Grotto of the Dancing Deer, Clifford D. Simak
Grotto of the Dancing Deer, Clifford D. Simak
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Grotto of the Dancing Deer
And Other Stories

Author: Clifford D. Simak

Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/29/2023


Synopsis

Ten tales of wonder, danger, and the future—including the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning title story—from the science fiction Grand Master.

This volume contains ten stellar short stories by Clifford D. Simak, "the most underrated great science fiction writer alive" (Theodore Sturgeon). In "Grotto of the Dancing Deer," a man carrying an ancient secret finally speaks up, unable to bear any longer the loneliness he has experienced for millennia. In "Over the River," which Simak wrote in memory of his beloved grandmother Ellen, children from an embattled future are sent back for safekeeping to their ancestors in the peaceful past. And in "Day of Truce," the inhabitants of a suburban subdivision must barricade themselves against bands of roving attackers. On only one day each year do the gates open wide . . .

About Clifford D. Simak

During his fifty-five-year career, Clifford D. Simak produced some of the most iconic science fiction stories ever written. Born in 1904 on a farm in southwestern Wisconsin, Simak got a job at a small-town newspaper in 1929 and eventually became news editor of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, writing fiction in his spare time.

Simak was best known for the book City, a reaction to the horrors of World War II, and for his novel Way Station. In 1953 City was awarded the International Fantasy Award, and in following years, Simak won three Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award. In 1977 he became the third Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and before his death in 1988, he was named one of three inaugural winners of the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on November 28, 2016

My search for award-winning science fiction shorts that are free online led me to this 1980 Nebula and Hugo award-winning story by Clifford D. Simak, whose novel Way Station is a nostalgic favorite of mine. This is a weak 4 stars from me, maybe 3.5. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature: Boyd, a......more

Goodreads review by Metaphorosis on April 03, 2016

3 stars - Metaphorosis Reviews A collection of science fiction stories by Clifford D. Simak. I often despair of understanding the logic of anthologists. Especially in collected works anthologies, they seem to group stories together with no clear organizational logic. This Open Road Media collection is......more

Goodreads review by Иван on October 19, 2018

Четвърти пореден том от събраните разкази на Саймък и, също като в предишните, разказите са със смесено качество. Явно това е търговска стратегия на издателя, за да няма открояващи се по-силни и по-слаби томове. Разказите не са подредени нито хронологично, нито тематично, просто във всеки том има по......more