List of Science Fiction Short Stories - Artificial Worlds

Artificial Worlds

"see also Big Dumb Object"
"Construction Shack" (1973) by Clifford D. Simak
Pluto's status as a planet changes on the discovery it's artificial. When Simak wrote the story Pluto was still considered a planet by astronomers and the public.

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