Farewell to the Master

I've seen the movie The Day The Earth Stood Still from 2008 and loved the concept. The story had a few problems, to say nothing of Keanu Reeves only having one facial expression, but the basic concept was cool and so were the effects. Naturally, I wanted to read the story it was all based on. This sho......more

I liked the original story much, much better than the hollywood productions. That includes the radio drama, or EITHER of the movies. What can I say? I'm a throwback. I like the originals. Sparse little stories that house big ideas that capture so many imaginations later until they're driven deep in t......more

This is the 1941's radio production of the story and apart from a very revealing look at the ads of the time, this is also ... not the same story as what Harry Bates actually wrote. I was shocked while listening to this - and not because of the toilet soap and other stuff they tried selling me. In thi......more

ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature. Farewell to the Master is the short story that forms the premise of the popular 1951 (remade in 2008) science fiction movie The Day the Earth Stood Still, in which an alien and his robot visit Earth to warn humans that their atomic weapons and violent tendenci......more

No doubt anyone looking at this book knows that this story by Harry Bates is the inspiration for the classic movie, “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” Dennis Herrick published the story here, in reprint, as a labor of love. He is a collector of “first contact” science fiction, providing here as an app......more