"Jackpot"

Title"Jackpot"
Year for Search1956
AuthorsSimak, Clifford D[onald](1904-88)
Secondary TitleGalaxy Science Fiction
Volume / Edition12.6
Pagination106-43
Date PublishedOctober 1956
ISSN Number0016-4003
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Explorers of space hoping to find something that will make them a lot of money find a galactic university that teaches everything, beginning with honesty and honor, which leads most of the crew to want to share the knowledge with everyone.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Grotto of the Dancing Bear and Other Stories. The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak, Volume Four. New York: Open Road Integrated Media, 2016. EBook. 

Illustration

Illus. [Virgil] Finlay. 

Holding Institutions

Merril

Author Note

(1904-88)

Full Text

1956 Simak, Clifford D[onald] (1904-88). “Jackpot.” Illus. [Virgil] Finlay. Galaxy Science Fiction 12.6 (October 1956): 106-43. Rpt. in Grotto of the Dancing Bear and Other Stories. The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak, Volume Four. New York: Open Road Integrated Media, 2016. EBook. Merril

Explorers of space hoping to find something that will make them a lot of money find a galactic university that teaches everything, beginning with honesty and honor, which leads most of the crew to want to share the knowledge with everyone.