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Clifford D Simak
Mr. Meek Plays Polo, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts…
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Mr. Meek-Musketeer, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its…
The paper had gone to press graphically describing the latest of the many horrible events which had been enacted upon the Earth in the last six months. The headlines screamed…
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Mankind is united under the rule of a single corporation and has begun to explore and settle the stars. The Corporation maintains it's control over mankind by having a monopoly…
Hudson lay in his sleeping bag staring at the sky. It bothered him a lot. There was not one familiar constellation not one star that he could name with any…
Achieving immortality is only half of the problem. The other half is knowing how to live with it once it's been made possible-and inescapable!
b>Fifty-five pioneers had died on the "bridge of bones" that spanned the Void to the rusty plains of Mars. Now the fifty-sixth stood on the red planet his only ship…
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A handful of humans and a multitude of robots create a new society on a mysteriously abandoned Earth in this breathtaking science fiction classic from one of the genre’s acknowledged…
Many centuries in the future, a two-hundred-year-old man is discovered hibernating in a space capsule orbiting a distant star. Transported back to his home planet, Andrew Blake awakens to an…
A scholar, a goblin, and a gnome, among others, pursue the secrets of a vanished ancient race through a wasteland of dark magic in this enthralling fantasy quest adventure On…
From a Nebula and Hugo award winner, one the best-loved authors in SF A tale of humans and one robot navigating an alien puzzle-world (Publishers Weekly). Following a conversation with…
Originally published: New York: Ballantine Books, 1986.
In rural Wisconsin, wonder clashes dangerously with corporate greed when an alien visitor opens up a gateway through time into a breathtaking prehistoric lost world On sabbatical from teaching at…
Originally published: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951.
Long before Under the Dome, this novel of a town trapped within an invisible force field earned a Nebula Award nomination for the author of Way Station. Nothing much ever…
In this Hugo Award-winning classic, Enoch Wallace is an ageless hermit, striding across his untended farm as he has done for over a century, still carrying the gun with which…
A part of the Galaxy Science Fiction Novels. The series was started by H.L. Gold, the editor of Galaxy Science Fiction, in 1950 as a companion to the main Galaxy…
We had to stay, Adams said. You know what would happen to this camp and our supplies if we weren’t around here to guard them. The only thing that’s given…
Like every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his crops – even though the natives tried to disuade him. This thing scared them out…
Nine tales of imagination and wonder from one of the formative voices of science fiction and fantasy, the author of Way Station and City. Named a Grand Master by the…
The twentieth century's so-called golden age of science fiction produced many great writers, yet none is greater than Clifford D. Simak, named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of…
Virtually every major author from science fiction's fabled golden age--including Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, and Robert A. Heinlein--agreed that Clifford D. Simak was one of the greatest among them. Named…
Achieving immortality is only half of the problem. The other half is knowing how to live with it once it’s been made possible-and inescapable!
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books…
b>Fifty-five pioneers had died on the bridge of bones that spanned the Void to the rusty plains of Mars. Now the fifty-sixth stood on the red planet, his only ship…
[…] Craven got to his feet slowly. These talks with you are so refreshing, he remarked. We’ll have to have them oftener, said Chambers. Craven banged the door as he…
Clifford D. Simak
Originally published: New York: Berkley, 1977.
This science fiction novel is about the convergence of three things: science, power, and freedom. I enjoyed reading the book, though I like my heroes to be a little less…
This volume assembles four classic stories from the author of Way Station and Project Pope. From time travel to hunting alien pests, from invaders from the fourth dimension to impossible…
Message From Mars, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by…
When a generation ship that’s traveled for a thousand years suddenly stops, one man, the lone sinner who can read books, must risk his life to complete the mission. A…
This volume assembles four of Clifford D. Simak’s classic short works into one volume, plus a lengthy introduction to the author and his work. Included are: Hellhounds of the Cosmos…
