Clifford D. Simak

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 happens in Millville, a small, secluded Middle-American communityuntil the day Brad Carter discovers he is unable to leave. Its not just the nearly bankrupt real estate agent whos being held prisoner; every other resident is also being confined within the towns boundaries by an invisible force field that cannot be breached. As local tensions rapidly reach breaking point, a set of bizarre circumstances leads Brad to the source of their captivity, making him humanitys reluctant ambassador to an alien race of sentient flora, and privy to these jailers ultimate intentions. But some of Millvilles most powerful citizens dont take kindly to Carters collaboration with the enemy, even under the sudden threat of global apocalypse. Decades before Stephen King trapped an entire town in Under the Dome, science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak explored the shocking effects of communal captivity on an unsuspecting population. Nominated for the Nebula Award, All Flesh Is Grass is a riveting masterwork that brilliantly reinvents the alien invasion story.

La ciutat és un anacronisme. La seva existència s'ha perllongat més enllà de la seva utilitat: l'agricultura hidropònica i l'helicòpter d'ús privat l'han condemnat a desaparèixer. Avui en dia els hom

En la historia de la ciencia ficción hay dos libros singulares que tienen como protagonista principal al perro. Uno de ellos es Sirio de Olaf Stapledon, y el otro, Ciudad de Clifford D. Simak. Simak narra en Ciudad, desde un punto de vista perruno, los ultimos años de la epopeya humana. Los hombres han desaparecido, pero los perros se reunen en las noches de invierno y, rodeados de sus cachorros, cuentan sus historias. Hay ironia, ternura y melancolia en esas historias... El lector lee en ellas el obituario de su raza, y advierte al mismo tiempo que, para la mente de un ser capaz de crear otra civilizacion, los hombres son criaturas casi inimaginables.

Desde el punto de vista científico, Un anillo alrededor del Sol nace de un planteamiento muy original y agudo: la posibilidad de que existan diversos grados de evolución del mundo coexistiendo y, a aprtir de eso, de la posibilidad de comunicarse de esos mundos. Partiendo de esta base, Simak expone la posibilidad de que los habitantes de un mundo futuro intervengan en otro anterior para evitar la infelicidad de sus habitantes, y que para ello envíen a humaniodes a los mundos del pasado.

From Astounding Stories of 1932. Earth is being attacked by horrible black monsters that appear from nowhere and destroy and kill everything and everyone in their paths. Nothing affects them, nothing stops them; they are impervious to all weapons. Earth is doomed. But there is one hope and it rests on the shoulders of 98 brave men. Can they do it? can they find a way of retaliating? Listen and find out.

The planet where his new plantation was established was very strange, with a complete lack of sex; all of his workers and all the animals and plants had no sex at all; they were all its. But like every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his cropsand whatever animal ate his vua plants was going to die. Of course he had no idea what this one looked like or what it was like, but whatever it was, he would track it and his rifle would bring it down. It was a very interesting hunt with a very interesting ending. Simak has written another delightful story that will keep you listening and wondering to the very end. With maybe a chuckle and guffaw on top. Listen and find out why.