Robert Silverberg and Clifford D. Sim..., Clifford D. Simak
Robert Silverberg and Clifford D. Sim..., Clifford D. Simak
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Robert Silverberg and Clifford D. Simak Short Stories - 14 Science Fiction Short Stories
Fourteen Classic Tales from Two Science Fiction Masters

Author: Clifford D. Simak, Robert Silverberg

Narrator: Scott Miller

Unabridged: 10 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scott Miller

Published: 01/24/2024


Synopsis

Robert Silverberg and Clifford D. Simak Short Stories14 Classic Science Fiction AdventuresTwo masters of classic science fiction come together in this remarkable collection of fourteen imaginative stories. Robert Silverberg and Clifford D. Simak explore alien worlds, mysterious visitors, dangerous discoveries, strange transformations, and futures where humanity must confront forces it barely understands.Robert Silverberg delivers nine fast-moving tales filled with suspense and unexpected ideas. Six terrified men face an impossible threat in Six Frightened Men, while explorers encounter enormous inhabitants in Planet of the Angry Giants. A desperate expedition unfolds in Rescue Mission, and an unsettling investigation begins in The Inquisitor. The collection also includes Monsters That Once Were Men, The Guest Rites, Hero From Yesterday, The Thing Behind Hell’s Door, and Never Trust a Thief!Clifford D. Simak contributes five unforgettable stories marked by his distinctive blend of imagination, warmth, and wonder. In Second Childhood, science offers elderly people the chance to begin life again, but the consequences are far more complicated than expected. Mysterious signals arrive in Message From Mars, while The Call From Beyond reaches across an extraordinary divide. A stubborn settler confronts a nearly indestructible creature in The World That Couldn’t Be, and an unusual device creates astonishing possibilities in The Shipshape Miracle.Together, these stories capture the excitement and originality of science fiction’s golden age. From distant planets and alien encounters to scientific experiments and impossible machines, every tale offers a fresh journey into the unknown.Fourteen classic stories. Two legendary authors. Countless worlds waiting to be discovered.

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.


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