Cover for Precious Artifact
Short Story

Precious Artifact

1964

About this story

A human engineer working on Mars begins to doubt the official account of a recent interplanetary war. His return to Earth becomes a search for something he can trust amid carefully reassuring appearances.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Dec 9, 1963

    Composition: no later than Dec 9, 1963

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Dec 9, 1963

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Dec 9, 1963

  3. Oct 1964

    First published Oct 1964

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