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Grotto of the Dancing Deer
Complete Short Fiction Of Clifford D. Simak (Related to this series)
- Author
- Clifford D. Simak
- Narrator
- Stephen Bel Davies
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 29 August 2023
- Run Time
- 10 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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 . . .
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- Author
- Clifford D. Simak
- Narrator
- Stephen Bel Davies
- Duration
- 10 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 August 2023
- ISBN
- 9798350871180
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Science fiction, Adventure fiction, Fantasy, Anthologies: general, Science fiction: space exploration
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 . . .
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