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No Life of Their Own: And Other Stories (Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak, Vol 5)
No Life of Their Own And Other Stories - Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak, Vol 5 Author:Clifford D. Simak, David W. Wixon (Editor) Twelve classic tales of the unknown from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of 'Way Station'. Clifford D. Simak had a sublime ability to evoke a lost way of life. He spent his youth in rural Wisconsin, a landscape filled with mysterious hollows, cliffs, dark forests, and the Wisconsin River flowing in its deep-cut valle... more »y. As Simak wandered the countryside and the ridges, he peopled them with imaginary characters who later came to life in his stories. One such individual is Johnny, the orphaned farm boy of "The Contraption", who stumbles upon a wrecked starship and receives a priceless gift from its owners. Another is the old prospector Eli, whose surprising discoveries on Mercury get him killed in "Spaceship in a Flask". In the title story, aliens slowly take over Earth while humans leave it behind and head for the Homestead Planets.
Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this book.
Contents:
Introduction: Clifford Simak's Country • essay by David W. Wixon
No Life of Their Own (1959) / novella by Clifford D. Simak
Spaceship in a Flask (1941) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak
The Loot of Time (1938) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Huddling Place [City] (1944) / short story by Clifford D. Simak
To Walk a City's Street (1972) / short story by Clifford D. Simak
Cactus Colts (1944) / short story by Clifford D. Simak
Message from Mars (1943) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Party Line (1978) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak
A Hero Must Not Die (1943) / short story by Clifford D. Simak
The Space-Beasts (1940) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Contraption (1953) / short story by Clifford D. Simak
The Whistling Well (1980) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak