The Big Front Yard

"The Big Front Yard"
Short story by Clifford D. Simak
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published in Astounding Science Fiction
Publication typemagazine
PublisherStreet & Smith
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Publication dateOctober 1958

"The Big Front Yard" is a science fiction short story by American writer Clifford D. Simak which won a 1959 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[1] It was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (1973) after being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965.[2]

  1. ^ "1959 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  2. ^ "Introduction", Ben Bova, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two, New York: Doubleday, 1973, pp. ix–xi. Identical in volumes Two A and Two B.