Clifford D. Simak

Long before Under the Dome, this novel of a town trapped within an invisible force field earned a Nebula Award nomination for the author of Way Station. Nothing much ever happens in Millville, a small, secluded Middle-American communityuntil the day Brad Carter discovers he is unable to leave. Its not just the nearly bankrupt real estate agent whos being held prisoner; every other resident is also being confined within the towns boundaries by an invisible force field that cannot be breached. As local tensions rapidly reach breaking point, a set of bizarre circumstances leads Brad to the source of their captivity, making him humanitys reluctant ambassador to an alien race of sentient flora, and privy to these jailers ultimate intentions. But some of Millvilles most powerful citizens dont take kindly to Carters collaboration with the enemy, even under the sudden threat of global apocalypse. Decades before Stephen King trapped an entire town in Under the Dome, science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak explored the shocking effects of communal captivity on an unsuspecting population. Nominated for the Nebula Award, All Flesh Is Grass is a riveting masterwork that brilliantly reinvents the alien invasion story.

Fifty-five pioneers had died on the bridge of bones that spanned the Void to the rusty plains of Mars. Now the fifty-sixth stood on the red planet, his only ship a total wreckand knew that Earth was doomed unless he could send a warning within hours.

La ciutat és un anacronisme. La seva existència s'ha perllongat més enllà de la seva utilitat: l'agricultura hidropònica i l'helicòpter d'ús privat l'han condemnat a desaparèixer. Avui en dia els hom

Desde el punto de vista científico, Un anillo alrededor del Sol nace de un planteamiento muy original y agudo: la posibilidad de que existan diversos grados de evolución del mundo coexistiendo y, a aprtir de eso, de la posibilidad de comunicarse de esos mundos. Partiendo de esta base, Simak expone la posibilidad de que los habitantes de un mundo futuro intervengan en otro anterior para evitar la infelicidad de sus habitantes, y que para ello envíen a humaniodes a los mundos del pasado.

En la historia de la ciencia ficción hay dos libros singulares que tienen como protagonista principal al perro. Uno de ellos es Sirio de Olaf Stapledon, y el otro, Ciudad de Clifford D. Simak. Simak narra en Ciudad, desde un punto de vista perruno, los ultimos años de la epopeya humana. Los hombres han desaparecido, pero los perros se reunen en las noches de invierno y, rodeados de sus cachorros, cuentan sus historias. Hay ironia, ternura y melancolia en esas historias... El lector lee en ellas el obituario de su raza, y advierte al mismo tiempo que, para la mente de un ser capaz de crear otra civilizacion, los hombres son criaturas casi inimaginables.

From Astounding Stories of 1932. Earth is being attacked by horrible black monsters that appear from nowhere and destroy and kill everything and everyone in their paths. Nothing affects them, nothing stops them; they are impervious to all weapons. Earth is doomed. But there is one hope and it rests on the shoulders of 98 brave men. Can they do it? can they find a way of retaliating? Listen and find out.

The planet where his new plantation was established was very strange, with a complete lack of sex; all of his workers and all the animals and plants had no sex at all; they were all its. But like every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his cropsand whatever animal ate his vua plants was going to die. Of course he had no idea what this one looked like or what it was like, but whatever it was, he would track it and his rifle would bring it down. It was a very interesting hunt with a very interesting ending. Simak has written another delightful story that will keep you listening and wondering to the very end. With maybe a chuckle and guffaw on top. Listen and find out why.

Having just returned to Earth from an intergalactic research mission, Professor Peter Maxwell, specialist in Supernatural Phenomena, finds himself in desperate straits. Earth, as he is aware, is well advanced in many areas; perfected time travel, for instance, enables all creatures (goblins, dinosaurs, and Shakespeare!) to coexist. But Maxwell has accidentally discovered a mysterious crystal planet containing a storehouse of secret information not yet known to Earth. Knowing the value of the planet for the future of Earth, he attempts to convince those in power that they must, at any cost, get control of it. But his efforts are thwarted by a startling fact: Maxwell was ingeniously duplicated on his return trip. The other him came back before he did, and was soon after accidentally killed. Now no one will believe the original Maxwell exists.

Thousands of years into the future man has completely destroyed a technology-based society and lives a tribal existence, worshipping the brain-cases of long-rusted robots. Here and there pockets of knowledge remain, and young Tom Cushing lives in one such university. His imagination fired by reading of the fabled Place of Going to the Stars in an ancient manuscript, Tom sets out on a long odyssey to find out if the legend is true. His journey encompasses excitement, danger and some strange and colourful companions who commune with plants, can sense life and include the very last robot. But nothing he meets along the way compares with what he and his motley group find at Thunderhead Butte, the Place of Going to the Stars, their journeys end. Here wonder abounds almost as at the edge of the universe. A new challenge, for man to rediscover his destiny, to fulfil his heritage and recover his lost knowledge.

Asa Steele was unprepared for the incredible events that began to unfold when Rila Eliot - a long-lost love - stepped out of the past and his faithful dog Bowser started loping into it through time trails hed discovered in his own backyard. Rilas appearance was mere coincidence, but Bowsers retrieval of fresh dinosaur bones was as inexplicable as was the curious crater in Asas backyard that seemed to have been made by a spaceship from the stars. Soon Asa himself tripped in time, led into prehistoric eras by an enigmatic cat-faced alien. In short order, the time trails in the quiet town of Willow Bend became the focus of global attention and government scrutiny. Then time-travelling turned into big business and led to big trouble, when Asa and Rila uncovered an interstellar mystery from before recorded time!

Their quest was to find the Elders. But hellhounds, witchcraft and harpies barred their way. From the theft of a manuscript in a fusty library an amazing tale develops. From a young mans obstinate questions emerges an answer of stupendous import. The quest for an elder civilisation becomes a terrifying ordeal. Enchanted Pilgrimage is like no other fantasy novel - a stunning adventure set in an alternative universe where myths still walk the earth.

They were six ill-assorted players of the strangest game ever devised. Set on a strange planet, they knew neither its rules or its aim. There was the giant blue cube, the ruined city, the singing tower, the roaring wall of Chaos - all deadly dangerous, all part of the challenge that the unwilling travellers must confront. But what was it all for - and would they survive to find out?

Who controls power controls the Solar System, and Interplanetary Power, through its power accumulators controls power. Spencer Chambers, the president of Interplanetary Power, used that control to rule the Solar System with an iron thumb that allowed no dissent. When Russell Page and friend Harry Wilson develop an alternative source of power they find themselves drawn into a conflict that will decide the fate of the system, and whether man will live in freedom or as slaves.

Money was worthless!It had no value!It couldnt buy a home, clothes, food. Someone with enormous quantities of cash was buying houses and tearing them down - buying stores and closing them.A few people could have stopped the transaction before it was too late. They could have said that Earth was being taken over by alien beings in the shapes of bowling balls, talking dogs, dolls that walked like men.In fact, they did say it. The trouble was, no one believed them.

It all began simply enough. A client had vanished, and Jay Corcoran went to investigate the mans empty hotel suite. But Corcorans trick vision spotted the room-sized box stuck to the outside wall of the suite. There was no way to get into the box, so Corcoran cabled his long-time pal Tom Boone. Boone had a talent. When threatened he could "step around a corner" into some otherwhere. Boone stepped into the box, taking Corcoran with him. The box turned out to be a time traveler machine that transported them back to 1745 England, where they found a family of refugees from a million years in the future. In that far future, alien Infinites were converting humanity to incorporeal form. When the family had refused conversion, they had to flee. For more than a century, the family had lain hidden in their time bubble. Suddenly, the Infinites killer monster broke through--and things grew complicated as the family fled to the distant past and the farther future.

An adventure of the near future - brought on by a catastrophe in the far future. On a summers day like any other, holes appeared in the air and people from nowhere walked through them into our world. They came, and they kept coming, until they numbered in the millions. They said they came from the future - they were our childrens children. They said there was trouble "up there". They knew they were a terrible burden on our economy, and all, but - well, we couldnt just let them starve, could we? Then more facts became apparent.The "holes in the air" were time tunnels, one-way tunnels from the future. The trouble up there was in the form of alien creatures - ravening beasts with teeth, claws, and tentacles, that reproduced like bacteria and were intelligent.They were utterly uncontrollable and so our childrens children fled through the time tunnels, which, they claimed, were securely guarded. The beasts, whatever or whoever they were, couldnt get through. So they claimed. But then somebody up there slipped and the beasts were abroad.