Keepers of the House
by Lester del Rey
So bewildering in scope is the entertainment field that even a well-known writer may find himself deflated by the disconcerting query: “Just what magazines do you write for?” But there is little danger of such a calamity overtaking Lester del Rey, for his contributions to science fantasy have been so numerous and outstanding that the field of his choice would look crater-pitted without them. And this, his newest story, is one of his very best.
King could remember how golden and glorious the house had seemed to men-and what the science he hated had done to his friends.