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The Big Front Yard

And Other Stories

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The Big Front Yard

By: Clifford D. Simak
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Flynn Earl Jones, Jason Culp, Marc Vietor, Kevin T. Collins, Neil Hellegers, Richard Ferrone, Scott Aiello
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Tales of the unknown in which a fix-it man crosses into another dimension - and more

Hiram Taine is a handyman who can fix anything. When he isn't fiddling with his tools, he is roaming through the woods with his dog, Towser, as he has done for as long as he can remember. He likes things that he can understand. But when a new ceiling appears in his basement - a ceiling that appears to have the ability to repair television sets so they're better than before - he knows he has come up against a mystery that no man can solve.

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, The Big Front Yard is a powerful story about what happens when an ordinary man finds reality coming apart around him. Along with the other stories in this collection, it is some of the most lyrical science fiction ever published.

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

©2015 the Estate of Clifford D. Simak (P)2020 Audible, Inc. Adventure Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Science Fiction Short Stories

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This stories are easy and quite imaginative full off brilliant ideas and easy to follow story line, that keeps attention. It's sad that some of this brilliant ideas didn't came up as a novel or script for a movie. If you find out that this ideas and stories are written in middle of 20 century that makes them even greater. Today idea of use AI for writing is in this book. I will not spoil but he did predict that. Big front yard is beautiful story about multi dimensions and story about the living blanket is crazy to. Don't be picky this collection is really good one in comparison to everyday zombie apocalypse titles, that looks like they are created with a machine. One that I find described in one of those stories. And yes written about 60 years ago.

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Can always count on Simak to deliver unique perspectives with great storytelling. Well done and well delivered.

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Clifford Simak is a perfect example of the great Golden Age science fiction authors. Something so innocent and compelling in this early work.

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misleading so you buy a redundant title. shame on you. it is classic good hard science fiction but tricking us to buy same in different cover is wrong

exact same as other titled audiobook

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