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1953 | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | MAGAZINE | 124 |
| September 1953 | Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 3 No. 7 | Strato Publications | MAGAZINE | 101 |
| April 1954 | Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction | Crown Publishers | Anthology | 130 |
| 1955 | Galaxy Science Fiction Omnibus | Grayson & Grayson | Anthology | |
| August 1988 | Off-Planet | Methuen | Collection | 73 |
| September 1989 | Off-Planet | Methuen / Mandarin | Collection | 73 |
| October 2015 | The Big Front Yard and Other Stories | Open Road Integrated Media | Collection | |5 |
| August 2016 | The Big Front Yard and Other Stories | Open Road Integrated Media | Collection | 115 |
| December 2018 | The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Four | Open Road Integrated Media | Omnibus | |
| April 2020 | The Big Front Yard and Other Stories | Audible Studios | Collection | |5 |