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 . . .
Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor
of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this book.