Good Night, Mr. James, Clifford D. Simak
Good Night, Mr. James, Clifford D. Simak
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Good Night, Mr. James
And Other Stories

Author: Clifford D. Simak

Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/16/2024


Synopsis

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 Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, the award-winning author created enduring visions of future worlds, perilous space explorations, and weird alien encounters as rich in emotion and humanity as they are in ingenious invention.

Beginning with the unforgettable title story—a wry and chilling horror tale about cloning and alien invasion that inspired the classic teleplay "The Duplicate Man" from the television series The Outer Limits—Simak propels the listener on a breathtaking journey across the galaxies and into the future. He then enthralls us with the strange chronicle of twin siblings, one tied to the Earth, the other drawn to the stars; imaginings of a volatile reunion of two former enemies who must join forces on Jupiter's moon or face extinction; and the story of a house in the middle of nowhere that serves as a gateway back to prehistoric times.

Simak demonstrates once again that he is not only one of the greatest science fiction writers of the twentieth century, but also one of the greatest of all time.

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 Craig on August 18, 2018

Some excellent late-period fiction from Simak. “Auk House” is a masterpiece.......more

Goodreads review by Metaphorosis on June 30, 2018

3.5 stars - Metaphorosis Reviews A collection of mostly science fiction stories by Clifford Simak. The logic behind the arrangement of most anthologies is a mystery to anyone but their editors, and that's true here. While the last volume (#3) in this series I reviewed had some of Simak's strongest wor......more

Goodreads review by Donna on July 11, 2016

Simak was a prodigious writer of science fiction during the middle of the twentieth century; he was the third Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and won numerous other awards, among them the Nebula and multiple Hugo Awards. His short stories are being republished dig......more

Goodreads review by Ralph on June 20, 2016

Good Night, Mr. James and Other Stories by Clifford Simak- Volume 8 of Clifford Simak's short stories finds us with ten stories printed at various times throughout his long career. I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in Science Fiction of the 50's and 60's, which is the style Simak st......more

Goodreads review by David on July 10, 2016

Auk house... Is a brilliant story that should be read by everyone. The more Simak I read, the more I love him.......more